HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso - CC - 073-1968RESOLUTION NO. 73 -68
OPPOSING PROPOSITION 9, AN INITIATIVE CON-
STITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of Burlingame,
California, and this Council does hereby, FIND, ORDER AND DETER-
MINE AS FOLLOWS:
WHEREAS, Proposition 9, an iniative Constitutional
amendment, will be on the statewide general election ballot in
November, and
WHEREAS, Proposition 9 is alleged to provide property
tax relief, and
WHEREAS, Proposition 9 will not provide tax relief of
any kind, but will result in a massive tax shift harming aged per-
sons, renters and single-family homeowners, and
WHEREAS, Proposition 9 would seriously weaken local self-
government by removing the ability of cities, counties, schools
and special districts to adequately finance needed services and
facilities, and
WHEREAS, Proposition 9 would also remove the ability of
the State Legislature to deal effectively with revenue and taxa-
tion matters by freezing critically deficient requirements into
the Constitution, and
WHEREAS, Proposition 9 will require substantial in-
creases in State taxes amounting to $4.5 billion by 1973-74, and
WHEREAS, Proposition 9 would produce a chaotic si
threatening on -going city, county and school operations as well
as preventing orderly long-term development, and
WHEREAS, Proposition 9 is opposed by a responsible
cross-section of individuals and organizations including Governor
Ronald Reagan, the League of California Cities, the California
Teachers Association, the California School Boards Association,
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the California Congress of Parents and Teachers, the California
County Supervisors Association, the California Taxpayers Associa-
tion, the California State Chamber of Commerce and organized
labor.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that:
The City of Burlingame officially goes on record as
opposing Proposition 9 and urging its defeat in November.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that:
This opposiLLon be communicated to all groups and indi-
viduals within the community who are interested in effective
government.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that:
The City encourage groups and individuals within the
community to actively campaign against Proposition 9 and that the
City cooperate by providing information and whatever additional
assistance it can in this regard.
I. HERBERT K. WHITE, City Clerk of the City of
Burlingame, do hereby certify that the foregoing resolution was
introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the
21st day of October ,1968, and adopted thereafter
by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmen: Crosby-Diederichsen-George-Johnson-
Martin.
NOES: Councilmen: None.
Absent Councilmen: None.
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