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FROM: Phil Batchelor Contra
County Administrator
Costa
DATE: April 29, 1987 County
SUBJECT:
Legislation: Assembly Bill 2267 (Ferguson)
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(.S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION•
Adopt a position of opposition to AB 2267 by Assemblyman Ferguson
which precludes the imposition of special taxes with the approval
of 2/3 of the voters unless the tax is imposed throughout the
entire jurisdiction of the taxing entity.
BACKGROUND:
Under current law, a county may call a special tax election in a
portion of the county for specified purposes. Contra Costa
County used this procedure as recently as last year when a
special tax election was called in Crockett for parks and
recreation.
Assemblyman Ferguson has introduced AB 2267 which would prohibit
such special tax elections for only a portion of the county. If
passed, no special election such as the Crockett election could
be called by the Board of Supervisors, regardless of how much
local popular support such a measure might have. This appears to
be an inappropriate and unnecessary intrusion into the local
rights of the electorate and the Board of Supervisors. There
appears to be no rational basis for such a prohibition on a
community asking for an election to tax themselves for specific
purposes. It is, therefore, recommended that the Board oppose AB
2267 .
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: _ YES SIGNATURE: L
X RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD/COMMITTEE
X APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE S : /' ' �& ;��
ACTION OF BOARD ON Mav 5, 1987 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 _ `Y 5 N7
County Counsel
Auditor-Controller PHIL BATCHELOR, CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
Jackson/Barish & Associates
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AC Director BY ,DEPUTY
-.Assemblyman Gill Ferguson