R-10480City Council Meeting: 5-25-2010
Santa Monica, California
RESOLUTION NUMBER 10480 (CCS)
(City Council Series)
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA OPPOSING THE GOVERNOR'S PROPOSED
CUTS TO CHILD CARE SERVICES
WHEREAS, The City of Santa Monica is committed to fostering and maintaining
quality child care for young children and their families in Santa Monica; and
WHEREAS, The May Revision of the Governor's Proposed Budget would
eliminate full day and after school childcare services to California's neediest children
and families; and
WHEREAS, These proposed cuts would result in lost employment for low income
working parents and their child care teachers and providers; and
WHEREAS, It would also endanger the welfare and safety of children; and
WHEREAS, The proposed cuts would also deprive tens of thousands of families
of opportunities for learning; and
WHEREAS, In Santa Monica, these proposed cuts would result in the loss of full
day and after school child care services provided by the Santa Monica Malibu Unified
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School District, Santa Monica College; Gonriections For Children and The Children's
Place to more than 675 children. of low income families living and/or working in Santa
Monica: and
WHEREAS, The result would be detrimental, not only to the immediately
impacted children and families, but to the entire community.
NOW, THEREFORE., THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA
DOES RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The City of Santa Monica strongly opposes the drastic cuts to full
day and after school child care proposed in the Governor's Revised Proposed Budget,
and hereby endorses and supports the Campaign to Save Child Care.
SECTION 2. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Resolution,-and
thenceforth and thereafter the same shall be in full force and effect.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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MAF~HA JO S MOUTRI
City t orney
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Adopted and approved this 25th day of May,
I, Maria Stewart, City Clerk of the City of Santa Monica, do hereby certify that the
foregoing Resolution No. 10480 (CCS) was duly adopted at a meeting of the Santa
Monica City Council held on the 25th day of May, 2010, by the following vote:
Ayes: Councilmembers: Bloom, O'Day; Holbrook, Davis, McKeown
Mayor Pro Tem O'Connor, Mayor Shriver
Noes: Councilmembers: None
Abstain: Councilmembers: None
Absent: Councilmembers: None
ATTEST:
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Maria Stewart,. City 'Jerk