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Orange County, CA November 5, 2002 Election
Measure X
Cable TV Franchise
City of Placentia
Charter Amendment - Majority Approval Required

5,087 / 56.3% Yes votes ...... 3,942 / 43.7% No votes

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Shall Section 1300 of the Charter of the City of Placentia be amended to specify cable television as a utility for which the City Council may grant a franchise?

Impartial Analysis from City Attorney
The current provisions of the City Charter provide that the City Council is empowered to grant a franchise to use the public rights of way and other public places for transportation, communication, water, light, heat, power, refuse collection, storage, or any other public utility or service. This measure clarifies the City's existing practice that cable television is a public utility for which the City Council is empowered to grant a franchise to use public rights of way and public places

  
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This is simply a housekeeping measure that modifies our Charter to reflect the reality of cable television. The City already has the express power under our Charter to grant franchises to utility providers to place their facilities in public streets and alleys. Although we believe that cable television is a utility that is required to secure a franchise from the City and the City has in fact granted a franchise to a cable television provider, this amendment would expressly clarify that cable television is a public utility that requires a franchise from the City to place its facilities in our streets and alleys.

No argument against this measure was submitted.

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