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IN THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
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CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, STATE OF CALIFORNIA
In the Matter of Proclaiming )
October 27 - Nov 3 , 1986 ) Resolution No. : 86/550
Red Ribbon Week )
WHEREAS drug and alcohol abuse has become an epidemic
in our society, rivaling the Black Plague of the Middle Ages
in leaving no strata of our society untouched; and
WHEREAS Contra Costa County funded over $1. 8 million in
drug and alcohol prevention and counseling programs last
year; and
WHEREAS the cost to the justice system, welfare
programs, private health insurers and productivity from drug
and alcohol abuse is enormous; and
WHEREAS the State of California has proclaimed the week
of October 27 - November 3 as Red Ribbon Week; and
WHEREAS wearing a red ribbon will symbolize our
citizen' s resolve to reduce the use of illicit drugs; and
WHEREAS there is a growing public knowledge that
profits from the sale of illicit drugs are recycled by
organized crime into pornography, prostitution and illegal
gambling, all of which trap, abuse and destroy thousands of
our children.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of
Supervisors of the County of Contra Costa, California hereby
PROCLAIMS the week of October 27 - November 3, 1986, as Red
Ribbon Week, joining in the statewide fight against drug and
alcohol abuse.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Board ENCOURAGES all
those who live and work in Contra Costa County join the
Board in wearing a red ribbon all week to show that
Americans are united in the goa•1 of eradicating the scourge
of illicit drugs.
PASSED AND ADOPTED on September 16, 1986, by unanimous
vote of the Board members present.
I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and
correct copy of a resolution entered in the minutes of the
Board of Supervisors on the date aforesaid.
Introduced by:
ancyFanden
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om Powers obert I . Schroder
Di t t District III
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Sunne Wright McPeak Tom Torklakson
District IV District V
Witness my hand and the Seal of the Board
of Supervisors affixed this 16th day of
September, 1986.
Phil Batchelor, Clerk of the Board and
County Admintr t
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By Deputy Clerk