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RESOLUTION NO. 08-51
~. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
TUSTIN, CALIFORNIA, OPPOSING PROPOSITION 7
"SOLAR AND CLEAN ENERGY ACT OF 2008" ON THE
NOVEMBER 4, 2008 STATE BALLOT
WHEREAS, a proposed energy initiative on the November 2008 ballot, would set
arbitrary and unrealistic goals for renewable energy consumption in California; and
WHEREAS, this poorly written initiative was drafted by a handful of lobbyists and
lawyers and funded by one out-of-state billionaire with no energy expertise; and
WHEREAS, California's leading environmental organizations, renewable energy
providers, and clean power experts all OPPOSE this proposition and warn that the
measure is "fatally flawed", that it "could slam the brakes on renewable energy
development in the state", and "jeopardize achievement of (California's) near-term 20
percent requirement"; and
WHEREAS, this measure would erode local control and negatively impact local
governments, community choice aggregation and municipal utilities in California by
°'^ imposing new statewide, top-down mandates for renewable power that are inflexible; and
WHEREAS, the measure further pre-empts local control by specifically removing
existing permitting authority away from cities and counties for the approval of certain
renewable energy power plants and related infrastructure, and by giving that authority to a
state bureaucracy; and
WHEREAS, the state's non-partisan legislative analyst says the measure could
"result in higher electricity rates" and have "potential unknown increased costs and reduced
revenues, particularly in the short term, to state and local governments resulting from the
measure's potential to increase retail electricity rates... "; and
WHEREAS, California recently announced aworld-leading plan to combat global
climate change that includes strong new requirements that will encourage the use of more
renewable power sources in the near future and we need to give this plan time to work; and
WHEREAS, this new proposition will actually stop progress we're making and could
lead to higher rates, less renewable power, and another energy crisis; and
WHEREAS, a broad coalition of environmental organizations, local governments,
business organizations, taxpayer groups, organized labor and others have come together
~,..,, in opposition to this risky energy proposition, and have formed a coalition called
"Californians Against Another Risky Energy Proposition".
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL of the City of
Tustin that we hereby OPPOSE the "Renewable Energy. Statute (AG#: 07-0066)" initiative
on the November 2008 ballot.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that we hereby authorize the listing of City of Tustin in
formal opposition of this initiative and as a member of Californians Against Another Risky
Energy Proposition.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Tustin at a regular
meeting on the 15th day of July, 2008.
,G~i'1/L~~ G~v~.
x-v/P MELA STOKER,
(/ City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS
CITY OF TUSTIN )
I, Pamela Stoker, City Clerk and ex-officio Clerk of the City Council of the City of Tustin,
California, do hereby certify that the whole number of the members of the City Council of
the City of Tustin is five; that the above and foregoing Resolution No. 08-51 was duly
passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the Tustin City Council, held on the 15th day of
July, 2008, by the following vote:
COUNCILMEMBER AYES: Amante, Bone, Davert, Kawashima, Palmer (5)
COUNCILMEMBER NOES: None (0)
COUNCILMEMBER ABSTAINED: None (0)
COUNCILMEMBER ABSENT: None (0)
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~/ PAMELA STOKER
City Clerk
Resolution No. 08-51
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