HomeMy WebLinkAbout1959 056 CC RESO1959 056 CC RESOxJ Ø Q RESOLUTION NO. 59-56
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITy OF BALDWIN PARK REGARDING TAXA-
TION BY THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES.
WHEREAS, Mayor Walter C. Hendrix of the City of
Duarte, California, has initiated a similar resolution con-
cerning taxation by the County of Los Angeles; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Duarfce
has resolved to protest the Inequities of the overall County
taxation program; and
WHEREAS, the City Councils of the Cities of San
Gabriel and Alhambra have also passed a resolution express-
ing their opinion that the present County tax rate contains
inequities and Imposes an unreasonable burden on taxpayers
residing within municipalities located within the County,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council
of the City of Baldwin Park as follows:
Section 1. That the proposed Increase in the County
tax rate of 16-1/2 cents, or any increase in the County tax
rate is inequitable and unjust as to those taxpayers who re-
side within the City limits of the City of Baldwin Park for
the reason that the services to be provided and paid for by
means of such Increase in large part do not benefit, directly
or Indirectly, residents of Incorporated areas but Instead
are for the benefit of persons residing in unincorporated
areas for whom the County provides services equivalent to
those which are provided to residents of incorporated areas
by the respective municipalities involved.
That the City Council of the City of
Baldwin Park therefore respectfully requests that the Board
of Supervisors provide to each and every one of the munici-
palities situated within the County an accounting of the
County taxes collected from within the respective municipali-
ties and a breakdown of the services provided by the County
and the cost thereof which benefit the taxpayers of each
respective community,
Section 2. That the City Council of the City of
Baldwin Park respectfully requests said County of Los Angeles
to furnish and publish in at least two major daily newspapers
a breakdown of the proportionate share of the County tax
rate which is allocated from the County General Fund to sup-
port the various departments, such as Bureau of Charities,
County Sheriff, County Courts, Administrative Section, or
general government and other like departments.
Section 3, In addition to the aforementioned
breakdown of the County tax rate, it is also requested that
the cities be individually named, which lie within the County
of Los Angeles, and that the services rendered to the citi-
zens be enumerated as a further breakdown of the $1.97
County General Fund rate,
Section 4. This City Council hereby directs the
City Clerk to forward a copy of this resolution to all
municipalities located within Los Angeles County and joins
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1959 056 CC RESOxJ Ø Q the City of San Gabriel and City of Alhambra In urging the
other cities of this County to endorse the resolution of
the City of Duarte and to enact their own resolutions re-
questing an accounting from the County of Los Angeles as
to where the County taxes go and why the County tax rate
is ever increasing. It appearing to this City Council
that an unreasonable portion of the County taxes is being
imposed upon the residents of the various municipalities
within the County to pay for services which benefit only
unincorporated areas and those areas which are contracting
with the County to provide what are normally municipal
services.
PASSED and ADOPTED this / day of June, 1959
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/^l^nn H. Cole, Mayor
ATTEST:
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thelma L. Bailcus, City ClerK
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES: SS.
CITY OF BALDWIN PARK
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the above and foregoing reso
lutlon was duly passed and adopted by the City Council of
the City of Baldwin Park at its regular meeting held on the
l5th day of June, 1959 by the following vote, to-wit:
AYES; Councllmen HOLMES, WILSON, LITTLEJOHN AND MAYOR COLE
NOES: C ounc1Imen NONE_______________________
ABSENT: Councilmen B l SHOP
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Theima L, BalKus, City Cleric
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