HomeMy WebLinkAbout1995 061 CC RESO1995 061 CC RESO (Ìì · { RESOLUTION NO.95- 61
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF BALDWIN PARK IN SUPPORT OF A TIPPLER FEE
AND TOBACCO TAX
WHEREAS, Los Angeles County has experienced a general fund budget deficit in excess
of one billion dollars for Fiscal Year 1995-1996 primarily due to reduced state and federal
funding; and
WHEREAS, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors was forced to cut general fund
expenditures by nearly six hundred million dollars in order to balance the County budget;
and
WHEREAS, these budget cuts will result in the closure of all six comprehensive health
centers, twenty-nine health clinics, and severe curtailments in other health, public safety,
and other critical County services; and
WHEREAS, the closure of health facilities will negatively impact the private health care
delivery system and threaten the health of all County residents; and
WHEREAS, the cutbacks in all County provided services and massive employee layoffs
will slow the region's economic recovery and threaten the region's social and economic
health; and
WHEREAS, the County of Los Angeles must be allowed to develop an ongoing revenue
source to fund critical health, public safety and other essential services for this and future
fiscal years; and
WHEREAS, state legislative proposals that would allow surcharges on on-site alcohol
consumption and increase cigarettes taxes would produce annual revenue amounting to two
hundred and fifty million dollars and over one hundred million dollars respectively; and
WHEREAS, alcohol consumption and cigarette smoking results in substantial cost to
County health and public safety programs, now born by an overburdened general fund;
and
WHEREAS, surveys have demonstrated nearly eighty percent public support for increased
taxes upon cigarettes and alcohol; and
WHEREAS, the State Legislature is currently meeting in an extra ordinary session to
address solutions to the budget crisis in Los Angeles County;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City of Baldwin Park, in recognition of the
critical need to restore and preserve essential County services, strongly urges the State
Legislature and the Governor to enact AB 485, or other similar proposals that will grant the
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Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors and County voters the ability to establish a
Tippler Surcharge on on-site alcohol consumption, and also urge rapid adoption of
forthcoming legislative proposals that grant counties the authority to increase the tax on
cigarettes.
APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 6th day of September 1995.
LINDA L. GAIR, CITY CLERK
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ss:
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 6,1995,
by the following vote:
AYES: MARTINEZ. LOZANO LOWES. MUSE. MAYOR VARGAS
NOES: NONE
ABSENT: NONE
ABSTAIN: NONE
LINDA L. GAIR, CITY CLERK
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