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CITY OF ROSEMEAD
RESOLUTION NO. 72-4
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROSE-
MEAD REQUESTING THE STATE LEGISLATURE TO EXEMPT THOSE
SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT ARE WITHIN THE ALHAMBRA HIGH SCHOOL
DISTRICT AND THE EL MONTE UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT FROM
HOLDING A SCHOOL DISTRICT UNIFICATION ELECTION IN JUNE, 1972.
WHEREAS,. pursuant to Section 3100.7 of the Education Code
all school districts which have not been included within a unified
school district must hold a unification election on the date of each
succeeding presidential primary election; and
WHEREAS, such unification elections as required by Section
3100.7 of the Education Code were held in 1965-and 1967 in the Alham-
bra High School District and the El Monte Union High School District
in Los Angeles County; and
WHEREAS, said unification elections held in 1965 and 1967
were defeated by substantial margins; and
WHEREAS, no new proposal for unification has been approved
by the county committee on school district organization; and
WHEREAS, all indications are that the previously proposed
unification plans will again be rejected by the electorate if a
unification election is held in June, 1972, as required by Section
3100,7 of the Education Code; and
WHEREAS, the State Legislature has adopted Assembly Bill
No. 358 and Senate Bill No, 878, abolishing the requirement for
mandatory unification elections contained in Section 3100.7 of the
Education Code, effective July 1, 1972; and
WHEREAS, unification elections in June, 1972, in Alhambra
High School District and E1 Monte Union High School District would
result in a substantial and unnecessary expense to the taxpayers with-
in these districts; and
WHEREAS, Assembly Bill No. 260, which would exempt (AHSD)
and (EMUSD) from holding such unification elections in June, 1972,
has been introduced and is presently under consideration by the
State Legislature;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of
the City of Rosemead requests that State Legislature adopt Assembly
Bill No. 260, thereby preventing the needless waste of public funds
to conduct elections in which the decision of the electorate against
unification is virtually certain.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED THIS 4th Day of January, 1972.
ATTEST:
CITY CLERK