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Home My WebLink About2010 008 CC RESO2010 008 CC RESOHÄ—@¸— ¹_Í«RESOLUTION NO. 2010-008 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BALDWIN PARK SUPPORTING THE LOCAL TAXPAYER, PUBLIC SAFETY, AND TRANSPORTATION PROTECTION ACT OF 2010 WHEREAS, California voters have repeatedly and overwhelmingly passed separate ballot measures to stop State raids of local government funds, and to dedicate the taxes on gasoline to fund transportation improvement projects; and WHEREAS, these local government funds are critical to provide the police and fire, emergency response, parks, libraries, and other vital local services that residents rely upon every day, and gas tax funds are vital to maintain and improve local streets and roads, to make road safety improvements, relieve traffic congestion, and provide mass transit; and WHEREAS, despite the fact that voters have repeatedly passed measures to prevent the State from taking these revenues dedicated to funding local government services and transportation improvement projects, the States Legislature has seized and borrowed billions of dollars in local government and transportation funds in the past few years; and WHEREAS, this year's borrowing and raids of local government, redevelopment and transit funds, as well as previous, ongoing raids of local government and transportation funds, have lead to severe consequences, such as layoffs of police, fire and paramedic first responders, fire station, closures, stalled economic development, healthcare cutbacks, delays in road safety improvements, public transit fare increases and cutbacks in public transit services; and WHEREAS, State politicians in Sacramento have continued to ignore the will of the voters, and current law provides no penalties when state politicians take or borrow these dedicated funds; and WHEREAS, a coalition of local government, transportation and transit advocates recently filed a constitutional amendment with the California Attorney General, called the Local Taxpayer, Public Safety and Transportation Protection Act of 2010, for potential placement on California's November 2010 statewide ballot; and WHEREAS, approval of this ballot initiative would close loopholes and change the Constitution to further prevent State politicians in Sacramento from seizing, diverting, shifting, borrowing, transferring, suspending or otherwise taking or interfering with tax revenues dedicated to funding local government services, including redevelopment, or dedicated to transportation improvement projects and mass transit. BIB] 40564-U01 2010-U02 008-U02 CC-U02 RESO-U02 LI3-U03 FO8417-U03 FO128036-U03 DO128038-U03 C6-U03 RESO-U03 3/29/2010-U04 ROBIN-U04 2010 008 CC RESOHÄ—@¸— ¹_Í«Resolution No. 2010-008 Page 2 NOW THEREFORE, be it resolved that the City Council of the City of Baldwin Park formally endorses the Local Taxpayer, Public Safety, and Transportation Protection Act of 2010, a proposed constitutional amendment. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that we hereby authorize the listing of the City Council of the City of Baldwin Park in support of the Local Taxpayer, Public Safety, and Transportation Protection Act of 2010 and instruct staff to fax a copy of this resolution to campaign offices at 916.442.3510. PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this 17th day of March 2O1 UEL YOR BIB] 40564-U01 2010-U02 008-U02 CC-U02 RESO-U02 LI3-U03 FO8417-U03 FO128036-U03 DO128038-U03 C6-U03 RESO-U03 3/29/2010-U04 ROBIN-U04 2010 008 CC RESOHÄ—@¸— ¹_Í«Resolution No. 2010-008 Page 3 ATTEST: STATE OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES S CITY OF BALDWIN PARK I, LAURA M. NIETO, Deputy City Clerk of the City of Baldwin Park do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution No. 2010-008 was duly adopted by the City Council of the City of Baldwin Park at a regular meeting thereof held on March 17, 2010 and that the same was adopted by the following vote to wit: AYES: COUNCIL MEMBER: Marlen Garcia, Monica Garcia, Susan Rubio, Mayor Pro Tern Ricardo Pacheco and Mayor Manuel Lozano NOES: COUNCIL MEMBER: NONE ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBER: NONE ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBER: NONE EL URA M. NIETO, CMC EPUTY CITY CLERK BIB] 40564-U01 2010-U02 008-U02 CC-U02 RESO-U02 LI3-U03 FO8417-U03 FO128036-U03 DO128038-U03 C6-U03 RESO-U03 3/29/2010-U04 ROBIN-U04 2010 008 CC RESOHÄ—@¸— ¹_Í«hp LaserJe- HF LASERJET FAX Mar-18-2010 10:1 Fax Call Repc i n v e n t Job Date Result 348 3/18/2010 OK BIB] 40564-U01 2010-U02 008-U02 CC-U02 RESO-U02 LI3-U03 FO8417-U03 FO128036-U03 DO128038-U03 C6-U03 RESO-U03 3/29/2010-U04 ROBIN-U04