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RESOLUTION NO. 67-113
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA
DESA, CALIFORNIA, OPPOSING THE PRINCIPLE OF FEDERAL TAX
SHARING.
WHEREAS, in the division of governmental functions among state, local,
and federal bodies in the United States, the exercise of powers at various
levels is inseparably related to the distribution of taxing authority; and
WHEREAS, the larger the percentage of total tax revenue collected at
any one level, the greater will be the power of that government; and
WHEREAS, today the federal government's share of total taxes far exceeds
the total combined share for state and local governments; and
WHEREAS, if present tax trends continue, local governments will not
be able to meet public demands for more and better schools, highways, health
facilities, police protection, and other similar services without severe
strains upon their respective economies; and
WHEREAS, the latest federal budget lists approximately 85 local grant-
in-aid activities and, as a consequence, these programs are beginning to
exceed the level of manageability; and
WHEREAS, the dollar value of grant-in-aid programs has increased from
a3.1 billion a decade ago to more than $15 billion this year, and the con-
tinued growth of such programs makes state and local governments even more
dependent upon the federal government; and
WHEREAS, such programs often force the states to spend tax money
excessively in certain areas in order to match the allocation of federal
funds; and
WHEREAS, it is vital and essential to strengthen state and local
self-goveran ant; and
WHEREAS, it is expensive and uneconomical for the federal government
to collect taxes and to return part of them to the state and local government
by the way of subventions;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of Costa
Mesa, California, that this City Council endorses the basic principle of tax
sharing in order to make additional revenues available to the state and local
governments, but believes that the best system of tax sharing is for each
level of the government to levy a reasonable and properly proportionate share
of taxes to carry out its own functions, projects and duties, and that it is
expensive and undesirable for the federal government to levy monies in excess
of those needed to carry out its own functions and to then return some portion
of the excess to the state and local governments; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Congress of the United States is urged
to enact a workable and realistic program of taxation whereby only such taxes
as are reasonably necessary to carry out the functions, projects and duties
of the federal government be levied by it, in order that the state and local
governments may do likewise, and thus obviate the need for developing programs
of sharing in the taxes levied by the federal government; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Clerk of the City of Costa Mesa,
California, be and he hereby is authorized and directed to transmit copies
of this Resolution to each Senator and the Representative from this district
in the Congress of the United States.
PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City Council of the
City of Costa Mesa, California, held on the 20th day of November, 1967.
ATTEST:
City Clerk of the City of Costa Mesa
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS.
CITY OF COSTA MESA )
Mayor of th7e�Cit Costa Mesa
I, C. K. PRIEST, 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. 67-113 was duly and regularly passed and
adopted by the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa at a regular meeting
held on the 20th day of November, 1967.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal
of the City of Costa Mesa this 21st day of November, 1967.
City Clerk -and ex -officio Clerk of the
City Council of the City of Costa Mesa
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