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<br />88 <br />Page 1 <br /> <br />RESOLUTION NO. <br /> <br />RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDWOOD CITY IN <br />SUPPORT OF THE LOCAL TAXPAYER, PUBLIC SAFETY AND <br />TRANSPORTATION PROTECTION ACT OF 2010 STATEWIDE BALLOT <br />MEASURE <br /> <br />WHEREAS, California voters have repeatedly and overwhelmingly passed separate <br />ballot measures to stop State raids of local government funds, and to dedicate the taxes on <br />gasoline to fund local and state transportation improvement projects; and <br />WHEREAS, these local government funds are critical to provide the police and fire, <br />emergency response, parks, libraries, and other vital local services that residents rely upon <br />every day, and gas tax funds are vital to maintain and improve local streets and roads, to make <br />road safety improvements, relieve traffic congestion, and provide mass transit; and <br />WHEREAS, despite the fact that voters have repeatedly passed measures to prevent <br />the State from taking these revenues dedicated to funding local government services and <br />transportation improvement projects, the State Legislature has seized and borrowed billions of <br />dollars in local government and transportation funds in the past few years; and <br />WHEREAS, this year's borrowing and raids of local government, redevelopment and <br />transit funds, as well as previous, ongoing raids of local government and transportation funds <br />have lead to severe consequences, such as layoffs of police, fire and paramedic first <br />responders, fire station closures, stalled economic development, healthcare cutbacks, delays <br />in road safety improvements, public transit fare increases and cutbacks in public transit <br />services; and <br />WHEREAS, State politicians in Sacramento have continued to ignore the will of the <br />voters, and current law provides no penalties when state politicians take or borrow these <br />locally-dedicated funds; and <br />WHEREAS, a coalition of local government, transportation and transit advocates <br />recently filed a constitutional amendment with the California Attorney General, called the Local <br />Taxpayer, Public Safety, and Transportation Protection Act of 2010, for potential placement on <br />California's November 2010 statewide ballot; and <br />WHEREAS, approval of this ballot initiative would close loopholes and change the <br />constitution to further prevent State politicians in Sacramento from seizing, diverting, shifting, <br /> <br />A TTY/RESO/RESO.1990 <br />030110 <br /> <br />1 <br />