1990-31 RESOLUTION NO . 90-31
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF GRAND TERRACE, CALIFORNIA, SUPPORTING THE
REPEAL OF SB 2557 WHICH SHIFTS STATE AND
COUNTY COSTS TO CITIES
WHEREAS, after the longest budget stalemate in
California ' s history, the Governor and California Leg-islature
finally enacted a 1990/91 budget package that shifts state and
county costs to cities, and diverts city revenues to finance
state/county responsibilities ; and
WHEREAS, counties are an administrative arm of the
state with responsibilities for carrying out state programs,
while cities are in a different business of providing local
municipal services which are determined locally and have no
responsilities or authority for administering state or county
programs ; and
WHEREAS, the Governor and California Legislature have
shifted state and county financial responsibilities to cities ;
and
WHEREAS, all 457 cities in California balanced their
budgets only to find their budgets were subsequently thrown out
of balance by cost shifts and revenue losses designed to- balance
the budget of the state ; and
WHEREAS, the actions in the State budget package were
enacted by passage of SB 2557, which ( 1 ) directed counties to
charge cities, school districts and special districts for the
county function of administering the property tax; (2) authorized
counties to charge cities for booking prisoners arrested by city
employees ; and (3 ) allowed counties to retain property tax
revenues that should otherwise go to 90 " No and Low Tax Cities" ;
and
WHEREAS, these shifts of city revenues to counties were
specifically enacted to replace cuts in state revenue for
counties that should have funded state responsibilites carried
out by counties ; and
WHEREAS, the Governor and California Legislature have
avoided their financial responsibilites by enacting measures that
are poor public policy, which rob from one local government to
finance another , and result in no real solution to the continuing
financial problems facing all levels of government in California ;
and
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of
the City of Grand Terrace support the repeal of SB 2557 and the
protection of cities from the state budget process ; and support
alternatives that will provide adequate long-term funding for
cities and counties.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this 25th day of October
1990.
BY N R. MATTESON , MAYOR
CITY OF GRAND TERRACE
ATTEST:
?7JUITA BROWN, CI Y CLERK
APPROVED AS TO FORM :
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JOHN R. ARPER, CITY ATTTR EY
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO ) ss .
CITY OF GRAND TERRACE )
I , JUANITA BROWN, CITY CLERK of the CITY OF GRAND
TERRACE, CALIFORNIA, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing
Resolution No . 90-31 was duly passed , approved , and adopted by
the City Council,approved and signed by the Mayor , and attested
by the City Clerk, all at the meeting of said City Council held
on the 25th day of October 1990, and that the same was passed and
adopted by the following vote :
AYES: Councilmembers Pfennighausen., Singley, Carlstrom; Mayor
Pro Tem Grant; Mayor Matteson
NOES : None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN : None
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