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1 RESOLUTION NO. 1502
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� A R�SOLUTICN OF THE CITY OF HE CIT� CL S,.f JRCINTO,
CALIFORNIA, 't^AKIN-1 RECOE171ENDATIONS TO THE GOVERNOR ANO THE
3 STATE LEGISLATURE FOR ALLEVIATING THE CURRENT STATE DEFICIT
4 AHEREAS, the State of California f4ndS itself in a deficit position; and
5, !�JHEREAS, the State Legislature, in an attempt to balance the State bud-
get has withheld local subventions in excess of 5400 million; and
JHERFAS, local governments have been . ndhle to raise revenues primarily 1
7 due to the passage of Proposition I3; and
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3 JHEREAS, as a result of the reductions in subventions that have tradi-
tionally been allocated to local governments, the local governments have been
91, forced to consider clotting key services; and
10 ;IHEREAS, the reduction of k,-v services at the local level directly af-
fects the citizens and taxna✓ers; �rd
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AHEP.EAS, local eovernments find that the State, by withholding subven-
12 tions, has placed the local governments ili an untenable Position; and
13 1,4HEREAS, it is the State Legislature's responsibility to raise revenues
to cover their deficit without penalizing local covernments; and
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dHEREAS, in order to alleviate the financial hardship on local govern-
15 ments, the State Legislature has provided options to the local governments
which would include ar, optional one cent ( I:) sales tax as a remedy; and
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I WHEREAS, that option could alleviate the financial hardship for local
17 government, but does not address the State',, deficit standing, nor does it
provide revenues for which the State Legislature should be responsible for
18 enacting to repave their deficit, but shifts the responsibility for the State
deficit to local government; and
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v1HEREAS, deficit financing is a State budgetary problem and the State
20 Legislature should be the responsible agency to enact a state-wide additional
one cent (lt) sales tax to eliminate a state-Wide financial problem. f
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Obl THEREFOP.E, THE CITV COtICT_L QF THE CITYOF SAP! JACINTO DOES HEREBY
22 RESOLVE AS FOLLIDIASi
23 Section 1 . That the &overnor and the State Legislature pass a IC sales j
tax with a sunset clause in order to pav of` the <ist?nc State deficit.
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Section 2. That the enacting it State sales tax be for a period of six
25 months or until the deficit is paid off, whichever occurs f4rst.
26 Section 3. That the State Legislature Stand firm on the 550 per student
9-7per semester tuition for Colrnnunity Colleges; and
Section 4, The Governor and the State Legislature suspend the AB 8
23 deflator and restore or replace the more than S600 million to local govern-
r�ient in accordance with traditional subvention practices.
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P10VED, PASSED MD ADOPTED this 20th day of September 1933.
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1 CERTIFICATE
2 The foregoing is certified to be a`true copy of Resolution No duly
3 adopted by the said City Council of the City of San Jacinto on the date therein
4 set forth.
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