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Home My WebLink AboutMINUTES - 09161986 - 2.6 TO: -� ' BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FROM: Phil Batchelor Contra County Administrator DATE: September 16, 1986 COU* SUBJECT: Submission of Resolutions to CSAC General Assembly SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(-S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION RECOMMENDATIONS: Approve submission of four resolutions to the CSAC General Assembly on the following_ subjects: 1. Need for a Stable Source of Revenue for Counties; 2. Need. for the State to fully fund currently unfunded State mandates; 3 . Need for National leadership and funding from the President and Congress to fight the war on drug and. alcohol abuse; 4. Endorsement of residential - time-of-use electrical rates. BACKGROUND: Each year counties are encouraged to submit resolutions to the CSAC General Assembly on issues of statewide concern which are of a sufficiently high priority to require action by the General Assembly. We have received and considered four such Resolutions. We believe each of these meets CSAC' s criteria and, therefore, deserve the endorsement and approval of the Board of Supervisors. CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE: RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE APPROVE OTHER S 1 GNATURE l S): do-J&� ACTION OF BOARD ON pptP111he r 16, 1986 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER VOTE OF SUPERVISORS I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE !/ UNANIMOUS (ABSENT ) AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN AYES: NOES AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN. CC: County Administrator ATTESTED /(i �/ tJ CSAC (via CAO PHIL BATCHELOR, CLERK OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR M382/7-83 BY ,DEPUTY r �r BEFORE THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE COUNTY SUPERVISORS ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA Resolution Concerning ) RESOLUTION PROPOSED BY Transfer of State - Sales ) CONTRA COSTA COUNTY Tax Revenue to County— WHEREAS, ounty WHEREAS, Article XIII B of the California Constitution establishes an appropriation limit for the State and each local government. WHEREAS, the State will exceed that limit in fiscal year 1987-1988 and thereby cannot fully utilize its revenues to directly finance needed public services. WHEREAS, a large majority of counties will not exceed their appropriation limit in fiscal year 1987-1988 and do not have adequate resources to provide services in such areas as mental health and medical care, public welfare, social services, law enforcement and criminal justice. WHEREAS, the State Legislature has failed to adequately of provide counties with a stable source of revenue. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the County Supervisors Association of California supports the transfer of State sales tax revenue to counties as provided for in AB 4043 as originally introduced. AND,--BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that failing enactment of such legislation within a reasonable period of time, the Association supports the passage. of_ an initiative constitutional amendment to effect this revenue transfer. BEFORE.THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE COUNTY SUPERVISORS ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA RESOLUTION ENDORSING ) RESOLUTION PROPOSED BY RESIDENTIAL TIME-OF-USE ) Contra Costa County ELECTRICAL RATES ) WHEREAS adopted State energy policy, the 1985 California Energy Plan, calls for reducing the demand for electricity during peak periods; and WHEREAS to more accurately allocate the cost of electrical service between the various customer classes, the Public Utilities Commission is moving towards marginal cost-based class revenue requirements for California' s electrical utilities; and WHEREAS this new revenue allocation method will increase electric rates for California' s families by increasing the residential class revenue requirement; and WHEREAS California' s families will not be able to reduce their class revenue requirement unless they reduce their peak demand; and WHEREAS residential time-of-use (TOU) rates give families the opportunity to do so, as well as to control their own utility bills; and WHEREAS a PGandE pilot program, initiated in 1982, has shown that residential TOU customers reduce their peak demand and that a high percentage of families volunteered for the program; and WHEREAS the Public Utility Commission, Decision 86-08-083 , stated that residential TOU rates "are needed to provide equitable and nondiscriminatory rates; " and WHEREAS the only barrier to widespread use of residential time-of-use rates are limitations on the availability of TOU meters. NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE COUNTY SUPERVISORS ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA ENDORSES RESIDENTIAL TIME-OF-USE ELECTRICAL RATES AND URGES CALIFORNIA'S ELECTRIC UTILITIES TO OFFER METERS TO THEIR CUSTOMERS AS QUICKLY AS PRACTICAL. SMH:eh resoluun( 3 ) :'� ` • (D BEFORE THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE COUNTY SUPERVISORS ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA Resolution Concerning ) RESOLUTION PROPOSED BY - .Unfunded Mandates ) CONTRA COSTA COUNTY WHEREAS, Article XIII B of the California Constitution bars the State Legislature from the enactment of laws mandating new programs or increased levels of services without funding. WHEREAS, the State Legislature continues to place increased requirements on counties in such areas as law enforcement and the criminal justice system, public welfare, social services, mental health and medical care, frequently making little or no provision for adequate revenue to support these mandated programs; and WHEREAS, the Medically Indigent Adult program, which was fully financed by the State prior to January, 1983 , is now costing counties over $300, 000, 000 per year. WHEREAS, State constitution and operational standards on county jails have substantially contributed to the cost of incarceration, which averages $13, 500 per inmate per year. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the County Supervisors . Association supports legislation which provides full funding of state mandated programs. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT, if the Legislature does not wish to : provide full funding for mandated programs, the Association supports the transfer from the counties to the State for service delivery of such programs. BE IT -FURTHER RESOLVED THAT, if the Legislature does not fully fund or assume service delivery responsibility for unfunded or underfunded mandates, the Association supports the passage of an initiative constitutional amendment which will require the transfer of service delivery responsibility. BEFORE THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE COUNTY SUPERVISORS ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA Resolution Concerning ) RESOLUTION PROPOSED BY Declaring War on Drugs and Alcohol ) CONTRA COSTA COUNTY WHEREAS drug and alcohol abuse has reached epidemic proportions in California; and WHEREAS drug and alcohol abuse continues to seriously drain local financial resources; and WHEREAS alcohol is the leading cause of deaths among teenagers; and WHEREAS nationwide 25,000 people are killed in automobile accidents involving alcohol ; and WHEREAS estimates indicate that the current market for illicit drugs in the United States exceeds 100 billion dollars and alcohol abuse costs the country over 120 billion dollars annually; and WHEREAS Contra Costa County is now under court order to build a second 560 bed county jail at a construction cost of 48 million dollars and an estimated operating cost of eight million dollars annually; and WHEREAS at least 50 percent of all major crimes, child abuse, spousal abuse and health problems are caused by alcohol and drug abuse; and WHEREAS in many neighborhoods drug dealing is done blatantly in the open; and WHEREAS local law enforcement is not able to cope with the magnitude of this problem; and WHEREAS to combat this problem enormous resources are being allocated to privately patrol two small neighborhoods in Contra Costa County; and WHEREAS, in one of these communities, $42,000 per month is being spent on security guards to protect 350 residents from the violence and negative impact of drug dealers; and WHEREAS the state and federal governments are continually reducing funding to cities and counties; and WHEREAS the Federal Revenue Sharing loss alone for Contra Costa County amounts annually to five million dollars; V NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the County Supervisors Association of California supports legislation that would have the federal government and President Reagan and the state government and Governor Deukmejian to truly declare a war on drugs and that sufficient funds be made available at the local level to significantly improve law enforcement efforts to combat the importa- tion, manufacture and distribution of illicit drugs. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that substantial funding be allocated to the development of treatment programs and community education and prevention pro- grams to help create a climate where drug and alcohol abuse is not tolerated. ADOPTED this day of November, 1986, by the General Assembly of the County Supervisors Association of California. LESLIE K. BROWN, PRESIDENT