Approved as to Form and Legality
DRAFT
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City Attorney’s Office
OAKLAND CITY COUNCIL
RESOLUTION NO. _______________ C.M.S.
RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING THE APPROPRIATIONS LIMIT FOR
FISCAL YEAR 2022- 23 PURSUANT TO ARTICLE XIIIB OF THE
CALIFORNIA CONSTITUTION
WHEREAS, Article XIIIB of the California Constitution (“Article XIIIB”) was passed by the California electorate on November 6, 1979, and became effective on July 1, 1980; and
WHEREAS, Article XIIIB establishes a limit on the amount of tax revenue local governments can appropriate in any fiscal year and requires that local governments calculate appropriations limits annually; and
WHEREAS, Title 1, Division 9 (commencing with Section 7900) of the California Government Code implements Article XIIIB and provides the method for calculating annual appropriations limits based on appropriations limit for the prior fiscal year; and
WHEREAS, on March 3, 2020, City of Oakland voters passed Measure S, which increased the City’s appropriations limit until March 3, 2024 to allow the City to continue to spend tax revenue from voter -approved tax measures including Measure M (The Emergency Medical Services Retention Act of 1997), Measure N (The Paramedic Services Act of 1997), Library Measure Q (The Library Services Retention and Enhancement Act of 2004), Measure C (Transient Occupancy Tax - Hotel Tax), Measure Z (The 2014 Public Safety and Services Violence Prevention Act), Measure HH (Sugar Sweetened Bev erage Distribution Tax), Measure D (The 2018 Oakland Public Library Preservation Act), Measure W (Oakland Vacant Property Tax Act) , Measure AA (The Children’s Initiative) and Parks Measure Q (The 2020 Oakland Parks and Recreation Preservation, Litter Reduc tion, and Homelessness Support Act) ; now, therefore be it
RESOLVED: That the Fiscal Year 2022- 23 appropriations limit for the City of Oakland is $921,479,012 as reflected in Exhibit A; and be it
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FURTHER RESOLVED: That the growth factors used to calculate the limit are the county population change and the increase in the California per capita income.
IN COUNCIL, OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA,
PASSED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:
AYES -
FIFE, GALLO, KALB, KAPLAN, REID, TAYLOR, THAO AND
PRESIDENT FORTUNATO BAS
NOES –
ABSENT –
ABSTENTION –
ATTEST:
ASHA REED
City Clerk and Clerk of the Council of the
City of Oakland, California