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HomeMy WebLinkAbout4183 o RESOLUTION NO, 4183 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA PROTESTING HIGH COUNTY TAX RATE AND URGING THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY DIVISION OF THE LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES TO PERSUADE STATE LEGISLATURE TO PROVIDE FUNDS FOR STATE MANDATED PROGRAMS , WHEREAS, the State requires the County of Los Angeles to fund tremendously expensive welfare programs; and WHEREAS, the property tax is the only means by which the County can raise taxes for such programs; and WHEREAS, such State mandated programs have caused property taxes to reach an unreasonable level in the County of Los Angeles, NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA DOES RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. That when the State Legislature requires County governments to carry out programs enacted by the State Legislature, provisions should be made for paying the cost of such programs from the State Treasury; that the City of Arcadia strongly protests the unreasonably high County tax rate which is requ~red to fund such programs, SECTION 2, That the League of California Cities, Los Angeles County Division, is requested to take action to persuade the State Legislature to fully fund the cost of State mandated programs from the State Treasury. SECTION 3, The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this resolutior. and shall send a certified copy of this resolution to the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, the Los -1- 4183 Angeles County Division of the League of Californ~ Cities, and a copy thereof to each State Senator and Assemblyman representing the City of Arcadia requesting that they cooperate with the League in this endeavor, I 'HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing resolution was adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Arcadia held on the 2nd day of February, 1971, by the affirmative vote of at least three Councilmen: to wit: AYES: Councilmen Arth, Considine, Hage, Helms and Butterworth NOES: None ABSEN'l': None ~u~~.~~ ity Clerk of ;lie i y of Arcadia SIGNED AND APPROVED ~~~~ (SEAL) -2- 4183