HomeMy WebLinkAbout1994 103 CC RESO1994 103 CC RESO (Ìì ¸ s RESOLUTION NO. 94-103
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF BALDWIN PARK OPPOSING PROPOSITION 186
WHEREAS, Proposition 186 amounts to a state government takeover of the entire
health care system in California, including programs administered at the local level; and
WHEREAS, the $40 to $50 billion required to operate this new system will double
the size of state government; and
WHEREAS, projected deficits in the new system wilt require additional taxes or
cuts in existing programs to close the deficit, both of which will mean reduced revenues
at the local level; and
WHEREAS, local governments lose control over health programs for their own
employees and retirees; and
WHEREAS, local governments will be required to pay a payroll tax on each
employee to the state fund, as well as continuing to provide funds for currently
administered programs, thus rendering local government little more than a collector of
health care funds with no control over how the money is spent; and
WHEREAS, the Public Employees Medical and Hospital Care Act will be abolished
and its funds absorbed by the state; and
WHEREAS, the rich package of benefits in Proposition 186 will likely attract non-
residents to California seeking health care, thereby imposing ancillary costs on local
governments; and
WHEREAS, Proposition 186 may undermine the sole remedy concept of workers
compensation by allowing injured workers to sue collateral sources, leading to a litigation
explosion, and weaken the workers' compensation reforms enacted in 1993; and
WHEREAS, the vast shift of power to Sacramento embodied in Proposition 186
will further undermine the ability of cities and counties to provide for health needs of their
constituents at the local level.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of
Baldwin Park OPPOSES Proposition 186 and urges Californians to vote against this
measure on the November 8, 1994 ballot.
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1994 103 CC RESO (Ìì ¸ s RESOLUTION NO.94- 103
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APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 21st day of September, 1994.
ATTEST:
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES 55:
CITY OF BALDWIN PARK
I, LINDA L. GAIR, City Clerk of the City of Baldwin Park do hereby certify that the
foregoing resolution was duly and regularly approved and adopted by the City Council of
the City of Baldwin Park at its regular meeting of the City Council on September 21,1994,
by the following vote:
AYES: MARTINEZ, MUSE, GALLEGOS, LOWES, MAYOR VARGAS
NOES: NONE
ABSENT: NONE
ABSTAIN: NONE
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