1992/07/28 City Council Resolution (7)RESOLUTION NO. 92 -123
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROHNERT PARK
SUPPORTING A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT TO PROTECT
THE REVENUE SOURCES OF CALIFORNIA CITIES
WHEREAS, the majority of California residents live within the boundaries
of incorporated cities; and
WHEREAS, such cities are responsible for providing basic services such as
police, fire, paramedic, street maintenance, parks and recreation, storm
drainage, wastewater reclamation, and a variety of comparable services to these
residents; and
WHEREAS, in recent years, the California Legislature and the Governor have
exhibited an increasing inclination to interfere in municipal government by
reducing or eliminating subventions and by diverting local revenue sources to
balance the state budget; and
WHEREAS, the California Legislature and the Governor have demonstrated a
tendency to impose state - mandated programs upon municipal government without
providing additional revenues for the implementation of such programs; and
WHEREAS, the aforementioned actions have been compounded by the
California Legislature's propensity to adopt and the Governor's propensity to
sign legislation authorizing county governments to charge fees to city residents
for services paid for from general tax revenues of the county in the
unincorporated areas of the county, thereby effectively double taxing municipal
residents for such services; and
WHEREAS, each of these actions have threatened the financial stability of
municipal governments throughout the State of California and have compromised
the ability of the said governments to provide basic services to the majority of
California residents.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Rohnert
Park:
1. That it does hereby support the League of California Cities proposal
to enact a constitutional amendment through the initiative process to
be sponsored by the League of California Cities.
2. That the said amendment shall seek to attain the following objectives:
A. To constitutionally protect all municipal revenues from
reduction or redistribution by action of the State of
California and to restore all subventions flowing to California
cities as of July 1, 1980.
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B. To constitutionally prevent the state or any county within
the state from levying a fee for any purpose on any municipal
government or upon any municipal resident to pay for any
services provided to any resident of the state or to any
resident of any county within the state through any state
revenue source or through any county revenue source, it being
the specific purpose of this amendment to recognize that all
municipal taxpayers pay taxes to the state and to the county
in which they reside and that the said taxes should, as a
matter of principle, acquire the same services for municipal
residents as they acquire for other residents of the state or
for the residents of unincorporated areas within a county.
C. To assure that the State of California shall not require
local government to implement any law or any program adopted
by the California Legislature and the Governor unless the
said program is fully funded by the State of California and
unless the revenue therefor represents additional revenues to
municipalities.
3. That the League of California Cities and those cities enjoying member-
ship therein support the concept of a constitutional amendment for the
purposes stated herein and shall actively campaign to promote place-
ment of such an amendment on the statewide ballot in November 1992 and
for its subsequent adoption by the voters.
4. That upon adoption, this resolution shall be forwarded to the League
of California Cities for placement before the general membership
thereof at the League of California Cities Annual Meeting to be held
in San Francisco in October 1992.
DULY AND REGULARLY ADOPTED this 28th day of July, 1992.
CITY OF ROHNERT PARK
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