HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTIONS - 01011981 - 1981-456 IN THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, STATE OF CALIFORNIA
In the Matter of Calling )
for Suspension in the )
Production of Nuclear ) RESOLUTION NO . 81/1456
Weapons. )
WHEREAS we, as elected officials, are alarmed by an
international political climate that increasingly presents nuclear
war as a "rational" possibility; and
WHEREAS we are also alarmed at the nuclear arms race and
the race to spend tremendous amounts of public funds on the arms
race; and
WHEREAS present medical and scientific evidence shows that
nuclear war, even a "limited" one, would result in death, injury,
and disease on a scale unprecedented in human history; and
WHEREAS medical disaster planning for a nuclear war is
meaningless since most hospitals would be destroyed, most medical
personnel dead or injured, most supplies unavailable, and those
who survive initially would eventually die; and
WHEREAS the economic, ecological, and social fabric on
which human life depends would be destroyed in the United States,
the Soviet Union, and most of the rest of the world; and
WHEREAS worldwide fallout would contaminate much of the
globe for generations, and the atmospheric effects would severely
damage all living things; and
WHEREAS the present costs of preparation for nuclear war
are so draining the national resources that local officials are
unable to provide adequately for the general welfare, the very
function we were elected to perform; and
WHEREAS 'we will not encourage the storage and transportation
of nuclear weapons in Contra Costa County;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT WE, THE BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS OF THE COUNTY OF CONTRA COSTA, CALIFORNIA call on the
President and Congress of the United States to ask the Soviet Union
to join in a temporary suspension of nuclear weapons production,
while seeking a permanent, international nuclear weapons ban. We
make these pleas from a sense of crisis, and call upon our President
and Congress to act with an equal sense of urgency.
ADOPTED on April 28, 1981, by the following vote :
AYES: Supervisors Fanden, McPeak, Torlakson, Powers .
NOES: None .
ABSENT: None .
ABSTAIN: Supervisor Schroder, who stated he felt the Board
should continue with the policy of considering
only matters of direct county concern and not
involve itself in other affairs .
I HEREBY CERTIFY that this is a full, true and correct copy
of the original document which is on file in my office, and that it
was passed and adopted by the Board of Supervisors of Contra Costa
County, California on the date shown.
ATTEST: J . R. OLSSON, County Clerk & ex--officio Clerk of
said Board of Supervisors, by Deputy Cl e k.
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RESOLUTION NO. 81/1456