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A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
BAKERSFIELD IN SUPPORT OF THE LEAGUE OF
CALIFORNIA CITIES' ACTION FOR BETTER CITIES:
SAVE OUR SERVICES PROGRAM
WHEREAS, city leaders are in a position to make decisions governing
local affairs, educate the citizenry as to the benefits of strong local government, and
advocate on behalf of cities; and
WHEREAS, measures enacted through the legislative process, as well as
by statewide ballot initiatives, over the past 20 years have produced the unintended
consequences of destabilizing city finances and have weakened the ability of city
residents to govern local affairs through their elected community representatives; and
WHEREAS, the State of California is currently using over $800 million
each year in city property tax funds to balance the State budget; and
WHEREAS, the California Legislative Analyst's Office has projected that
the State is facing a structural budget deficit of over $10 billion per year over the next
five (5) years, and city services and revenues are at risk of further state raids; and
WHEREAS, the League of California Cities (LCC) is currently conducting
research on various ways to secure constitutional protection of city services and
revenues and may sponsor a statewide ballot measure for this purpose; and
WHEREAS, Action for Better Cities was created by the Board of Directors
of the LCC to advocate voter approval of constitutional protection of city services and
revenues and opposition to ballot proposals that reduce local democratic control of local
services and revenues; and
WHEREAS, Action for Better Cities has established the "Save Our
Services" (SOS) Fund to finance the cost of any statewide ballot measure campaign to
preserve and protect city services and revenues; and
WHEREAS, elected and appointed city officials and employees have the
opportunity to provide leadership in Action for Better Cities through voluntary financial
contributions to the "SOS" Fund; and
WHEREAS, the expenditure of monies in the "SOS" Fund shall be limited
and dedicated to ballot measure campaigns that are designed to specifically strengthen
the services and revenues of city governments.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, by the Council of the City of
Bakersfield of the State of California, that the City supports the League of California
Cities' Action for Better Cities: Save Our Services Program.
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I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was passed and
adopted by the City Council of the City of Bakersfield at a regular meeting thereof held
on MAY 1 4 2003 , by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSTAIN:
ABSENT:
COUNCILMEMBER CARSON, BENHAM, MAGGARD, COUCH, HANSON, SULLtVAN, SALVAGGIO
COUNClLMEMBER [~J'(:~
COUNClLMEMBER ~
COUNCILMEMBER
CITY CLERK and EX OFFI~O of the
Council of the City of Bakersfield
APPROVED MAY 1_ ~ ZOO3
HARVEY L. HALL
Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
BART J. THILTGEN
City Attorney
By: