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'CI" OF SAN BERNARDQO - REQUOT FOR COUNCIL Af~~N
From:
Ralph H. Prince
Subject: Resolution Supporting State
Senate Joint Resolution #30
Dept: Ci ty At torney
D~e: October 28, 1985
Synopsis of Previous Council action:
None
Recommen<:led motion:
Adopt Resolution
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Contact person:
Allen R. Briqqs
Phone:
5256
Supporting data attached:
Yes
Ward:
N/A
FUNDING REOUIREMENTS:
Amount:
N/A
Source:
Finance:
Council Notes:
Agenda Item No.2!,
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California Legislature
MEMBERS
WILLIAM A CRAVEN
VICf CHAIRMAN
JOHN T DOOLITTLE
HENRY J MEllO
NICHOLAS C PETAlS
Senate Rules Committee
VAV}/) ROBERTI
Chairman
The Honorable W. R. Holcomb
~ayor, City of San Bernardino
City Hall
San Bernardino, CA 92418
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September 26, 1985
Dear Mayor Holcomb:
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I respectfully request your careful review of California Senate
Resolution 30 which petitions the President and Congress to
retain the deductibility of state and local taxes in any revision
of federal income tax law which is enacted. I urge you to
consider sending a letter or resolution on this issue which will
ultimately affect all citizens and all levels of government
services.
We are in firm support of tax reform which creates fairness and
simplifies the codes. However, our opposition to the elimination
of deductibility for state and local taxes is of such urgency
that it required a formal resolution to demonstrate our
commitment to this long-standing principle of federalism. We are
opposed to a "tax upon a tax" which will inequitably burden
middle income taxpayers and perhaps fuel a taxpayer revolt to
reduce state and local taxes if no longer deductible from the
taxpayer's federal tax bill.
The Senate passed SJR 30 on a strong bi-partisan vote (25 to 3).
The Assembly took action on SJR 30 on September 11, 1985, passing
it by a vote of 46 to 19.
The Members of the California State Legislature are prepared to
work with the Administration and Congress on tax reform which
broadens the tax base without eliminating the deductibility of
state and local taxes.
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DAVID ROBERTI
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1 RESOLUTION NO.
2 RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO SUPPORTING STATE
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION #30, OPPOSING ELIMINATION OF DEDUCTION
3 IN INCOME TAX FOR STATE AND LOCAL TAXES.
4 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF SAN BERNARDINO AS FOLLOWS:
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6 SECTION 1. Recitals.
7 A. The President of the United States has proposed a
8 federal income tax reform plan to promote "fairness, simplicity,
9 and growth".
10 B. The President's plan for tax reform would eliminate the
11 deduction for state and local taxes paid by individuals.
12 C. The elimination of the deduction for state and local
13 taxes would be an unfair tax upon a tax and, therefore, would
14 constitute double taxation.
15 D. The elimination of the deduction for state and local
16 taxes would impose a disproportionate tax burden on middle-income
17 taxpayers.
18 E. The federal government in recent years has shifted major
19 responsibility to state and local governments in the spirit of
20 federalism, in some cases without providing adequate funding.
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F. The abolition of the deduction for state and local taxes
22 will seriously impair the ability of state and local governments
23 to discharge these new responsibilities.
24 SECTION 2. Implementation.
25 A. The Mayor and Common Council of the City of San
26 Bernardino support State Senate Joint Resolution No. 30
27 relative to federal income taxation and support the Legislature
28 of the State of California in encouraging the President and the
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1 Congress of the United States to retain the deductibility of
2 state and local taxes in any revision of federal income tax law
3 which is enacted.
4 B. The City Clerk is directed to transmit copies of this
5 resolution to the President of the United States, Ronald Reagan,
6 Senator Alan Cranston, Senator Pete Wilson, and Representative
7 George Brown.
8 I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing resolution was duly
9 adopted by the Mayor and Common Council of the City of San
10 Bernardino at a
meeting thereof, held
11 on the
day of
, 1985, by the following
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Council Members
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ABSENT:
City Clerk
The foregoing resolution is hereby approved this
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Mayor of the City of San Bernardino
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Approved as to form:
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