HomeMy WebLinkAbout10-073 - Resolutions RESOLUTION NO. 10-073
REQUESTING THAT THE GOVERNOR SUSPEND
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CALIFORNIA GLOBAL
WARMING SOLUTIONS ACT OF 2006 (AB 32) AND
ASSOCIATED STATUTES AND POLICIES
WHEREAS, the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 (AB 32) directs the
State, principally the State Air Resources Board, to adopt regulations limiting greenhouse gas
emissions and to monitor compliance with and enforce those regulations; and,
WHEREAS, AB 32 explicitly grants the Governor authority to "adjust the applicable
deadlines...for the [S]tate in the aggregate" in the "event of extraordinary circumstances,
catastrophic events, or threat of significant economic harm"; and,
WHEREAS, at the time AB 32 was chaptered, the unemployment rate in California was
4.8%; and,
WHEREAS, in the past four years, the State has been hit by a severe global recession,
surpassed only by the Great Depression of the 1930's; and,
WHEREAS, as a result of the recession, the current unemployment rate in California is
13%, nearly triple that of 2006, and the current unemployment rate in San Bernardino County is
14.8% (EDD, March 2010); and,
WHEREAS, these unemployment rates exceed the 10.0% unemployment rate in the US
as a whole and clearly indicate economic difficulties for State residents and, more particularly,
San Bernardino County residents; and,
WHEREAS, the nationwide collapse of the housing industry has also severely affected
San Bernardino County, causing median home prices to decline significantly since 2006; and,
WHEREAS, several studies now predict that implementation of AB 32 will cost small
business billions of dollars, further slowing economic recovery and job creation, and creating a
stifling regulatory environment; and,
WHEREAS, the additional costs and obstacles to business by the immediate
implementation of AB 32 may deter the development of the new local job opportunities that are
essential to meeting the broader goals of AB 32; and
WHEREAS, the State Legislative Analyst's Office, in reviewing the "California Job
Initiative", has recently indicated that suspension of AB 32 implementation could result in larger
net profits for business, increased State corporate taxes and lower energy costs for consumers;
and,
WHEREAS, AB 32 is forcing local governments to expand scarce funds as they struggle
to develop coherent implementation plans to address the evolving, regulatory directives issued
by the various State agencies with a stake in implementing AB 32; and,
WHEREAS, the above clearly constitute "extraordinary circumstances" within the
meaning of AB 32 and establish a "treat of significant economic harm" in the form of continued
adverse economic impacts to employment, housing growth and revenues to the State and local
governments; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED, FOUND, DETERMINED AND ORDERED by the City Council of the
City of Rancho Cucamonga hereby requests the Governor immediately suspend implementation
of AB 32 and all associated statutes and policies, including, but not limited to, SB 375 (2008,
Steinberg), in the interest of ending the State's recession, preventing stagnation of employment
growth and stimulating the State's housing industry and overall economy.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by the Board that it also requests the Governor take
whatever steps are necessary to ensure that the suspension remains in effect until such time as
San Bernardino County unemployment rate has dropped significantly.
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for formal adoption,certification and signatures
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PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this 19`h day of May 2010.
AYES: Gutierrez, Kurth, Michael, Spagnolo, Williams
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAINED: None
Donald J. kurth, Mb., Mayor
ATTEST:
anice C. Reynolds, City Cl&k
I, JANICE C. REYNOLDS, 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 19`" day of May 2010.
Executed this 20'" day of May 2010, at Rancho Cucamonga, California.
ice C. Reynolds, City Glerk
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