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October 11, 1990
CONSENT CALENDAR NO. 11
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HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
WILLIAM A. HUSTON, CITY MANAGER
RESOLUTION SUPPORTING REPEAL OF SENATE BILL 2557
The League of California Cities has recommended that cities adopt a
resolution supporting repeal of SB 2557. This legislation permits
counties to charge cities for booking prisoners and collection of
property taxes.
As the City Council is aware, the State Legislature and Governor have
forced a share of the State's budget problems upon cities by allowing
counties to enact these charges. Cities have become caught up in the
State -County funding crisis as a result of the State allowing counties
to collect fees from cities to off -set the loss of State funding of
County programs (jails, courts, public health, etc.). The League of
California Cities is undertaking a major effort to seek the repeal of
SB 2557. As pointed out in a previous staff report, the County of
Orange intends to enact the charges, the cost of which will impact the
City's general fund. The charges would amount to "double taxation"
because a portion of what City property owners pay in property taxes is
allocated to the County general fund. Historically, the County has
covered the cost of the Sheriff's Department and collection of property
taxes through its general fund.
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RESOLUTION NO. 90-134
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
TUSTIN, CALIFORNIA, SUPPORTING THE REPEAL OF SB
2557, STATE BUDGET ACTIONS
WHEREAS, after the longest budget stalemate in California's
history, the Governor and California Legislature finally enacted
a 1990/91 budget package that shifts state and county costs to
cities, and diverts city revenues to finance state/county
responsibilities; and
WHEREAS, counties are an administrative arm of the state with
responsibilities for carrying out state programs, while cities
are in a different business of providing local municipal services
which are determined locally and -have no responsibility or
authority for administering state -or county programs; 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 thrown 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 (1) directed counties to charge
cities, school districts and special districts for the county
function of administering the property tax; (2) authorized
counties to charge cities for booking prisoners arrested by city
employees; and (3) allowed counties to retain property tax
revenues that should otherwise go to 90 "No and Low Tax Cities";
and
WHEREAS, these shifts of city revenues to counties were
specifically enacted to replace cuts in state revenue for
counties 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 government to
finance another, and result in no real solution to the continuing
financial problems facing all levels of government in California;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City of Tustin
support the repeal of SB 2557 and the protection of cities from
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Resolution 90-134
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the state budget process; and support alternatives that will
provide adequate long-term funding for cities and counties.
PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the Tustin City
Council held on the 15th day of October, 1990.
Richard B. Edgar, Mayor
Mary E. Wynn, City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE )
CITY OF TUSTIN )
CERTIFICATION FOR RESOLUTION NO. 90-134
Mary E. Wynn, City Clerk and ex -officio Clerk of the City Council
of the City of Tustin, California, does 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 was duly and
regularly passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the City
Council held on the 15th day of October, 1990, by the following
vote:
COUNCILMEMBER AYES:
COUNCILMEMBER NOES:
COUNCILMEMBER ABSTAINED:
COUNCILMEMBER ABSENT:
Mary E. Wynn, City Clerk