We know, perhaps better than anyone not so directly involved with the issues surrounding provision of city services, just how hard it is today to find the resources needed to address the needs of California's rapidly growing cities. About 82 percent of California's 33 million people live in cities. That's a lot of people, all of whom need and have a right to expect that their drinking water will be clean and safe, the parks will be safe for their kids to play in, the roads will get repaired and the trash will get picked up on time. We city people know that city governments can't do it all by themselves. While we work to devote ourselves to fulfilling the direct responsibilities of cities, increasingly we find that volunteer community service is the yeast that causes both society and culture to rise to new levels.
Volunteers are the active demonstration of good ethical principles within local society.
Without them, there is an ethical gap in the community.