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THE' BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA
IN THE MATTER OF SUPPORTING AN )
APPROPRIATE METHOD OF RESOLVING ) RESOLUTION NO. 91/149
THE FISCAL PROBLEMS FACED BY THE )
RICHMOND UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT )
WHEREAS, the Richmond Unified School District is responsible for
providing public education for 32,000 West Contra Costa County
children and employs over 3,000 people; and
WHEREAS, the school district faces a fiscal crisis and as a
result is seeking a . $29 million dollar emergency loan from the
State of California; and
WHEREAS, Assemblyman Robert J. Campbell is carrying AB 128 in an
effort to provide for such an emergency loan; and
WHEREAS, the failure to obtain such a loan would drive the school
district into bankruptcy, throwing many employees out of work and
damaging the education of many children in West County; and
WHEREAS, even without declaring bankruptcy, it has been difficult
for the school district to meet its payroll, thereby potentially
placing the County in the position of having a number of school
employees who will be in need of and perhaps eligible for public
assistance, medical care and social services from the County,
thereby placing additional burdens on the County' s already
limited resources; and
WHEREAS, to date the Legislature and the Administration have been
unable to come to agreement on the specific terms for legislation
to. provide for the emergency loan to the school district; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Supervisors supports the collective
bargaining rights provided for under existing State law;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE COUNTY
OF CONTRA COSTA RESOLVED: that the Board calls on both the
Legislature and the Administration to attempt to reach a mutually
acceptable compromise on those issues which remain unresolved so
that legislation can be enacted which will provide the Richmond
Unified School. District with the emergency loan which it so
desperately needs, and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED: that the County Administrator is
directed to forward a copy of this Resolution to the Governor of
California, each member of this County' s Legislative Delegation,
the Mayor and City Council of each city within the Richmond
Unified School District and the Board of Education and Acting
Superintendent of the Richmond Unified School District.
PASSED on March 5., 1991, by unanimous vote of the Board members
present.
I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of
an order entered on the minutes of said Board of Supervisors on
the date aforesaid.
Witness my hand and the Seal of the
Board of Supervisors. affixed this
5th day of March , 19;91 .
PHIL BATCHELOR, Clerk of the Board
of Supervisors and County Administrator
By Deputy Clerk
RESOLUTION NO. 91/149