CC RES 1990-085RESOLUTION NO* 90-85
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES
SUPPORTING THE REPEAL OF SB 2557
(STATE BUDGET ACTIONS)
WHEREAS, the Governor and California Legislature enacted a budget
package that shifts state and county costs to cities, and diverts city
revenuesto finance state/county responsibilities; and
WHEREAS, counties are an administrative arm of the state with
responsibilities for carrying out state programs, while cities provide
local municipal services which are determined locally and have no
responsibility or authority for administering state or county programs;
and
WHEREAS, the actions in the State budget package were enacted by the
passage of SB 2557, which (1) directed counties to charge cities., school
districts and special districts for the county function of administering
the property tax* (2) 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 ninety "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; now
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of Rancho
Palos Verdes does hereby support the repeal of SB 2557 and the protection
of cities from the state budget process; and support alternatives that
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will provide adequate long-term funding for cities and counties.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED on
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City Clerk
State of California
County of Los Angeles ss
City of Rancho Palos Verdes
November 7, 1990
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Ir JO PURCELL, City Clerk of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes, hereby
certify that the above Resolution No. 90-85 was duly and regularly passed
and adopted by the said City Council at a regular meeting thereof held on
November 7, 1990.
City Clerk
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C i t, of Rancho Palos Verdes