HomeMy WebLinkAbout62-32 - Liquor License Revenue Allocated to Cities, not CountiesRESOLUTION NO. 62-32
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA
OPPOSING THE ATTEMPT OF THE COUNTIES OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
TO GRAB LIC#TOR LICENSE REVENUE NOW ALLOCATED TO CITIES.
WHEREAS, the Counties of the State of California have launched an
attempt to grab liquor license revenue now allocated to Cities, in the amount
of some $6,000,000,000 under the guise of compensation for increased prisoner
maintenance costs incurred by the Counties; and
WHEREAS, this attempt to penalize Cities for said increase in prisoner
maintenance costs constitutes an unjust and inequitable effort to impose double
taxation upon the residents within Cities, who contribute to both County and City
support; and
WHEREAS, no valid justification exists for the proposed transfer of
liquor license revenue now allocated to Cities, to the Counties, and such transfer
would work a needless and inequitable hardship on the Cities of this State.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Costa
Mesa that said proposed transfer of liquor license revenues, be, and the same is
hereby opposed as unjust and inequitable, and that the representatives of this
City in the State Legislature be, and the same are hereby, urged to oppose said
proposed transfer by every means within their power;
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Clerk of the City of Costa Mesa is
hereby directed to transmit certified copies of this Resolution to the Governor
of the State of California, and the representatives of this City in the Legislature.
PASSED AND ADOPTED THIS 5TH DAY OF MARCH, 1962.
Mayot of Costa Mesa
ATTEST:
City Clerk of the Ci of Costa Mesa
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS.
CITY OF COSTA MESA )
I, A. C. SWARTZ, City Clerk of the City of Costa Mesa and
ex -officio Clerk of the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa, hereby certify
that the above and foregoing Resolution No. 62-32 was duly and regularly passed
and adopted by the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa at a regular meeting
thereof held on the 5th day of March, 1962.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and affixed
the Seal of the City of Costa Mesa, this 6th day of March, 1962.
City Clerk and ex-offici erk of the
City Council of the ity of Costa Mesa
Chief Deputy