R-9158
4tSOLUTION NUMBER 9158
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(City Council Series)
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA URGING THE
STATE LEGISLATURE AND THE GOVERNOR TO ENACT WELFARE REFORM LEGISLATION WHICH
IS RESPONSIVE TO THE NEEDS OF THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA
WHEREAS, the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity ResolutIon Act was signed Into
law on August 22, 1996, and
WHEREAS, Implementation of this federal legislation Will have a profound Impact on the
residents of Los Angeles County and of Santa MOnica; and
WHEREAS, the State legislature and the Governor have Wide-ranging discretion to determine
how California Will Implement this legislation,
NOW, THEREFORE THE CITY COUNCil FOR THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA DOES RESOLVE
AS FOllOWS
Section 1. The City CounCil urges the legislature and the Governor to enact welfare reform
legislation which responds to the needs of the residents of Los Angeles County and Includes the
follOWing basIc prinCiples.
1. Creation of a state-funded safety net for elderly/disabled legal Immigrants who lose
Supplemental Securrty Income/State Supplementary Payments (SSI/SSP).
2. Mamtenance or expansion of the current level of state funding In the welfare system
3 Establishment of a statewide General Assistance program which mcludes substantial state
funding and state-determined benefit levels and eligibility criteria.
4 Assurance that any work requirements or time limits In the State's Temporary Assistance for
Needy Families (T ANF) program truly promote self-sufficiency through employment by taking
Into account unemployment rates, Job opportunities, disabilities, and the availability and
funding of quality child care, training and other necessary services.
5. Separation of eligibility for In-Home SupportIve Services (lHSS) from SSI/SSP ehglblllty so
that elderly and disabled legal ImmIgrants who lose SSI/SSP Will not also lose IHSS.
6 Exemption of parents wIth a child under age one from T ANF work requirements, and
assurance that other T ANF recipients have access to quality, safe, reliable, and age-
appropriate child care.
7 Assurance that low mcome workmg families Will continue to receive child care SubSidies to
help them transitIon from and stay off of T ANF.
Section 2 The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of thIS Resolution, and thenceforth and
thereafter the same shall be m full force and effect
APPROVED AS TO FORM
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Marsha J~es Moutrre
City Attorhey
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Adopted and approved thIS 24th of June 1997
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Pt O'Connor, Mayor
L Mana M. Stewart. CIty Clerk of the CIty of Santa MOllIca. do hereby certIfy that the
foregomg ResolutIOn 9158(CCS) was duly adopted at a meetmg of the Cny CouncIl held on the
24th of June, 1997 by the followmg vote
Ayes
CouncIlmembers
Ebner. Femstem, Genser. Greenberg, Mayor Pro Tern
Holbrook. Mayor O'Connor, Rosenstem
Noes
CouncIl members
None
Abstam
CouncIlmembers
None
Absent
CouncIlmembers
None
ATTEST
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M~a M Stewart. CIty 'clerk