APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY
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CITY ATTORNEY’S OFFICE
OAKLAND CITY COUNCIL
RESOLUTION NO. ______________ C.M.S.
RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING THE APPROPRIATIONS LIMIT FOR
FISCAL YEAR 2025-26 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 XIII B 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, pursuant to Government Code Section 7903, the City of Oakland has received notification from the California State Department of Finance (DOF) through the League of California Cities of the amount of specified state subventions that must be included within the appropriations limits (Exhibit C); and
WHEREAS, DOF has identified that the City of Oakland is a recipient of a total $40,900,000 in subventions; and
WHEREAS, DOF has instructed city governments to use the state identified subventions ($40,900,000) for FY 2025-26 appropriations limit calculations; and
WHEREAS, on March 5, 202 4, City of Oakland voters passed Measure D, which increased the City’s appropriations limit until March 5, 2028 to allow the City to continue to spend tax revenue from twelve (12) voter-approved tax measures including Measure M (The Emergency Medical Services Retention Act of 1997); Measure N (The Paramedic Services Act of 1997), Measure C (The Library Services Retention and Enhancement Act), Measure C (City of Oakland Hotel Tax of 2009), Measu re Z (The 2014 Oakland Public Safety and Services Violence Prevention Act), Measure HH (Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Distribution Tax of 2016), Measure D (The 2018 Oakland Public Library Preservation Act), Measure W (The Oakland Vacant Property
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Tax Act of 2018), Measure Q (The 2020 Oakland Parks and Recreation Preservation, Litter Reduction, Homelessness Support Act), Measure AA (The Children’s Initiative of 2018), Measure T (The Business Tax Ordinance of 2022), and Measure Y (The 2022 Oakland Zoo Animal Care, Education and Improvement Ordinance); and
WHEREAS, in November 2024, City of Oakland voters passed the Oakland Community Violence Reduction and Emergency Response Act of 2024 (Measure NN) certified via Resolution 90587 No. C.M.S., and Measure NN allowed the City to increase the spending limit in an amount equal to that tax revenue as allowed by law; now, therefore be it RESOLVED:
That the Fiscal Year 2025-26 appropriations limit for the City of Oakland is $1,210,099,371 which is inclusive of $40,900,000 in state identified subventions, as reflected in Exhibit A and incorporated herein by reference; and be it FURTHER RESOLVED: That the grow th fac tors used to calcula te the limi t are the county population change and the increase in the California per capita income.
IN COUNCIL, OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA,
PASSED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:
AYES - BROWN, FIFE, GALLO, HOUSTON, RAMACHANDRAN, UNGER, WANG, AND
PRESIDENT JENKINS
NOES –
ABSENT –
ABSTENTION –
ATTEST:
ASHA REED
City Clerk and Clerk of the Council of
the City of Oakland, California
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