HomeMy WebLinkAbout2991_CCv0001.pdf RESOLUTION NO. 2991
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDLANDS, CALIFORNIA
EXPRESSING OPPOSITION TO PROPOSITION 14.
WHEREAS, Proposition 14 - an initiative Constitutional amendment,
will be on the Statewide general election ballot in November, and
WHEREAS, Proposition 14 will reduce support for public schools by
an average of 151, thus forcing a lower quality of education, and
WHEREAS, Proposition 14 will force a limit of a $2.00 tax rate in
1977-78 when 35% of the municipal population, including Redlands,
now exceeds $2 .00 in 1971-72, thus forcing Redlands to lower its
level of municipal services to its citizens, and
WHEREAS, Proposition 14 will put unreasonable restrictions on the
ability of a city to engage in long-term borrowing where property
tax revenues are needed for repayment, and
WHEREAS, Proposition 14 will eliminate the current funding program
to provide for "cleaner air" mass transit, and
WHEREAS, Proposition 14 will prevent orderly growth from occurring
by discouraging annexation, and
WHEREAS, Proposition 14 will stymie efforts to provide for more
open space, 'parks, recreational facilities and low density zoning
for a better environment, and
WHEREAS, Proposition 14 provides no replacement revenue whatsoever
for the $1.2 billion revenue gap that it creates;
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of
Redlands, California that said city goes on record as opposing
Proposition 14 and urges its defeat in November, and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this opposition be communicated to all
groups and individuals within the community who are interested in
effective local government.
ADOPTED, SIGNED AND APPROVED THIS 17th —day of October 1972 .
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