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RESOLUTION NO. 97 -3562
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TEMPLE
CITY SUPPORTING A REDISTRIBUTION OF STATE SALES TAX
REVENUE TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT CITIES RECEIVE BY 1
PERCENT AND DISTRIBUTED ON THE BASIS OF POPULATION
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, 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, the City of Temple City supports legislation that would replace city operating revenue
losses and amortize these revenue losses which have been growing over the last fifteen years because the
state has taken away $4.9 billion in revenue from cities since 1979; and
WHEREAS, the City of Temple City supports a 1 percent redistribution of sales tax revenue from
the state to cities on the basis of population, because such a distribution would be more equitable and shift
revenues closer to taxpayers so they can participate in how their tax dollars are being spent; and
WHEREAS, a redistribution of an additional 1 percent of sales tax revenue would improve the
state -local government relationship by "righting past wrongs" and by providing an adequate and dependable
revenue source to fund basic services and those responsibilities delegated from the state to local
government; and
WHEREAS, a 1 percent redistribution of state sales tax to cities would alleviate some of the
financial pressure cities are under to resort to practices which may impede economic growth, such as
competing with other cities for sales tax generating retailers and imposing additional costs on businesses
through utility users taxes and business license taxes; and
WHEREAS, cities provide services that directly benefit the quality of life in hundreds of
communities throughout California; and
WHEREAS, the public benefits of city 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, city services provide important cultural and economic benefits through park and
recreation programs, library and senior programs, removal of blight from inner city areas and older
neighborhoods, and through business attraction efforts that provide jobs; 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 fmancial reductions in many cities throughout California in light of state take aways
and state - imposed mandates;
Resolution No. 97 -3562
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TEMPLE
CITY supports legislation that would redistribute 1 percent of state sales tax revenue collected state -wide
from the state to cities on the basis of population.
SECTION 1. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this resolution.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED on this 4th day of February 1997.
ATTEST:
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
MAYOR
City Attorney
City Clerk of the City of Temple City, hereby certify that the foregoing resolution, Resolution
No. 97 -3562, was adopted by the City Council of the City of Temple City at a regular meeting held on the
4th day of February 1997 by the following vote:
AYES: Councilman- Breazeal, Budds, Gillanders, Souder, Wilson
NOES: Councilman -None
ABSENT: Councilman -None
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