Resolution 12688CITY OF ALAMEDA RESOLUTION NO. 12688
SUPPORTING THE LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES'
RESOLUTION ON SALES TAX REDISTRIBUTION TO
INCREASE THE AMOUNT RECEIVED BY CITIES TO 2%
WHEREAS, the State receives five times as much sales tax
revenue as cities throughout California; and
WHEREAS, the sales tax revenue retained by the State from
individual cities often exceeds the general fund budgets of those
cities where the sales tax revenue originates; and
WHEREAS, cities provide services that directly benefit the
quality of life in hundreds of communities throughout California;
and
WHEREAS, the public benefits of cities' services include the
maintenance of property values, reduced risk to health and safety
caused by crime, fires, medical emergencies, poor sanitation, and
poor building and road construction; and
WHEREAS, cities' services provide important cultural and
economic benefits through parks and recreation programs, library 1:
and senior programs, removal of blight from inner cities and older
neighborhoods, and through business attraction efforts that provide
jobs; and
WHEREAS, the State has acted to reduce the amount of revenue
received by cities in recent years forcing many cities throughout
California to augment their revenues by imposing local assessments,
fees, or taxes, or to make cuts in essential services; and
WHEREAS, because cities receive only a small fraction of the
money collected through voter-approved Proposition 172 (Public
Safety Augmentation Fund), public safety services like police and
fire services face drastic financial reductions in many cities
throughout California in light of State takeaways and State-imposed
mandates; and
WHEREAS, Alameda County cities only receive 5% of Proposition
172 monies as compared to 10% received by most other cities; and
WHEREAS, many taxpayers object to paying additional taxes for
what they view as diminishing local services caused by these
factors, especially while the demand for police services, for
example, continues to increase due to rising crime; and
WHEREAS, on August 3, 1995, the Los Angeles County Division of
the League of California Cities adopted a resolution which seeks
legislative action that would result in a more equitable
distribution of sales tax revenue by shifting 1% sales tax revenue
from the State to cities; and
WHEREAS, the League's resolution will help cities provide
essential local services without adding more burden to taxpayers;
and
WHEREAS, on October 24, 1995, the General Assembly of the
League of California Cities will vote on this important resolution.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City
of Alameda that the City of Alameda does hereby support the League
of California Cities resolution to Redistribute Sales Taxes so
that the total received by cities is 2% of the amount paid per
dollar on taxable sales.
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 19th day of
September , 1995, by the following vote to wit:
AYES:
Councilmembers Arnerich, DeWitt, Lucas,
Mannix and President Appezzato - 5,
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
ABSTENTIONS: None.
IN WITNESS, WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the
official seal of said City this 20th day of September , 1995.
Dian B. Felsch, City Clerk
City of Alameda