HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTIONS - 01012003 - 2003-189 In the Matter of SupporthW )
Assembly Bill 1690 (Mark Leno, D&n Francisco) )
To establish an Alternadve Revenue Source ) RESOLUTION NO. 20031189
�MEREMS, local government revenue options have been severely limited since the passage of
Proposition 13 in 1978; and
WHER&'A.Ssince the passage of Proposition 13, local governments have looked to fire protection
benefit assessments as a means to augment fire department revenues until 1996, when California voters
approved Proposition 218 requiring a two-thirds vote of the people to impose fire protection and other
specialized benefit assessments; and
WWEM$ the state continues to grapple with a multi-billion dollar budget shortfall and cities and
counties find themselves financially squeezed and forced to cut public services in order to alleviate budget
woes; and
WHEREAS for local governments that have already implemented cuts in reaction to the release of the
Governor's mid-year spending reductions and 2003-2004 budget proposal, a mechanism is needed to help
local governments restore such cuts, as well as allow other local governments to avoid making them in the
future; and
WHEM$ a means for local governments to determine the need for, and adequately fund, public
services, while also assuring supplemental funding for its communities'vital fire protection needs, is
desperately needed;
NOW THEREFORA BE 1 T RESOL VED that the .BOARD OF SUPER WSORS OF
CONTRA COSTA COtl1VYhereby registers its support of AB 1690 (Mark Leno, D-San
Francisco), a measure which would enable cities and counties to establish an alternative revenue source
for the purpose of maintaining needed funding for vital public services, including critical fire protection
services; and
BE IT RESOLVED FURTHER that the County of Contra Costa Board of SupervMsors
immediately transmit a copy of this resolution in support of AB 1690 to Assemblyman Mark Leno.
PASSED AAV ADOPTED on April 1, 2003 by a unanimous vote of the Board members present.
Mark DeSaulnier, Chairman
1 hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of an order
enured on the Minutes of said Board of Supervisors on the aforesaid
date. Witness my hand and the Seal of the Board of Supervisors
affixed this 1st day of April 2003.
JOHN SWEETEN, Clerk of the Board of Supervisors and County
Administrot
By Deputy Clerk
Introduced by Chairman Mark DeSaulnier,District ttr