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JEROME F. COLEMAN
CITY ATTORNEY
CITY OF BUR LINGAME
501 PRIMROSE ROAD
3URUNGAME, CAUR 94010
RESOLUTION NO. 23-93
IN OPPOSITION TO PROPOSED CUTS IN
LOCAL FUNDS BY THE STATE LEGISLATURE
RESOLVED, by the CITY COUNCIL of the CITY OF BURLINGAME, that:
WHEREAS, the State of California failed to recognize the depth of the recession; and
WHEREAS, the State of California for the past several years has overestimated income
and sales tax revenues; and
WHEREAS, the State of California continued to pass legislation assigning programs to
local governments without regard to costs in a faltering economy; and
WHEREAS, the State of California is trying to correct a serious budget deficit through
Draconian cuts in funds allocated to local governments; and
WHEREAS, cities and counties provide essential services, including police and fire
protection, to citizens of the State of California; and
WHEREAS, cities and counties throughout California are suffering severe financial
distress, and several are on the brink of bankruptcy; and
WHEREAS, cities and counties are required to provide state mandated services without
adequate funding; and
WHEREAS, cities have been contributing more than $240 million a year in local dollars
to the state general fund through cigarette taxes, trial court funding, and other fees levied in the
last two years; and
WHEREAS, property taxes and vehicle license fees represent a substantial component of
the funding base of cities, allowing them to continue providing essential services, including police
and fire protection; and
WHEREAS, property tax monies were dedicated to local governments after the passage
of Proposition 13 as the permanent, stable and long-term solution to local finance; and
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JEROME F. COLEMAN
C11 ATTORNEY
CITY OF BUR LINGAME
501 PRIMROSE ROAD
3URUNGAME.CAUR94010
WHEREAS, the State of California has bridged it budgetary deficits in previous years by
raiding local funds, such as liquor license fees, highway carriers uniform business taxes, business
inventory property tax relief, cigarette taxes, drinking water regulation fees, booking fees, and
property tax administration charges and fines and forfeitures; and
WHEREAS, raids by the state legislature on local funds this summer would gut support
for police and fire protection with no immediate source of fiscal relief, thereby compromising
public safety; and
WHEREAS, there is a need for a long-term budgetary and constitutional reform at the state
level; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City of Burlingame calls upon the
Governor and State Legislature to refrain from raiding local funds in an effort to bridge the
budgetary gap in the short term and calls upon legislators to develop responsible, long-term fiscal
and constitutional reforms; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the state, in response to its own budget crisis, should
not use local funds to support state activities but should cut state spending, close tax loopholes and
raise its own revenues and continue the current 1/2 cent sales tax; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Governor and the State Legislature support a
simple majority on bond issues and taxes where the law requires such a vote, make specific
revisions to the tax system to better meet the needs of the California economy in the future; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that all unfunded state mandates should be suspended.
I, Judith A. Malfatti, 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 7th day
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JEROME F. COLEMAN
CITY ATTORNEY
CITY OF BURLINGAME
601 PRIMROSEROAD
BURL INGAME, CAU F. 94010
of April, 1993, and was adopted thereafter by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: HARRISON, KNIGHT, O'MAHONY, PAGLIARO
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: LEMBI
City Clerk
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