Res 244RESOLUTION NO. 244
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF POWAY, CALIFORNIA
RECOMMENDING THAT THE LEGISLATURE SHIFT
FINANCIAL EMPHASIS FROM WELFARE TO EDUCATION
WHEREAS, in 1970, California ranked ninth in the United States in the
percentage of personal income spent on education, but in the past decade
has dropped to forty-eighth; and
WHEREAS, since 1970, California, with a one hundred seventy-two percent
increase, is one of two states in the nation that has provided welfare payments
which exceeded the one hundred thirty-five percent increase in the Consumer
Price Index which ranks California third, in comparison with other states, in
the percentage of personal income spent on welfare; and
WHEREAS, from 1978 to 1982, State expenditures for welfare have increased
by fifty-three percent, while expenditures for education have increased by only
twenty-eight percent; and
WHEREAS, the present fiscal problems of the State of California require
the re-evaluation of all programs and ~riorities.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of Poway
recommends that the Legislature devise a phased program over the next three
years to amend the welfare payments in California to the national average of
the other forty-seven contiguous states adjusted by individual differences
in the cost of living, and the savings aCcruing to the State of California
through this plan could then be allocated to improvement of educational
expenditures.
PASSED, ADOPTED and APPROVED by the City Council of the City of Poway,
California, at a regular meeting thereof this 18th day of May, 1982.
Mary L.~epard~6n, ~ayor~5~-
ATTEST:
jorie~ Wahlsten, City Clerk