HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC RES 902 RESOLUTION NO. 902 . . '
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
TUSTIN, CALIFORNIA, OPPOSING THE PRINCIPLE OF
FEDERAL TAX SHARING.
WHEREAS, in the ~ivision of governmental functions among
state, local and federaI bodies in the Unite~ States the exercise
of powers at various levels is inseparably related to the distribu-
tion of .taxing authority; and
WHEREAS, the lar%er the percentage of total tax revenue
collected at any one level the greater will be the power of that
government; and
WHEREAS, today the federa~ government ' s.. share of total
.taxes far exceeds the total combined share ~or state and local
governments ~ and
WHEREAS, if present tax trends continue, local governments
will not be able to meet public demands' for'more and better schools,
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highways, health facilities, police protection and other similar
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services without severe strains upon their respective economies~ and'
WHEREAS, the latest federal budget lists approximately 85
local grant-in-aid activities' and, as a consequence, these programs
are beginning to exceed the level of manageability~ and
WHEREAS, the dollar value of grant-in-aid programs has
increased from $3.1 billion a decade ago to more than $15 billion
this year and the continue~ growth of such programs makes state an~
local governments even more dependent upon the federal government~ an~
WHEREAS, such programs often .force the states to spen~ tax i~]':~i....
money excessively in certa£n areas in or, er to match the allocation ~'~
of federal fun~s~
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WHEREAS, it is vital and essential
and local self-gove=nment, ~nd
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to strenqthen
state
WHEREAS it .is expensive and uneconomical for the federal
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government to collect taXes and to return part of them ~o the state
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and' lO~al ~overnment, by way of 'subventions, '.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT
RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUSTIN,
CALIFORNIA, that the City Council of the City of Tustin, Californ'.''
'endorses the basic principle of tax sharing in order to make ad. di-
tional revenues available to the state and local governments, but
the City Council of the City of Tustin, California, believes that
the best system of tax sharing is for each level of the government
.to levy a reasonable and properly proportionate share of taxes to
carry out its own functions, projects and duties, and that it is
expensive and .undesirable for the federal government to levy monies
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in excess of those needed to carry out its own. functions and .to then
return some portion of the excess to the state and local govern-
ments; and be it further
RESOLVED that the Congress of the United States is
. urged to enact a workable and realistic, program of taxation whereby
only such taxes as are reasonably necessary to carry out the func-
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tions,, projects and duties of the federal government be levied
it, in order that the state and local governments may do likewise,
and thus obviate the need for developing programs of sharing in the
taxes levied by the federal government; and be it further
RESOLVED .that the City Clerk of the City of Tustin,
California, be and she hereby is authorized and directed to trans..
mit' CoPies of this Resolution to the President and Vice President
of the United States, the Speaker of the House of Representatives
of the United States, to' each Senator and Representative from Cal.i-
fornia in'the Congress of the United States, and to the Mayor and
e~.tV Council of each 'city in the County.of Orange, State of Cali-
fornia.
pASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City
Council of the City of Tustin,. California~ held on the 16th
day of October, 1967.
MAYO
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE )SS
CITY OF TUSTIN )
RUTH C. POE, City Clerk and ex-officio Clerk of the City
Council of the City of Tustin, California,- does hereby cert~f-y
that the Whole number of the members .of the City Council of
the City of Tusttn is five; that the .above and fOregoing Resolut~oa
No. 902 was duly' and regularly introduced, read, passed and
adopted at a regular meeting of the C~ty Council held on the
16th day of October, 1967, by the following vote:
NOES:
ABSENT..
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COUNCI~ :~. NONE ...... '_ _ ......................... _... _ , .
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City City of Tust~n,
California