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RESOLUTION NO. 2000-128
RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF SAN BERNARDINO RECOMMENDING THAT THE LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA
CITIES AND THE CALIFORNIA STATE LEGISLATURE ADOPT CERTAIN
GUIDING PRINCIPLES WHEN SUPPORTING AND ENACTING STATE/LOCAL
FISCAL REFORM MEASURES
WHEREAS, recent declines in federal and state aid to cities and major reductions in
property tax revenues have substantially undermined the stability oflocal revenues; and
WHEREAS, such declines have led to service and program reductions in cities across
the State of California; and
WHEREAS, in light of uncertain funding from intergovernmental sources, as well as
uncertain property tax revenues, cities have become increasingly reliant on local sales tax
revenues, fees, and charges to fund essential services; and
WHEREAS, the League of California Cities has appointed a special task force and
charged it with formulating recommendations for addressing tl1e major problems in the
statellocal fiscal relationship in California, and the means to achieve greater balance and
predictability in local revenue systems and land use decision-making; and
WHEREAS, the City of San Bernardino recognizes and supports statellocal fiscal
reform efforts that are necessary to provide stable and reliable sources of revenue to fund
essential local government services;
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS RESOLVED by the Mayor and Common Council of the
City of San Bernardino, California, as follows:
1. The City of San Bernardino hereby recommends that the following statellocal
fiscal reform guiding principles be adopted by the League of California Cities and the
California State Legislature:
A. Any proposed statellocal fiscal reform efforts shall be undertaken gradually so
as not to upset the delicate balance of current fiscal realities.
B, Any proposed statellocal fiscal reform efforts shall recognize that differences
between and among cities necessarily require distinct solutions and varying degrees of fiscal
reform.
C. Any proposed statellocal fiscal reform efforts shall retain existing Constitutional
protections for traditional local revenue sources including, but not limited to, the property tax,
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RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN
BERNARDINO RECOMMENDING THAT THE LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES
AND THE CALIFORNIA STATE LEGISLATURE ADOPT CERTAIN GUIDING
PRINCIPLES WHEN SUPPORTING AND ENACTING STATE/LOCAL FISCAL
REFORM MEASURES
the Bradley-Burns sales tax, the vehicle license fee (VLF) and the VLF backfill, the existing
additional ,5% county-wide sales tax authority and all other locally levied taxes,
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was duly adopted by the Mayor
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and Common Council of the City of San Bemardino at a Regular meeting thereof, held on the
, 2000, by the following vote, to wit:
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MCCAMMACK
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The foregoing resolution is hereby approved this 7:t:1v __ day of June
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JAMES F, PENMAN,
City ttomey
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