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CITY OF ALAMEDA RESOLUTION NO.1 4 5 0 1
SUPPORTING PROPOSITION 22, THE LOCAL TAXPAYER, PUBLIC SAFETY
AND TRANSPORTATION PROTECTION ACT OF 2010
WHEREAS, California voters have repeatedly and overwhelmingly
passed separate ballot measures to stop State raids of local government funds,
and to dedicate the taxes on gasoline to fund local and state transportation
improvement projects; and
WHEREAS, these local government funds are critical to provide the
police and fire, emergency response, parks, libraries, and other vital local
services that residents rely upon every day, and gas tax funds are vital to
maintain and improve local streets and roads, to make road safety
improvements, relieve traffic congestion, and provide mass transit; and
WHEREAS, despite the fact that voters have repeatedly passed
measures to prevent the State from taking these revenues dedicated to funding
local government services and transportation improvement projects, the State
Legislature has seized and borrowed billions of dollars in local government and
transportation funds in the past few years; and
WHEREAS, last year's borrowing and raids of local government,
redevelopment, and transit funds, as well as previous, ongoing raids of local
government and transportation funds have led to severe consequences, such
as layoffs of police, fire, and paramedic first responders, fire station closures,
stalled economic development, healthcare cutbacks, delays in road safety
improvements, public transit fare increases, and cutbacks in public transit
services; and
WHEREAS, State politicians in Sacramento have continued to ignore the
will of the voters, and current law provides no penalties when politicians take or
borrow these locally dedicated funds; and
WHEREAS, a coalition of local government, transportation and transit
advocates sponsored the Local Taxpayer, Public Safety and Transportation
Protection Act of 2010, which appears as Proposition 22 on the November 2010
ballot; and
WHEREAS, approval of this ballot initiative would close loopholes and
change the constitution to further prevent State politicians in Sacramento from
seizing, diverting, shifting, borrowing, transferring, suspending or otherwise
taking or interfering with tax revenues dedicated to funding local government
services, including redevelopment, or dedicated to transportation improvement
projects and mass transit.
I, the undersigned, hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly and
regularly adopted and passed by the Council of the City of Alameda during the Regular
Meeting of the City Council on the 19th day of October, 2010, by the following vote to
wit:
AYES: Councilmembers deHaan, Matarrese
and Mayor Johnson - 3.
NOES: None.
ABSENT: Councilmembers Gilmore and Tam - 2.
ABSTENTIONS: None.
IN WITNESS, WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of
said City this 20th day of October, 2010.
Lara Weisiger, Cit e k
City of Alameda