Resolution No. 4497 0
RESOLUTION NO. 4497
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS
EXTENDING CONGRATULATIONS TO ASSEMBLYWOMAN DORIS ALLEN
ON BEING ELECTED AS SPEAKER OF THE STATE ASSEMBLY.
WHEREAS, Doris Allen was born in Missouri and has been a California
resident for over 20 years; and
WHEREAS, Doris Allen attended the University of Wyoming, Long Beach
Community College and the Golden West College, and she was previously a small
business owner and currently holds a real estate license; and
WHEREAS, Doris Allen served on the Huntington Beach Union High School
District's Board of Trustees from 1976 to 1981, serving as Board President in
1980; and
WHEREAS, Doris Allen also served on the West Orange County Consortium for
Special Education, and in 1978, she founded and acted as Director of the Orange
County Bus-Bloc, a nonprofit organization created to prevent the forced busing
of students from Orange County into Los Angeles County schools; and
WHEREAS, in 1982, Doris Allen was elected to the California State Assembly,
and she is currently completing her seventh term, representing the 67th District
in Orange County, which includes the cities of Cypress, La Palma, Los Alamitos,
Seal Beach, Huntington Beach, Fountain Valley, and portions of Anaheim, Buena
Park, Garden Grove, and Westminster; and
WHEREAS, Assemblywoman Allen has served on many Assembly Committees, which
include Health (Chair) , Education, Housing and Community Development, and Water,
Parks and Wildlife; and
WHEREAS, Assemblywoman Allen has also been a member of the Joint Committee
on Fisheries and Aquaculture, the Select Committee on Marine Resources, Block
Grant Advisory Committee, and the Ad Hoc Legislative Tourism Caucus; and in
October 1990, she was appointed by Governor Deukmejian to serve on the California
Planning Council for the mental Health Master Plan; and
WHEREAS, Assemblywoman Allen is a member of the Board of Directors of the
Coastline Community College Foundation and the Huntington Beach Conference and
Visitors Bureau; and other community involvement includes membership on the
Orange County Commission on the Status of Women, the American Business Women's
Association, the Metropolitan Water District Speakers' Bureau, the California
Elected Women's Association for Education and Research, and the Advisory Board
for Casa De Bienvenidos; and
WHEREAS, numerous special recognition and awards have been bestowed upon
Assemblywoman Allen through the years, foremost of which includes:
1987 Public Official of the Year, American Society for Public
Administration, Orange County Chapter
1987 and 1991 Legislator of the Year, California Business Educators
Association
1989 Legislator of the Year, National Coalition for Marine Conservation,
Pacific Region and the California Industrial & Technology Education
Association, Inc.
1994 Legislator of the Year, League of California Cities, Orange County
Division
1995 Woman Legislator of the Year, California Legislature
WHEREAS, on June 5, 1995, Assemblywoman Doris Allen was elected the 59th
Speaker of the California Assembly, becoming the first Republican to win this
post in 24 years, and the first woman ever to be elected to the second most
powerful political post in the California Legislature.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of
Cypress, does hereby commend and Congratulate SPEAKER DORIS ALLEN on attaining
the position of SPEAKER OF THE CALIFORNIA ASSEMBLY and extends Best Wishes for
the future.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Cypress at a regular
meeting held on the 12th day of June 1995.
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WALTER K. BOWMAN Mayor Pro Tem
1 TOM -ROLL, C-uncil Member
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MARie 'si:S, Council Member
GAIL H. KER•Y, C•` Member
ATTEST:
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS
I, DARRELL ESSEX, City Clerk of the City of Cypress, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that
the foregoing Resolution was duly adopted at a regular meeting of the said City
Council held on the 12th day of June 1995; by the following roll call vote:
AYES: 5 COUNCIL MEMBERS: Bowman, Carroll, Jones, Kerry and
Age
NOES: 0 COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSENT: 0 COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
��CI E K CLF THE 5,1, OF CYPRESS
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