RESOLUTION NO. NSRESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA CRUZ IN
SUPPORT OF CONGRESSIONAL INVESTIGATION REGARDING
IMPEACHMENT OF PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP

WHEREAS, the Foreign Emoluments Clause of the United States Constitution provides
that “no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under [the United States], shall, without the
Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind
whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State”; and
WHEREAS, the Domestic Emoluments Clause of the United States Constitution provides
that, besides the fixed salary for his four-year term, the President “shall not receive within that
Period any other Emolument from the United States, or any of them”; and
WHEREAS, Donald J. Trump, the President of the United States, owns various business
interests and receives various streams of income from all over the world, by means of which he
receives emoluments from foreign governments, states of the United States, or the United States
itself; and
WHEREAS, the term “emoluments” includes a broad range of financial benefits,
including but not limited to monetary payments, purchase of goods and services even for fair
market value, subsidies, tax breaks, extensions of credit, and favorable regulatory treatment; and
WHEREAS, leading constitutional scholars and government ethics experts warned
Donald J. Trump shortly after the November 2016 election that, unless he fully divested his
businesses and invested the money in conflict-free assets or a blind trust, he would violate the
Constitution from the moment he took office; and
WHEREAS, on January 11, 2017, nine days before his inauguration, Donald J. Trump
announced a plan that would, if carried out, remove him from day-to-day operations of his
businesses, but not eliminate any of the ongoing flow of emoluments from foreign governments,
state governments, or the United States government; and
WHEREAS, on January 20, 2017, Donald J. Trump took the oath of office and became
President of the United States; and
WHEREAS, from the moment he took office, President Trump has been in violation of
the Foreign Emoluments Clause and the Domestic Emoluments Clause of the United States
Constitution, thereby corruptly advancing his personal wealth, undermining the integrity of the
Presidency, and violating the public trust; and
WHEREAS, on May 9, 2017, Trump fired the Director of the Federal Bureau of
Investigation, James Comey; and

 RESOLUTION NO. NSWHEREAS, on the date of his firing, Director Comey was leading one or more
investigations that might have incriminated President Trump and/or his close associates; and
WHEREAS, regardless of the ultimate outcome of those criminal investigations,
President Trump interfered with them by firing Director Comey.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA CRUZ
HEREBY RESOLVES to call upon the United States House of Representatives to support a
resolution authorizing and directing the House Committee on the Judiciary to investigate whether
sufficient grounds exist for the impeachment of Donald J. Trump, President of the United States,
including but not limited to the violations listed herein; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED to call upon the California Legislature to adopt its own
resolution calling upon the United States House of Representatives to support a resolution
authorizing an investigation into whether sufficient grounds exist for the impeachment of Donald
J. Trump, President of the United States; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution be transmitted officially to
Congressman Jimmy Panetta, the City of Santa Cruz’s representative to the United States House
of Representatives; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this resolution be transmitted officially to
Assemblymember Mark Stone and Senator Bill Monning, the City of Santa Cruz’s
representatives to the California Legislature.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 27th day of June, 2017, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
DISQUALIFIED:
APPROVED: ________________________
Cynthia Chase, Mayor
ATTEST: __________________________
Bren Lehr, City Clerk Administrator

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