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<br />06/07/2000 10:32 <br /> <br />415-365-8901 <br /> <br />LAW OFC D SCHRICKER <br /> <br />PAGE 01 <br /> <br />omce of Qty Attomey <br /> <br /> <br />96-1 <br /> <br />702 Marshall Street, Suite 314 <br />Redwood City. CA 94083 <br />Telephone (850) 780-7200 <br />F~(650)36~901 <br /> <br />June 7, 2000 <br /> <br />Honorable Mayor and City Council <br />City of Redwood City <br />Redwood City, Ca 94064 <br /> <br />Re: <br /> <br />Amicus Participation - Coun~ of Sonoma v. Commi!§jon of State <br />Mandates, No. SCV-221243 ' ' <br /> <br />Dear Councilmembers: <br /> <br />The above-named case relates to the Educational Revenue Augmentation <br />Fund (.ERAF"), which was established by the State Legislature to divert a portion <br />of the property taxes levied by local public agencies to provide financing for <br />school programs. According to information furnished by the League of California <br />Cities Legal Advocacy Committee, since its inception. the ERAF diversion has <br />amounted to more than $25 biNion. The annual cost to California cities in 1999 <br />amounted to S548 million. <br /> <br />The 'case was brought by counties to obtain a legal determination that the <br />ERAF shift is reimbursable under the California Constitution (Cal. Canst. Art. <br />138, § 6 rProposition 4" of 1979]). The. trial,court held that the shift is a <br />reimbursable mandate because it compelled'iocal agencies to fund a previously <br />state-funded program. Background information from the Committee is included <br />with this letter. ' , <br /> <br />Amicus participation would be without 'cost to the City. The purpose of <br />joining as an amicus is. of course. to emphasize the importance of the legal <br />issue to municipalities throughout the State. <br /> <br />". . '.1- <br /> <br />L-382 <br />f8h18h1RD1Council <br /> <br />,I. <br /> <br />'-"""'-""Y , <br />