HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 5361 RESOLUTION NO. 5361
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF DOWNEY OPPOSING THE STATE BALANCING
ITS BUDGET BY TAKING REVENUE AWAY FROM
CITIES AND CALLING FOR THE REPEAL OF SB 2557
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 responsibilties 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 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 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 Downey supports the repeal
of SB 2557 and the protection of cities from the state budget process; and
supports alternatives that will provide adequate long -term funding for cities
and counties.
RESOLUTION NO. 5361
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APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 23rd of October , 1990.
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I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing resolution was duly adopted by the
City Council of Downey at a regular meeting hereof held on the £ 3rd day
of October , 1990, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES:4 Council Members: Boggs, Brazelton, Cormack, Paul.
NOES:O Council Members: None
1 ABSENT:1 Council Members: Hayden
ABSTAINED :O Council Members: None
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