RESOLUTION NO. 2026-
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF NEWPORT BEACH, CALIFORNIA, DETERMINING
AND ESTABLISHING AN APPROPRIATIONS LIMIT FOR
FISCAL YEAR 2026-27 IN ACCORDANCE WITH
ARTICLE XIII B OF THE CALIFORNIA CONSTITUTION
AND GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 7910
WHEREAS , Article XIII B was added to the California Constitution at the special State-wide election held November 6, 1979 ( commonly known as Proposition 4 ); WHEREAS , Government Code Section 7910 was added to Chapter 1205 by Statute at the Regular Session of the California Legislature in 1980; WHEREAS , Proposition 111 , which, among other things , provides new annual adjustment formulas for the Appropriations Limit, was approved by the voters in June, 1990; WHEREAS , the State of California Department of Finance has published population and per capita income growth indexes, as well as guidelines for the uniform application of Proposition 111 ;
WHEREAS, Government Code Section 7910 requires the governing body of each local jurisdiction to adopt, by resolution, its appropriations limit; and WHEREAS , said appropriations limit must be adhered to in preparing and adopting the City of Newport Beach's annual budget. .
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Newport Beach resolves as follows:
Section 1: In accordance with Article XIII B of the California Constitution and Government Code Section 7910, the appropriations limit for the fiscal year commencing July 1, 2026, for the City of Newport Beach is $285,723,555. The computation of the appropriations limit for the 2026-27 fiscal year is set forth in detail in Attachment A hereto, which is incorporated herein by this reference.
Section 2: Said appropriations limit shall be adhered to in the City of Newport Beach budget for the 2026-27 fiscal year.
Section 3: The recitals provided in this resolution are true and correct and are incorporated into the operative part of this resolution.
Attachment A
Resolution No. 2026-
Section 4: If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this resolution is, for any reason, held to be invalid or unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity or constitutionality of the remaining portions of this resolution. The City Council hereby declares that it would have passed this resolution, and each section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase hereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses or phrases be declared invalid or unconstitutional.
Section 5: The City Council finds the adoption of this resolution is not subject to the California Environmenta l Quality Act ("CEQA") pursuant to Sections 15060(c)(2) (the activity will not result in a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment) and 15060(c)(3) (the activity is not a project as defined in Section 15378) of the CEQA Guidelines , California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Division 6, Chapter 3, because it has no potential for resulting in physical change to the environment , directly or indirectly.
Section 6: This resolution shall take effect immediately upon its adoption by the City Council, and the City Clerk shall certify the vote adopting the resolution.
ADOPTED this 9th day of June, 2026.
ATTEST:
Lena Shumway
City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
c1A A: Rc ·s off:_
Aaron C. Harp
City Attorney
Lauren Kleiman
Mayor
Attachment A: Computation of Appropriations Limit
ATTACHMENT A
CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH
COMPUTATION OF APPROPRIATIONS LIMIT FOR
FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2027
AS PER ARTICLE XIII B, CALIFORNIA STATE CONSTITUTION
FISCAL YEAR
2026-2027
PRIOR YEAR
LIMIT
273,258,369
INFLATION
ADJUST. (1)
4.95%
POPULATION
ADJUST. (2)
-0.37%
note (1): Based on California per capita income increases note (2): Based on Orange County Population growth
NEWAPPROP .
LIMIT
2ss, 123,sss 1
CALCULATION OF ESTIMATED APPROPRIATIONS SUBJECT TO LIMITATION FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2027
Total Estimated Appropr iations Subject to Limitation
Less Authorized Exclusions note (3)
Net Appropriations Subject to Limitation
note (3): Since 2026-27 estimated appropriations subject to limitation are substantially less than the Appropriations Limit,
exclusions were not calculated .
AMOUNT UNDER APPROPRIATIONS LIMIT
263,498,452
$0
2s3,49s,4s2 1
22,22s, 103 1