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RESOLUTION NO.
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RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO SUPPORTING THE
REPEAL OF SB 2557.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO AS FOLLOWS:
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
futlCtion
tax; (2)
of administering the property
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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 BE IT RESOLVED, that the City of San Bernardino
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.
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing resolution was duly
adopted by
the Mayor and Common Council of the City of San
aj(; ~ ~eeting thereof, held on the
of ~ , 1990, by the following vote,
Bernardino at
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day
to wit:
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ESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE REPEAL OF SB 2557
council Members:
AYES
NAYS
ABSTAIN
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ESTRADA
REILLY /
FLORES
MAUDSLEY v/
MINOR /
POPE-LUDLAM V
MILLER
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The Rr~gOing resolution is hereby approved is ,'/;,(/~'
day of . k#.-1 , 1990. ,/
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Approved as to
form and legal content:
JAMES F. PENMAN,
City Attorney
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