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Board of Supervisors
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Contra Costa County, State of California
IN THE MATTER PROCLAIMING THE WEEK ] RESOLUTION NO.96 37
OF APRIL 22-28, 1996 TV TURN-OFF WEEK ]
IN CONTRA COSTA COUNTY ]
WHEREAS, every child deserves to grow up safe and healthy, free from the real or perceived threat of
violence; and
WHEREAS,the United States is the most violent country in the industrialized world; and
WHEREAS, young children witness much of this country's violence not on the streets but in their own homes;
and
WHEREAS, children watch an average of 23 to 2B hours of television a week and American television and
movies are among the most violent in the world; and
WHEREAS, upon graduation from high school,the average American child will have spent more time watching
TV than in school, and will have seen 200,000 acts of violence (including 30,000 murders) on their TV
screen; and
WHEREAS, over 2000 studies conclude that there is a cause-and-effect link between television viewing and
disrespectful behavior, aggression, poor school concentration, childhood obesity, sleep disturbances; and
WHEREAS, the average child receives 45,000 images of sex from TV during their formative years, creating
pressure for early sexual experimentation; and
WHEREAS, while young children are watching TV,they are not.getting crucial developmental experiences that
conversations with real people and creative free-form play offer, and
WHEREAS, television has become the universal time filler that overwhelms more productive and rewarding
connections to family and community, and
WHEREAS, previous regional TV Turn-Offs have demonstrated that one week can begin to break the habit,
establish new activities and interests, and influence more discriminate use of time.
Therefore, in support of Contra Costa families and a healthier community,the Contra Costa County Board of
Supervisors does hereby resolve to support the County-Wide TV Tuna-Off Week April 22,28, 1996, and
encourage all who reside in this community to participate.
PASSED AND ADOPTED ON February 6, 1 96 by a unanimous vote of the Board members present.
Gayle Bishop
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Supervisor, District ll(lw
Jim ers J MR10
Mark DeSaulnier Tom Torlakson
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 aforesaid date.
Witness my hand end the Seal of
the Board of Supervisors affixed
this 6h day of February, 1996.
PHIL BATCHELOR, County Administrator
and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
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