Resolution 13169ALAMEDA RESOLUTION NO. 13169
SUPPORTING PROPOSITION 26 (LET'S FIX OUR SCHOOLS INITIATIVE)
WHEREAS, more than two million California students attend class in temporary facilities,
and the state must build six new classrooms every day if it is going to accommodate the quickly
growing student population; and
WHEREAS, without significant new construction and modemization, existing schools will
not be ready to handle the several hundred thousand additional students over the next decade; and
WHEREAS, the Let's Fix Our Schools Initiative would amend the California Constitution
and Education Code to allow passage of critically needed local school bonds with a simple majority
of 50 percent plus one, rather than the current two- thirds vote required, while holding local school
districts accountable for prudent and responsible spending; and
WHEREAS, last year voters passed Proposition lA State, a $9.2 billion statewide bond to
provide state matching funds for local school facilities construction and improvements; and
WHEREAS, school districts can only receive Proposition lA state bond funds if they can
generate matching funds through local bonds; and
WHEREAS, local school bonds require a two - thirds vote to pass, forcing many districts to
run costly campaigns.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Alameda
hereby supports the passage of the Let's Fix Our Schools Initiative on the March 2000 statewide
ballot.
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 18th day of January , 2000, by the following vote to wit:
AYES: Councilmembers Daysog, DeWitt, Johnson and
Mayor Appezzato - 4.
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
ABSTENTIONS: Councilmember Kerr -
IN WITNESS, WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of said City this
19th day of January , 2000.
ne Felsch, City Clerk
City of Alameda