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RESOLUTION NO. 95 - 69
A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GILROY SUPPORTING THE LEAGUE OF
CALIFORNIA CITIES' RESOLUTION ON SALES TAX REDISTRIBUTION TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT
RECEIVED BY CITIES TO 2%.
WHEREAS, the State receives five times as much sales tax revenue as
cities throughout California; and
WHEREAS, the sales tax revenue retained by the State from individual
cities often exceeds the general fund budgets of those cities where the sales tax
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revenue originates; and
WHEREAS, cities provide services that directly benefit the quality of
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life in hundreds of communities throughout California; and
WHEREAS, the public benefits of cities' services include the maintenance
of property values, reduced risk to health and safety caused by crime, fires,
"medical emergencies, poor sanitation, and poor building and-road construction; and
WHEREAS, cities' services provide important cultural and economic
benefits through parks and recreation programs, library and senior programs,
removal of blight from inner cities and older neighborhoods, and through business
attraction efforts that provide jobs; and
WHEREAS, the State has acted to reduce the amount of revenue received by
cities in recent years forcing many cities throughout California to augment their
revenues by imposing local assessments, fees, or taxes - or to make cuts in
essential services; and
WHEREAS, because cities receive only a small fraction of the money
collected through voter-approved Proposition 172 (Public Safety Augmentation Fund),
public safety services like police and fire services face drastic financial
reductions in many cities throughout California in light" of State takeaways and
State-imposed mandates; and
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WHEREAS, many taxpayers object to paying additional taxes for what they
view as diminishing local services caused by these factors, especially while the
demand for police services, for example, continues to increase due to rising crime;
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WHEREAS, on August 3, 1995, the Los Angeles County Division of the
League of California Cities adopted a resolution which seeks legislative action
that would result in a more equitable distribution of sales tax revenue by Shifting
1% sales tax revenue from the State to cities; and
WHEREAS, the League's resolution will help cities provide essential
local services.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 2nd day of October, 1995, by the following vote:
NOES:
COUNCILMEMBERS: GILROY, KLOECKER, MORALES, ROGERS, ROWLISON,
VALDEZ and GAGE.
COUNCILMEMBERS: None
AYES:
ABSENT:
COUNCILMEMBERS: None
APPROVED:
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RESOLUTION NO. 95 - 69
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I, SUSANNE E. STEINMETZ, City Clerk of the City of Gilroy, do
hereby certify that the attached Resolution No. 95 69 is an original
resolution, duly adopted by the Council of the City of Gilroy at a regular
meeting of said Council held on the ~ day of
October
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at which meeting a quorum was present.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the
Official Seal of the City of Gilroy this ~ day of
October
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Ai0wJG
City Clerk of the City of
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