HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 4755-1967RESOLUTION NO. 4755
CITY COUNCIL, CITY OF SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, STATE OF CALIFORNIA
A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING STATE ASSF~BLY JOINT
RESOLUTION NO. 29 REQUESTING CONGRESS TO ENACT
FEDERAL TAX SHARING PROGRAM WITH STATE AND
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
that
BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of South San Francisco,
WHEREAS, in the opinion of the City Council, it is of the utmost
necessity that the Congress provide through Federal tax sharing with
State and local governments a means of alleviating inequities in the
present tax structure; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary and desirable that the Congress provide a
plan for such relief which permits Federal revenues or revenue sources
to be returned to states and local communities without restrictions on the
expenditure of such funds; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary and desirable that, in promulgating such
a program, the Congress authorize local governments to develop new sources
of revenue other than property taxation as an offset to any losses of
revenue-which may result from the adoption of such a Federal tax sharing
program; and
WHEREAS, in adopting Assembly Joint Resolution 29, the California
Legislature has memorialized the Congress to enact some form of such a
Federal tax sharing pr~ram, and the City Council finds it necessary and
desirable to urge and request thei~the Congress to act in accordance with
the provisions of said Assembly 3oint Resolution 29~
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED AND DETERMINED as follows~
1. That the Congress be, and it is hereby, urged and requested to
enact legislation providing for Federal tax sharing by State and local
governments in accordance with the provisions of Assembly 3oint Resolution
29 of the California Legislature.
2. That the Congress be, and it is hereby, urged and requested,
if such a program of Federal tax sharing is enacted, to provide authorization
for local governments to develop new sources of revenue other than property
taxation as an offset to any losses of revenue to such local governments
that may be occasioned by action taken to implement or promulgate the
Federal Tax Sharing Program as proposed by said State Assembly Joint
Resolution No. 29.
3. That the City Clerk of the City of South San Francisco be, and
he is hereby, authorized and directed to send certified copies of this
resolution to the office of the llth Congressional District and to State
Assemblyman Robert Monagan.
I hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was regularly intro-
duced and adopted hy the City Council of the City of South San Francisco
at a regular meeting held on the 6th day of November, lg67, by the
following vote~
AYES, COUNCILMEN
NOES, "
ABSENT, "
Patrick E. Ahern, Frank J. Bertucelli,
Andrew Roc~ and Guido J. Rozzi
None
~milio Cortesi
City Clerk