CC Resolution No. 8254
RESOI11I'ION NO. 8254
A RESOI11I'ION OF THE CITY <XXJNcn. OF THE CITY OF aJPERI'INO
SUProRJ.'.I.I'lG THE REPEAL OF SENATE BIIL 2557, URGING THE
PROI'ECI'ION OF CITIES FRCM THE STATE I3OI:GEI' PROCE'SS AND
SUPFORI'ING ADEI(JJATE IDNG-TERM FUNDING FOR CITIES,
SOIOOL DISTRICIS AND <XXJNTIES
WHEREAS, after the lon;JeBt budget stalemate in California's history,
the Governor and California Legislature finally enacted a 1990/91 budget
package that shifts state, county and school district costs to cities, and
diverts city revenues to finance state/county responsibilities; and
WHEREAS, COlD1ties are an administrative ann of the state with
responsibilities for carrying out state Pru.,¡.LCUllS, while cities are in a
different business of providing local nnmicipal services which are
detennined locally and have no responsibility or authority for
administering state or county pzoglcullS; 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 t:hrown 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 (I) directed counties to charge cities, school
districts and special districts for the county function of administering
the property tax; (2) authorized COlU'lties to charge cities for booking
prisoners arrested by city employees; and (3) allowed COlU'lties to retain
property tax revenues that should otherwise go to 90 "No and IDw Tax
Cities"; and
WHEREAS, these shifts of city revenues to =unties were specifically
enacted to replace cuts in state revenue for COlU'lties that should have
funded state responsibilities carried out by counties; and
WHEREAS, the Governor and California Legislature have avoided their
financial responsibilities by enacting measures that are poor public
policy, which rob from one local goverrnænt to finance another, and result
in no real solution to the continuing financial problems facing all levels
of goverrnænt in California;
RESOIDI'ION ro. 8254
NCM, 'IHERErnRE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City of CUpertino supports
the repeal of SB 2557, urges the protection of cities from the state
budget process, and B1.IWOrts alternatives that will provide adequate
long-term fun:1ing for cities, counties and school districts.
PASSED AND ADOPl'ED at a regular meeting of the City Council of the
City of Q1pertino this 15th day of October, 1990, by the following vote:
vote Members of the Citv Council
AYES: Goldman, Kofpe1, Sorensen, Szabo, Rogers
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
ATI'EST: APPROVED:
Isl Dorothv Cornelius
City Clerk
Isl Barbara A. Roaers
Mayor, City of CUpertino