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09/13/04 <br />employment costs, bankruptcy, and suicide, to illness, social services costs, family <br />problems, crime, and associated governmental regulatory costs; and <br />WHEREAS, economists have concluded that the cumulative costs of casinos are <br />estimated at 1.9 times greater than the benefits, and that pathological and problem <br />gambling costs an estimated $5 billion annually in productivity reductions, social <br />services costs, and creditor losses, nationwide; further, the studies state that these <br />dollar estimates are inadequate to fully describe the costs in family disruption, divorce, <br />and other personal and family problems; and <br />WHEREAS, passage of this proposition would represent an erosion of local <br />control over local land use decision - making, setting a troublesome precedent for cities, <br />especially in light of a number of recent pieces of legislation that attempt to usurp local <br />land use and planning decisions and instead place them at the State level; and <br />WHEREAS, the League of California Cities has taken an "oppose" position on <br />this proposition, joining the California Police Chiefs Association, the California Coalition <br />of Law Enforcement Associations, the California School Boards Association, three <br />dozen county Sheriffs, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, and many other individuals <br />and associations. <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF <br />REDWOOD CITY AS FOLLOWS: <br />The City that we hereby express strong opposition to Proposition 68, the Gaming <br />Revenue Act of 2004, on the November 2, 2004 State -wide ballot. <br />Atty /Reso /Reso.1488 <br />090104 <br />2 <br />14607 <br />Muff # 214 <br />