1990/10/23 City Council Resolution (11)RESOLUTION No. 90 - ?`11
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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 program ; and
WHEREAS, the Governor and California Legislature have shifted state and county
financial responsibilities to cities; and
WHEREAS, all 457 cities in California balanced their budgets only to find their
budgets were subsequently thrown out of balance b-, cost shifts and revenue losses
designed to balance the budget of the state; and
WHEREAS, the actions in the State budget package wi--re 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 Urcoperty tax revenues that should otherwise go to
90 "No and Low Tax Cities"; and
WHEREAS, these shifts of city revenues to counties ire 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 goverrzrient in California; now
THEREFORE BE. IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of Rohnert Park
supports the repeal ' )eal of S3*2557 and the protection of cities from the state budget
process; and supports al tives that will provide adequate long-term funding for
cities and counties. •00 T, ronDw
23rd day of October, 1990.
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