HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 10312006 - D.1 (3) IN THE MATTER OF SUPPORTING RESOLUTION NO.2006/674A
THE TOBACCO TAX ACT OF 2006
(PROPOSITION 86)
WHEREAS,the Tobacco Tax Act of 2006 is a state initiative which if passed by voters in November 2006 would raise the
state's tobacco tax by an additional$2.60/pack. According to the California Department of Health Services,the tax increase
alonelwould prevent 700,000 children currently under 17 years of age from becoming smokers in adulthood;high school and
middle school student smoking prevalence would decline by 42.8%;more than half a million smokers in California would quit
smoking;and
WHEREAS,the Tobacco Tax Act would produce more than$2 billion in annual revenue to fund children's health insurance,
emergency room care, nursing education, disease prevention, medical research and programs that will reduce smoking,
especially among children;and
WHEREAS,4.5 million Californians smoke and nearly 7=5;000 a year itry their first cigarette,and these smokers put a significant
burden on our economy and our hasp talsand healthcare syy`stte to d_rect and indirect medical costs,worker absenteeism and
lost productivity;and
WHEREAS,the Tobacco Tax Act would significantly reduce the burden on state and locaI healthcare agencies of treating the
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uninsured by providmgg*ic health'insurance,covera ge including primary-caretand/'hospitalization to California's 800,000
uninsured children nearly 10°lo by expsnding,.ehgibitity and simplifying enrollment in the state's Medi-Ca!and Healthy
Families public heals insurance programs for children;and - II
WHEREAS,the'Tobaeccijax Act,would provide funding for,outreach to enroll currently_',eligible children into the Medi-Cal
and the annually in state and
HealthyAFamlltes;programs",generating additional-revenues to local commumhes-Including$1,I"1;2
federal fundi for each child enrolled or a total of$390 million in additional annualrevenue ifall'current]`eligible are enrolled;
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WHEREAS,the Tobacco Tax Act is expected,.to-generat significant additional av-in gs foFA 6-w counties,counties'operating tlreir own
children's health coverage imhauves because'these children%would nom w be ehgible,,for state programs funded by tobacco tax
revenues and
WHEREAS ttt Tobacco Tax Act would provide more than,,7006ommr based clli Ics�t�h�rouu out-&'state,including clinic
sites in Contta'Costa County alone twith much,needed dollars tocontmue to provide primary health care services t1uninsured
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and underinsured children and adults thereby alleviating th6,overuse of?local eme}rgency roo/m�s' and -
WHERT AS,the Tobacco Tax Act is expected to reduce state and local govemmenttheaJtbcare costs overtime through reduced
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tobacco use and tobacco related disease as well as through expanded state health programs and,
WHEREAS the Tobacco Tax Act will-providekneeded fundsfor,emergency rooms and cntrcal ca�s'ervices(seventy California
hos ital emergency rooms 1 ave closed their doors Rt the ast ten ears`tReducm `smoking and funding emergency care will
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WHEREAS,the Tobacco Tax Act will°increase's les tax revenues to local govemmentstby tens of millions of dollars annually;
NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Supervisors o'f-Contra Costa County does hereby support the
Tobacco Tax Act of 2006,(Proposition 86)which will redyl� smoking especially among children and fund critical healthcare
priorities such as children's health insurance,emergency room care,disease prevention and medical research; /
AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED,that a suitable copy of this resolution be transmitted to the Coalition for a Healthy
California and to the Contra Costa County's legislative representatives in Sacramento,and to the Speaker of the California
Assembly,Senate President Pro Te re,and to Gov e or. /
JOHN GIOIA
Chair
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GAYL UILKEMA L—��IYN.PIEPHO
District I1 Supervisor District III Supervis
MARK DeSAULNIER ! * ) FEDERAL D.GLOVER
District IV Supervisor F * District V Supervisor
'i hereby certify that this is a inti and correct copy of an action taken
r nered entered on the rrmoutr.•s of the 13oard of Supe-i.—,on the date
ATITSffiD: OC'r013GR 31,2006
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PROOF OF PUBLICATION
(2015.5 C.C.P.)
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
County of Contra Costa
I am a citizen of the United States and a resident of the
County aforesaid; I am over the age of eighteen years,
and not a party to or interested in the above-entitled
matter.
I am the Principal Legal Clerk of the Contra Costa Times,
a newspaper of general circulation, printed and published
at•2640 Shadelands Drive in the City of Walnut Creek,
County of Contra Costa, 94598.
And which newspaper has been adjudged a newspaper of
general circulation by the Superior Court of the County of
Contra Costa, State of California, under the date of
October 22, 1934. Case Number 19764.
The notice, of which the annexed is a printed copy (set in
type not smaller than nonpareil), has been published in
each regular and entire issue of said newspaper and not
in any supplement thereof on the following dates,to-wit:
Oct 27,
all in the year of 2006
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I certify (or declare) under penalty of perjury that the
iforegoing rue and correct.
Exec ut d Walnut Creek, California.
I On thi 30 y Poctober, 2006
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Signature
Contra Costa Times
P O Box 4147
Walnut Creek, CA 94596
(925) 935-2525
Proof of Publication of:
(attached is a copy of the legal advertisement that
published)