HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution - 947 RESOLUTION NO. 947
1 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN JACIN-
TO OPPOSING SENATE BILL 776 RELATING TO THE FORMATION OF
2 THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AREA PLANNING ORGANIZATION
3 WHEREAS , there presently exists in the Southern Calfornia area a voluntary
membership governmental agency known as SCAG which is recognized as a functional
4 regional planning and grant approval agency, and
5 WHEREAS , suchestablished agency functions as a non-taxing affiliation of
local governments and provides an adequate vehicle for cooperative regional plan-
6 ning and evaluation , and
7 WHEREAS, existing state laws concerning exercise of joint- authorities be-
tween governmental agencies provides adequate recourse to addressing those con-
8 cerns which transcent city and county boundaries , and
9 WHEREAS, Senate Bill 776 constitutes a serious encroachment upon the tradi-
10 , tional rights of local city governments , and
11) WHEREAS, said legislation would establish with no opportunity for citizen
self-determination the creation of an added layer of taxing governmental juris-
12i diction, and
131 WHEREAS, SB 776 would provide in such agency a General Assembly membership
over which the citizenry of the region to be subjected to taxation have no di- i
14�� rect elective control , and
I WHEREAS , such legislation provides for an alternate assessment of local
15 governments without their consent, and
16 WHEREAS , the Executive Committee of such proposed agency would hold exten-
sive functional authority under SB 776 with such Committee dominated heavily by
17 County and City of Los Angeles representation, and
18 WHEREAS, voting procedures of the General Assembly of such agency would ef-
19 fectively require county membership approval by separate tabulation, and
20 WHEREAS, such legislation proposes to transfer all existing assets of SCAG
to said new agency without permission of all city member equity holders to such
21 assets ;
22 NOW, THEREFORE, 13E IT RESOLVED , that by virtue of the above factors , the
City Council of the City of San Jacinto does hereby strongly oppose Senate Bill
23 776 for the creation of a Southern California Planning Organization.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that copies of this Resolution be directed to all
24 Assembly and Senate representatives of San Jacinto and to all members of AssemblIk",
25 and Senate Committees to whom such legislation may be directed.
26 MOVED, PASSED AND ADOPTED this 7th day of June 1972.
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ATTEST:LUCY M;Y/ALLEN CITY9 CLERK
28 Mayor
29 De tft�De '
30 CERTIFICATE
The foregoing is certified to be a true copy of a Resolution duly adopted
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by the said City Council of the City of San Jacinto on the date therein set forth .
32 ( LUCY
ALLEN, C1T CLERK
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