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FROM: Supervisor Tom Torlakson Contra
Oi) Costa
DATE: November 19, 1985 COUnty
SUBJECT: RESOLUTION ON "DEEP POCKET" INITIATIVE
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
BACKGROUND INFORMATION: Attached is a proposed resolution on
the "deep pocket" initiative. In addition to adopting this resolu-
tion, I feel it is important that we schedule informational workshops
on joint and several liability and tort reform.,
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Adopt resolution and refer to the County
Administrator to contact CSAC for assistance in putting on
informational workshops.
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RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
APPROVE OTHER
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SIGNATURE(S)
ACTION OF BOARD ON November 19, 1985 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED X OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
X UNANIMOUS (ABSENT I & II ) I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
AYES: NOES: AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DA®TE- SHOWN.
CC: County Administrator ATTESTED
CSAC Phil Batchelor, Clerk of the Board of
CCC Taxpayers Assn SuperviSors and County Administrator
M382/7-63 BY �� DEPUTY
IN THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, STATE OF CALIFORNIA
In the Matter of Endorsing the )
Fair Responsibility Act of 1986 ) RESOLUTION N0. 85/687
WHEREAS county liability costs have increased enormously over
the past five years and are continuing to increase at an -alarming rate;
and
WHEREAS the joint and several liability 1AW- forces the county
to pay for the negligence of others; and
WHEREAS the joint and several liability law has made the county
a "deep pocket"-and has forced the County to become a guarantor of other
persons' conduct and has made the County liable for other persons'
negligence; and
WHEREAS the joint and several liability law and the counties'
steadily increasing liability costs have contributed to the current
liability insurance crisis and have caused an enormous increase in
premiums and a significant reduction in coverage; and
WHEREAS the insurance crisis is predicted to get worse next
year as more insurance carriers leave the public entity insurance market
and more public entities become unable to purchase insurance; and
WHEREAS the Legislature has persistently failed to enact
legislation to address the deep pocket crisis, the insurance crisis and
the general crisis in public entity liability; and
WHEREAS the Taxpayers for Fair Responsibility are circulating
an initiative measure for submision to the voters in June of 1986
entitled "The Fair Responsibility Act of 1986"; which will'reform the
joint and several liability laic and--lead to a reduction in' liability
costs for counties; and
WHEREAS the hope of obtaining any relief from the Legislature
is very dim; and
WHEREAS the county cannot continue to absorb the enormous
- -- liability costs to which it is currently being exposed;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Supervisors
of Contra Costa County does hereby ENDORSE and SUPPORT the Fair
Responsibility Act of 1986 and URGES the voters of Contra Costa County
to approve it at the June 1986 General Election
PASSED on November 19, 1985 by unanimous vote of the Board
members present.
I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct
copy of an order entered on the minutes of said Board of Supervisors
on the date aforesaid.
Witness my hand and the Seal -of -the
Board of Supervisors affixed this
19th day of November , 1985 .
PHIL BATCHELOR, Clerk of the Board of
Supervisors and County Administrator
By: D Deputy`Ulerk