Library funding and advocacy

In December 1967 the board endorsed a request for Governor Reagan to budget library funds, and after Proposition 13 it offered the County Librarian volunteer help in June 1978. As County cuts approached in 1993, the Friends set up a Save the Library Fund and on September 15 asked the City to study leaving the County system. By November 1994 the County had restored funding and planned longer hours. Charlotte Malone sought an independent feasibility study in 2000 and urged residents to attend the November 26, 2002 council meeting on withdrawal. In June 2005 Naoma Valdes and Malone recommended returning a reported $3,071 library-tax surplus to a City library fund.

Drawn from: Board meeting — library-funding advocacy and Christmas program; Board minutes offering volunteer help after Proposition 13; Board creates a separate library rescue fund and reports book donations; Board asks City to study withdrawal and possible library partnerships; Special meeting on restored county funding and ownership of gifts; Charlotte Malone calls for a library feasibility study; Charlotte Malone urges attendance at the withdrawal decision; Friends request City control of surplus library tax funds.