HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTIONS - 01011981 - 1981-366 IN THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY , STATE OF CALIFORNIA
In the Matter of Continued )
Funding for the Legal ) RESOLUTION NO . 81 /366
Services Corporation . )
WHEREAS the President of the United States has recommended
that funds for the Legal Services Corporation be eliminated from
the Fiscal Year 1982 budget and that the Legal Services Corporation
be dissolved ; and
WHEREAS this Board is deeply committed to the concept that
all of our citizens have access to our justice system; and
WHEREAS our local Legal Services Corporation funded program ,
CONTRA COSTA LEGAL SERVICES FOUNDATION , has helped provide desperately
needed legal advice and representation to many of the citizens of our
county who would otherwise not have had access to our judicial system ;
and
WHEREAS the need for civil legal services for the poor cannot
be expected to be met , in Contra Costa County , as elsewhere , even to
the minimal extent it is currently met without federal funding ; and
WHEREAS we are concerned with the prospect that many of our
citizens will be left with no access to legal advice or legal
representation if legal services programs are eliminated ,
NOW, THEREFORE , IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED THAT :
1 . The Board of Supervisors of Contra Costa County strongly
supports the reauthorization of the Legal Services Corporation .
2 . The Board of Supervisors of Contra Costa County strongly
opposes the elimination or reduction of federal funding to the Legal
Services Corporation and requests that the national administration
reconsider its plans on this matter .
3 . The Board of Supervisors of Contra Costa County direct
that copies of this Resolution be forwarded to Congressman George Miller
and to other appropriate governmental officials at the first possible
opportunity to advise them of the position and concerns of the Board
of Supervisors on this matter .
PASSED on March 31 , 1981 by the following vote :
AYES : Supervisors Fanden , Schroder , McPeak , Torlakson ,
Powers .
NOES : None .
ABSENT : None .
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing is a true and correct
copy of a resolution adopted by the Board of Supervisors on March 31 ,
1981 .
Witness my hand and the Seal
of the Board of Supervisors affixed
this 31st y of March , 81 .
J . R . LSSO , CJ
cc : Congressman Miller
County Administrator B
Public Information s Gloria M . omo
Officer Deputy Clea rk
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RESOLUTION NO . 81 /366