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RESOLUTION NO. 94- 7
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF UKIAH
REQUESTING RELIEF FROM LEGISLA11VE AND FISCAL IMPACTS
UPON UNITS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT CREATED BY THE
CALIFORNIA STATE LEGISLATURE
WHEREAS, Cities, Counties, Special Districts, and School Districts provide direct
services to citizens and their families throughout the State of California; and
WHEREAS, such services are provided through units of local government, rather
than directly by the State of California, in an effort to bring service delivery systems and
decision-making regarding them as close to the people they are intended to serve as
possible; and
WHEREAS, while it may be appropriate some service delivery systems, like welfare
and trial courts, be provided directly by the State, most programs directly serving the
majority of people residing in communities across the State of California are programs
which have historically been provided by units of local government in a manner which
most directly addresses local needs; and
WHEREAS, the State Legislature of the State of California is making the continued
provision of those services at levels previously enjoyed by our communities impossible due
to the legislature's continual shifting of local revenues in its effort to balance its own
budget; and
WHEREAS, to compound and exacerbate the critical circumstances facing the
continued delivery of local services by units af local government, the State Legislature
annually passes literally thousands of new laws, most of which impact and must be
addressed by units of local government; and
WHEREAS, Cities, Counties, Special Districts and School Districts have reduced staff,
services and programs so severely that maintaining compliance with the myriad of new
laws and mandates impased by the State is difficult at best, and for most units of local
government, no longer possible; and
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WHEREAS, the governing bodies of units of local government and the people they
sene share the belief that the essential health and safety af our communities must remain
the top priority of all units of government, Including the State of California, and that very
effort must be made to preserve those services and programs including law enforcement,
fire services, drinking water, sanitary sewer, solid waste disposal and other programs
essential to the maintenance of basic public health and safety; and
WHEREAS, all of the above described impacts an units of local government are
further exacerbated by fiscal constraints resulting not only from the State Legislature's raid
on local revenue sources utilized to fund these programs but also from recessive
economies in each af the communities served by units of local government; and
WHEREAS, while Congress and the California State Legislature continue to impose
laws, adopt statutes, and promulgate regulations that must be addressed by units of local
government; and, therefore, whether perceived as mandates or not by the legislature,
In reality are mandates relative to the delivery of local program services; and
WHEREAS, while the State Legislature has apparently recognized to some extent
that State actions do have impacts at the local level, many of which are mandates, but
has failed to provide relief to units of local government from the continuing barrage of
new legislation and accompanying mandates and/or regulatory changes which must be
implemented by units of local government.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City of Ukiah hereby requests relief from
State mandates, bath current and future, imposed upon units of local gavernment and
that the State Legislature of the State of California take immediate and specific action
to provide such relief and that the State Legislature of the State of California, as part of
such relief, give serious consideration to (1) a moratorium on legislatian for a period of at
least two years; (2) the immediate reduction in all State aperated programs not providing
direct health and safety services to the citizens of the State of California; and (3) a
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redirection of revenues currently funding non-essential State programs to units of local
government so that Counties, Cities, Special Districts and School Districts can continue
those services which most positively and directly impact the residents of the very
communities that once made California a leader nationwide relative to individual, family,
and community quality of life.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 18th day of August, 1993 by the following roll call vote:
AYES: Councllmembers Masfin, Malone, Shoemaker, and Mayor Schneiter.
NOES: None.
ABSENT: Councilmember Wattenburger.
R:4/Res
Relief
Fred Schneiter~