Resolution - 11PERCY R. JACKSON
MAYOR
C. C. TOLAND
CITY CLERK
CITY OF WEST COVINA
(POSTOFFICE) COVINA, CALIFORNIA
Following is a..copy 0,:r z he Resolution passed by the City Council
of tne City of West Covina at it Is regular meeting need in the City
of tjest Covina on, December Mho 11336:4
T HL T viliim s. it had come to tie knowledge of tne City
Council of the City of 'West Ccv'ina 'Gnat tne Board of
Su'erij ors of Los Angeles are contemplating o'stablishing
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a prison farm on tne ranch of Mrs. Marie Amer near the
southeasterly limit's of tile aizy of West- Covina, and
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-Rj�AS,, many of tne citizens of the City,oeat Covina have
protested to tee City Council against the establishment
by the Board of Supervisors of such an institution in
this vacinity, and
-V HE of I-7est
EIRB'AS, the Parent Teachers Association of the City
Covina. have filed a copy of a Petition addressed to the
Los Angelos County Board of Supervisors and Sheriff
Zugone Bi3calluz, opposing the astabliShMont of GOO
prison farm near the vacinity of the City of West Covina,
and
VjHM�*180 it is the sense of the members of the City CoiU110il
of tne City of I -lost Covina that such an institution in
the vacinity of the City of '.7est Covina would have a
tendency to depreciate values of real estate as well 88
to cause tweasiness and unrest In tho homes of citizens
of 'Jest Covina by being in close proximity to an
established farm where prisoners who a.re criminally
inclinedmay be 100.0ted without adequate armed guards to
guarantee the safe keeping of said prisoners on said
prison farm,
THM-.20RL, BL IT RLSOLUD, that th-0 City Council Of the
City of West Covina protest To the Board of Supervisors.
of Los Angeles County tile establishment of a prison
form on tfte property of Urs* Marie Amar near Puente,
California, or in any otner location near tho vacinity
of West Covina, and
BE IT PURTILM RL50LVEDO that a copy of this Resolution be spread
on the minutes
nutes of the City of Jest Covina, and a copy
thereof sent to the Board of 8aporvisors of los Angeles
County.. California.
ity clerk-