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HomeMy WebLinkAbout04-145E~34ARD OAF aUPERV1~t~R Gt~UNTY: OF BUTTE, STATE ©F CALIFQRNIA Rc~so~ufic~n No. o4-i45 A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING PROPOSITON lA WHEKEAS, state government currently takes mare than $5.2 billion annually in local property tax funds statewide from cities, counties and special districts, costing local governments more than $40 billion in lost revenues over the past 12 years; and WHEREAS, these ongoing shifts and raids by the state of local property tax funds and other funding dedicated to local governments have seriously reduced resources available for local fire and paramedic response, law enforcement, public health and emergency medical care, roads, parks, libraries, transpor-Cation, and other essential local services; and WHEREAS, these funding raids also add pressure for local governments to increase fees and taxes to maintain basic local service levels; and WHEREAS, this drain of local resources has continued even during periods when the state's budget has been overflowing with surpluses; and WIIEREAS, Proposition IA is a historic measure that will appear on the November ?~04 statewide ballot that would limit the State's ability to take and use local government funding; and WHEREAS, by protecting local goven~ment fundinv, Prop lA would protect local p~zblic safety, healthcare and other essential local services; and WHEKEAS, Prop lA will not raise taxes and, in fact, will help reduce pressure for local fee and tax increases by limiting state raids of local rroveY~nment funding; and WHEKEAS, Prop lA does not reduce funding for schools or any other state program or service, and Prop lA was carefully written to allow flexibility in the event of a state budget emergency; and WHEREAS, Prop IA is supported by a bipartisan, diverse coalition including Governor Sehwaraenegger, Democrat and Republican legislative leaders, local government officials, public safety representatives, healthcare, business, labor, and community leaders. NOW, 'PI-iLREFORE, BE 1T RCSOLVED, that the Board of Supervisors of the County of Butte hereby expresses strong support for Proposition 1 A, the statewide ballot initiative that will prevent the state from further taking loco] government revenues, PASSESEI)AND AllOI''I'E[) by the Butte County Board of Supervisors this 17`" day of August 204 by the following vote: AYhJS: Supervisors Dolan, Houx, Josiassen, Yamaguchi and Chair Beeler jvQl±,s; None AI3SEN'C: None NO'T' VO'T'ING: None r ~~~~' ;, R. J. I3EELLR, Chair ATTFST: PAUL MCINTOSH, Chief Administrative Officer And Clerk of the Board of Supervisors Deputy