R-6285
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RESOLUTION NO. 6285
(City Council SerIes)
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA
:IOKICA 1='1 SUPPORT OF A.B. 1597 (CREATING A SPECIAL
FUND FOR LOCAL SCHOOLS A~D GOVER~IENTAL SERVICES
FINAKCED BY A SEVERANCE TAX ON OIL)
WHEREAS, the passage of Proposition 13 has seriously
limited the ability of local governMents -- schools, cItIes
and counties -- to raIse sufficient revenues to support basIc
and essentIal services;
WHEREAS, the State of California no longer has the
revenue to provide local govern~ents with adequate fundIng to
maintain these services; and
WBEREAS, the citizens of local governments need and
demand the maintenance of basic city, county and school ser-
vices such as public safety and education; and
WBEREAS, CalifornIa IS the only major oil producing
state without a severance tax on 011; and
WHEREAS, the experIence of those states with oil
severance taxes has demonstrated that the tax is not passed on
to consumers; and
WHEREAS, the revenues generated by the severance tax
on oil would be used to establish a special Fund for Schools
and Services Khich WIll augment the tax base for local govern-
ments in CalIfornia; and, therefore, be It
RESOLVED, that the CIty of Santa Honica go on record
in support of AB 1597 WhICh would enact a 6% severance tax on
oil produced in CalifornIa and create a special Fund for Schools
and SerVIces which WIll dIstribute revenues dIrectly to local
governments.
APPROVED AS TO FOID1:
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CITY ATTOl{)rEY -
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ADOPTED AND APPROVED THIS
16th
DAY
OF June
, 1981.
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~A.yOR
I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THE FOREGOInG RESOLUTlmL
IJO. 6285 , HAS DULY ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUfJCIL OF THE
CITY OF SANTA r10UICA AT A REGULA~ r1EETHJG THEREOF HE~ ON
June 16th, 1981 BY THE FOLLO\!ING COUNCIL YOTE:
AYES:
COUNC I U1Ei'iBERS :
Conn, Ed~ards, Press, Zane
and Mayor Yannatta Goldway
~JOES :
CQUf\lC I U1Er1BE~S :
None
ABSENT: cau NC I l!lB1BE RS : J enn ing s, Re ed
ABSTArr~: COUT\JCI U~E~mERS: None
ATTEST:
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CITY CLERK
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