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<br />9A <br />Page 13 <br /> <br />In particular, the defeat of Prop. 1 C, the lottery securitization proposal, by such a large margin is <br />a clear voter mandate to the state that it is absolutely unacceptable for the state to borrow to <br />meet its budget obligations. Statewide opinion polls consistently show a vast majority of <br />Californians themselves don't believe borrowing should be used to balance the state's budget <br />and oppose public safety cuts. <br /> <br />"It is irresponsible to hold city budgets hostage to fund the state budget. Borrowing local funds <br />just deepens the state's structural deficit and compounds the already serious problems cities <br />have funding basic community services. Cities are currently losing over $900 million each year <br />due to prior state raids of city funds-an amount that would pay for a lot of public safety and other <br />local services. The state should balance its budget with its own revenues-not reach into the <br />struggling budgets of cities to boost state spending. The local government credit card has <br />expired,n said Chris McKenzie, League of California Cities executive director. <br /> <br /><Fiscal Hardship' Continued from Page 1... <br /> <br />List of Cities that Have Declared a State of Severe Fiscal Hardship <br /> <br />Albany Dinuba Los Banos Salin as <br />Arcata Dunsmuir Los Gatos San Bernardino <br />Arroyo Grande EI Monte Lovalton San Jacinto <br />Atascadero Encinitas Marina San Luis Obispo <br />Atherton Escondida Marvsvi lie San Marcos <br />Bakersfield Eureka Merced Sand City <br />Beaumont Folsom Morro Bay Santa Clarita <br />Bellflower . Fort Braao Mountain View Santa Maria <br />Biaas Fortuna N ovato Santee <br />Calimesa Fremont Oakdale Seaside <br />Carlsbad Grover Beach Oceanside Sebastopol <br />Carson Hanford Orland Solana Beach <br />Chowchilla Hermosa Beach Palm Sprinqs Sonoma <br />Chula Vista Hiqhland Palo Alto Sonora <br />Citrus Heiahts Hollister Petaluma Stockton <br />Claremont Imperial Beach Powav Taft <br />Coachella Indian Wells Rancho Cordova T ehachapi <br />Colusa lone Rancho Miraqe Torrance <br />Concord La Mesa Red Bluff Tulare <br />Camino La Quinta Reddina Vallejo <br />Corona Lathrop Redlands Vista <br />Coronado Lemon Grove Redondo Beach Watsonville <br />Del Mar Lodi Riverside Williams <br />Desert Hot SprinQs Lomita Sacramento Yountvi1le <br /> <br />3 <br />