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JEROME F. COLEMAN
LITY ATTORNEY
CITY OF BURLINGAME
DOI PRIMROSE ROAD
BURLINGAME, CAL1F.94010
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RESOLUTION TO ESTABLISH A SAN MATEO COUNTY
VEHICLE THEFT PROGRAM AS AUTHORIZED
BY STATE LEGISLATURE (SENATE BILL 2139)
RESOLVED by the CITY COUNCIL of the City of Burlingame, California, and this
Council does hereby find, order and determine as follows:
WHEREAS, vehicle theft is the most costly of all property crimes, impacting over
four million Americans a year at a cost exceeding ten billion dollars; and
WHEREAS, vehicle theft represents almost half (48 percent) of the dollar loss of all
property crimes; and
WHEREAS, San Mateo County vehicle thefts reach some 3,000 annually, at a cost of
some twenty-one million dollars; and
WHEREAS, the California State Legislature has passed into law Senate Bill 2139
(Vehicle Code Section 9250.14) authorizing a board of supervisors to impose a one dollar fee
at the time of registration or renewal effective through January 1, 1996; and
WHEREAS, these funds will be available to innovative vehicle theft programs which
enhance the capability of local law enforcement to deter, investigate, and prosecute vehicle
theft crimes; and
WHEREAS, it is anticipated that six hundred fifty thousand dollars ($650,000) will be
made available to San Mateo County annually with no fiscal impact on the existing County
budget; and
WHEREAS, the Burlingame city council finds, along with a majority of cities in San
Mateo County, that the crime of vehicle theft should be curtailed in the interests of public
safety on a regional basis.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Burlingame hereby requests
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JEROME F. COLEMAN
CITY ATTORNEY
CITY OF BURLINGAME
501 PRIMROSE ROAD
BURUNGAME. CALIF.94010
that a Vehicle Theft Program be established in San Mateo County pursuant to the provision
of California Vehicle Code Section 9250.14, imposing a $1 vehicle registration fee; and
IT IS HEREBY FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of
Burlingame approves the appointment of the San Mateo County Vehicle Theft Committee,
comprised of the Sheriff, District Attorney, and three other members of the San Mateo
County Police Chiefs Association, by the Board of Supervisors of the County of San Mateo
for the purpose of finalizing plans for a vehicle theft curtailment program on a regional
basis.
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED, that the City Council of the City
of Burlingame endorses participation in the Vehicle Theft Program and the establishment of
San Mateo County Vehicle Theft Committee by the County of San Mateo.
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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
20th day of September, 1993, and was adopted thereafter by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCiLMEMBERS: HARRISON, KNIGHT, LEMBI, O'MAHONY, PAGLIARO
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE
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