CC - 1964 - 57 - Local Control of GamblingRESOLUT! ON No. 64-57
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF ROSEMEAD UTG!NG THE STATE
LEGISLATURE TO ADOPT LE-•.SLATION CLEARLY
AUTHORIZING LOCAL CONTROL OF GAMBLING.
WHEREAS, by judicial deteriniration it appears that
in adopting Penal Code Section 330 that the State has preempted
the field in regard to the regulation of certain card gambling
games, thus vitiating local legislation in the field, and
WHEREAS; State legislation is inadequate to control
gambling in areas of large concentrations of population, and
WHEREAS, the State Legislature has heretofore' reco9-
nized this inadequacy by virtue of Penal Code Section 337s(e).
insofar as State legislation applies to draw poker; including
low-ball poker, which subsection is quoted in part as follows:
"(e) The Legislature finds that in counties
with a large, concentrated population, prob-
lems incident to the playing of draw poker
are, in part, qualitatively, as well as quan-
titatively, different from the problems in
smaller counties."
and
WHEREAS, there has been a sud -n influx in Los Angeles
County of card gambling games not mentioned by Penal Code Section
330, and particularly the game of panguingui, and
WHEREAS, said card gambling games not prescribed by
Penal Code Section 330, and particularly the game of panguingui,
have caused a substantial police problem in several cities in
Los Angeles County, and particularly Long Beach, Culver City,
and Santa Monica,
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROSEMEAD
DOES RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. That the State Legislature "e and it is
hereby urge t-lc o-pass, as soon as practicable, and early in the
1964 session of the legislature, legislation specifically
authorizing local ordinances to control card gambling games and
that the legislature clearly indicate that by the adoption of
Penal Code Section 330 it did not intend to preempt the field.
Section 2. The City Clerk is directed to send a
certified copy o t is resolution to each member of the legis-
lature, the Governor, the Attorney General of the State of
California, the League of California Cities and the California
Contract Cities.
Section 3. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption
of this reso ution and thenceforth and thereafter the same shall
be in full force and effect.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this 11th day of August, 1964.
✓MAYOR OF THL CITY -~RO
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