Res 04-075
RESOLUTION NO. 04-075
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF POWAY, CALIFORNIA
SUPPORTING PROPOSITION 1A
WHEREAS, state government currently seizes more than $5.2 billion
annually in local property tax funds statewide from cities, counties, and special
districts, costing local governments more than $40 billion in lost revenues over
the past 12 years; and
WHEREAS, the City of Poway has lost approximately $9.6 million over the
last 10 years to state government raids, which has severely affected funding for
essential local services that require a stable and predictable revenue source; and
WHEREAS, the City of Poway is projected to lose $3.1 million in revenue
for Fiscal Year 2005; and
WHEREAS, these ongoing shifts and raids by the state, of local property
tax funds and other funding dedicated to local governments, have seriously
reduced resources available for local fire and paramedic response, law
enforcement, public health and emergency medical care, roads, parks, libraries,
transportation, and other essential local services; and
WHEREAS, these funding raids also add pressure for local governments
to increase fees and taxes to maintain basic local service levels; and
WHEREAS, this drain of local resources has continued even during
periods when the state's budget has been overflowing with surpluses; and
WHEREAS, Proposition 1A is a historic measure that will appear on the
November 2004, statewide ballot that would limit the state's ability to take and
use local government funding; and
WHEREAS, by protecting local government funding, Proposition 1A would
protect local public safety, healthcare, and other essential local services; and
WHEREAS, Proposition 1A will not raise taxes and, in fact, will help
reduce pressure for local fee and tax increases by limiting state raids of local
government funding; and
WHEREAS, Proposition 1A does not reduce funding for schools or any
other state program or service, and Proposition 1A was carefully written to allow
flexibility in the event of a state budget emergency; and
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WHEREAS, Proposition 1A is supported by a bipartisan, diverse coalition
including Governor Schwarzenegger, Democrat and Republican legislative
leaders, local government officials, public safety representatives, healthcare,
business, labor, and community leaders.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Poway does hereby
resolve, that we strongly support Proposition 1A, the statewide ballot initiative
that will prevent the state from further taking local government revenues; and
RESOLVED FURTHER, that we will send a copy of this resolution to "Yes
on 1A - Californians to Protect Local Taxpayers and Public Safety."
PASSED, ADOPTED AND APPROVED by the City Council of the City of
Poway, State of California, this 31st day of August 2004.
ATTEST:
Iiitedm City Cltl'k
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
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COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO )
I, Jeanne Bunch, Interim City Clerk of the City of Poway, do hereby certify, under
penalty of perjury, that the foregoing Resolution No. 04-075 was duly adopted by
the City Council at a meeting of said City Council held on the 31st day of August
2004, and that it was so adopted by the following vote:
AYES: EMERY, GOLDBY, HIGGINSON, REXFORD, CAFAGNA
NOES: NONE
ABSTAIN: NONE
ABSENT: NONE
Bunch, Interim City Clerk
f Poway