HomeMy Public PortalAbout74-172RESOLUTION NO. 74-172
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CARSON SUPPORTING THE CONTINUATION OF THE GENERAL
REVENUE SHARING PROGRAM
WHEREAS, the City of Carson has been receiving vitally needed fiscal
assistance through the allocation of federal dollars under the General Revenue Sharing
Program; and
WHEREAS, these Revenue Sharing dollars are received directly from the
Federal government in a program which enables the City to use their revenue sharing
funds to meet the locally determined priority needs of the community; and
WHEREAS, these Revenue Sharing dollars have enabled the City of Carson
to expand its Parks & Recreation facilities, to enlarge the scope of its municipal government
services, and to provide for public safety through its contractual law enforcement program;
and
WHEREAS, the cit;zens of Carson are being severely affected by the s pirating
and unprededented rate of inflation; and
WHEREAS, the current inflationary rate of 12% is also undermining the
ability of the municipal government to provide essential services to the community within
reasonable and acceptable levels of local taxation; and
WHEREAS, the General Revenue Sharing Program is providing essential fiscal
relief from the severe impact of inflation; and
WHEREAS, the General Revenue Sharing Program which was begun in 1972,
will terminate in 1976 unless the 94th Congress authorizes an, extension of the General
Revenue Sharing Program; and
WHEREAS, the termination of the General Revenue Sharing Program will
place the City of Carson in the untenable position of having to decrease essential community
services;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council and Mayor
of Carson, acting as the chosen representatives of the community, unanimously endorse
the continuation of the General Revenue Sharing Program and call upon the 94th Congress
to re-enact the General Revenue Sharing Program in order to insure thatv,itally needed
Federal assistance will continue to be prpvided to the City of Carson.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the candidates for the U.S. House of
Representatives from the 32nd District and the candidates for the U.S. Senate from the
State of California be requested to publicly state their support for the reenactment of the
General Revenue Sharing Program in order for the citizens of Carson to be informed of
their committment, or lack thereof, to this essential federal assistance program.
Ah,liD BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a copy of this resolution be immediately
forwarded to the following Congressional candidates:
Assemblyman Glenn Anderson, Democratic Candidate for the U.S. House of
Representatives; Senator Alan Cranston, Democratic Candidate for the U.S. Senate; and
Mr. H.L. Richardson, Republican Candidate for the U.S. Senate.
And that a public written response which clearly states the candidate's
position on the continuation of the General Revenue Sharing Program be requested from each
candidate.
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PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this 16th day of September
1974.
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ATTEST: `
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss.
CITY OF CARSON )
I, Helen S. Kawagoe, City Clerk of the City of Carson, California, do
hereby certify that the whole number of members of the City Council of said City is five;
that the foregoing resolution, being Resolution No. 74-172, was duly and regularly adopted
by the City Council of said City at a regular meeting of said Council, duly and regularly
held on the 16th day of September, 1974, and that the some was so passed and adopted by the
following vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEN: Bridgers, Calas, Marbut, Yamamoto and Smith
NOES: COUNCILMEN: None
ABSENT: COUNCILMEN: None
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