HomeMy WebLinkAbout90-410 - Resolutions RESOLUTION NO. 90-410
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO
CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA, SUPPORTING THE REPEAL OF SB 2557
AND SUPPORTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF ALTERNATIVES THAT
PROVIDE ADEQUATE LONG TERM FUNDING FOR CITIES AND
COUNTIES
WHEREAS, after the longest budget stalemate in California's history,
the Governor and California Legislature finally enacted a 1990/91 budget
package that shifts state and county costs to cities, and diverts city
revenues to finance state/county responsibilities; and
WHEREAS, counties are an administrative arm of the state with
responsibilities for carrying out state programs, while cities are in a
different business of providing local municipal services which are determined
locally and have no responsibility or authority for administering state or
county programs; and
WHEREAS, the Governor and California Legislature have shifted state
and county financial responsibilities to cities; and
WHEREAS, all 457 cities in California balanced their budgets only to
find their budgets were subsequently thrown out of balance by cost shifts and
revenue losses designed to balance the budget of the state; and
WHEREAS, the actions in the State budget package were enacted by
passage of SB 2557, which {1} directed counties to charge cities, school
districts and special districts for the county function of administering the
property tax; (2) authorized counties to charge cities for booking prisoners
arrested by city employees; and (3) allowed counties to retain property tax
revenues that should otherwise go to 90 "No and Low Tax Cities"; and
WHEREAS, these shifts of city revenues to counties were specifically
enacted to replace cuts in state revenue for counties that should have funded
state responsibilities carried out by counties; and
WHEREAS, the governor and California Legislature have avoided their
financial responsibilities by enacting measures that are poor public policy,
which rob from one local government to finance another, and result in no real
solution to the continuing financial problems facing all levels of government
in California.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Rancho Cucamonga does
hereby resolve to support the repeal of SB 2557 and the protection of cities
from the state budget process; and support alternatives that will provide
adequate long-term funding for cities and counties.
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED this 17th day of October, 1990.
Resolution No. 90-410
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AYES: Alexander, Brown, Buquet, Stout, Wright
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
Dennis L.~'l~out, Mayor
ATTEST:
~D~bra J. Ad~s, City Clerk
I, DEBRA J. ADAMS, CITY CLERK of the City of Rancho Cucamonga,
California, do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly passed,
approved, and adopted by the City Council of the City of Rancho Cucamonga,
California, at a regular meeting of said City Council held on the 17th day of
October, 1990.
Executed this 18th day of October, 1990 at Rancho Cucamonga, California.
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