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CITY OF ALAMEDA RESOLUTION NO. 12586
OPPOSING THE STATE'S APPROPRIATION OF
ANY ADDITIONAL LOCAL REVENUES
WHEREAS, in an attempt to deal with the State budget
past State Legislatures have chosen to divert locally
revenues from local governments to State programs; and
WHEREAS, Alameda with other California cities have lost
approximately $527 million of locally generated revenues, primarily
property taxes, due to the appropriation of those funds by the
State Legislature since fiscal year 1991-92; and
WHEREAS, the result has been that cities have been forced
to close libraries, reduce personnel and diminish vital services to
citizens; and
WHEREAS, these impacts have varied with respect to each
city within California, however, these reductions have been
significant for the City of Alameda and other cities across the
State; and
WHEREAS, these locally generated funds, which
diverted from the City of Alameda and other cities in
would have been used to provide direct citizen program
and
WHEREAS, these services, including police
services, libraries and recreation programs, would
community of Alameda and all other communities within
retain existing businesses, attract new businesses and
the recovery of California's economy.
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the
City of Alameda that the City of Alameda hereby opposes any further
State appropriation of local revenues.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Clerk is hereby
directed to forward a certified copy of this resolution to the
Governor, Lt. Governor, Secretary of State and Controller,
President pro-tempore of the Senate, Speaker of the Assembly, and
the League of California Cities.
I, the undersigned, hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution
was duly and regularly adopted and passed by the Council of the
City of Alameda in regular meeting assembled on the 15th day of
November , 1994, by the following vote to wit:
AYES: Councilmembers Appezzato, Arnerich, Roth and
President Withrow - 4.
NOES: None.
ABSENT: Councilmember Lucas - 1.
ABSTENTIONS: None.
IN WITNESS, WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the
official seal of said City this 16th day of November , 1994.
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Diane B. Felsch, City Clerk
City of Alameda