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City Council Meeting 9-23-86
Santa Monica, California
RESOLUTION NUMBER 7305(CCS}
(City Council Series)
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF SANTA MONICA ENDORSING THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY
DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE NARCOTICS
ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM
WHEREAS, street drug dealers adversely affect neighborhood
quality in the City of Santa Monica; and
WHEREAS, the District Attorney of the County of Los Angeles
has recently announced a program to crack down on street drug
dealers,
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA
MONICA DOES RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The City Council of the City of Santa Monica
endorses the District Attorney's program aimed at cracking down
on street drug dealers as set forth in Attachment A.
SECTION 2. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of
this Resolution, and thenceforth and thereafter the same shall be
in full force and effect.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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ROBERT M. MYERS ~
City Attorney
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Street dl11g dealers are the target of a major crackdown announced recently
by the District Attorney. C~1IiJlg lor 8 change in the pattern of lenient
sentences for street dnag dealers, the District Attorney instituted the
following program:
1. State rrison Sentp.nC!~ for Street DMJg' De81er~
In cases of possession for sale or sale of cocaine, heroin, or PCP,
the District Attorney shall seek the maximwn appropriate state
prison sentence.
On all cases of possession for sale of cocaine, beroin, or PCP, or
sale of cocaine or heroin, where probation is legally permissible
and which are first offenses involving nominal quantities, the
District Attorney sball urge the sentencing judge to impClSe a
suspended mid-term state prison sentence with, at the minimum,
six to twelve months in county jail as a condition of a thre~ear
probationary grant.
On all subsequent cases involving the above described offenses,
the District Attorney shall urge sentencing judges to impose
immediate state prison sentences.
2. No County Parole for Street Drug- Dealel"S
In any dnlg case of possession for sale or sale where the
defendant is sentenced to county jail, the District Attorney shall
urge the court to order that the defendant is Ineligible for parole.
3. No bail Jorr~eat street dnlg' dealers
Whenever a defendant is on probation for sale or possession for
sale of narcotics and 8 petition for violation of probation is filed,
it is the District Attorney's position that the defendant be beld
without bail until disposition of the case.
The District Attorney's Office is also asking that:
Special Narcotic Courts be established - courts which are devoted
exclusively to cases Involving street drug dealers.
Special Probation Violation Courts be set aide to hear petitions
for violation of probation. In this connection it is their aim to
develop expedited procedures remanding the probation violator
immediately to state prism.
Bail be substantially increased for defendants charged with dealing
narcotics. Presently many of these dealers are getth~ out of
~ustody on a $5,000 bond which means they are oat on the street
m a matter of hours after their arrest by simply giving $500 to a
bail bondsman.
The citizens ot Las Angeles County expect street drug dealerb to be
incarcerated. This message must be conveyed to all in the justice system.
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Adopted and approved this 23rd day of September, 1986.
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I hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution No. 7305(CCS)
was duly adopted by the City council of the city of Santa Monica
at a meeting thereof held on September 23, 1986 by the following
council vote:
Ayes: Councilmembers:
Conn, Epstein, Jennings, A. Katz,
H. Katz, Zane and Mayor Reed
Noes: Councilmembers:
None
Abstain: Councilmembers:
None
Absent: Councilmembers:
None
ATTEST:
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