RESOLUTION NO. 11525
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF ORANGE, CALIFORNIA, OPPOSING
PROPOSITION 1, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES
PROGRAM AND BOND MEASURE, WHICH HAS
BEEN PLACED ON THE MARCH 5, 2024, STATEWIDE
PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY ELECTION BALLOT
WHEREAS, Governor Gavin Newsom and a majority of the California StateLegislature has placed Proposition 1 — Behavioral Health Services Program and Bond Measure (" Proposition 1") on the March 2024 ballot, which will completely rewrite the intent andflexibility of the Mental Health Services Act(" MHSA"); and
WHEREAS, Proposition 1 seeksto divert funding away from programs typically serviced through the MHSA while also issuing$ 6.38 billion in bonds,causingthe Stateto incur significant debt which the Legislative Analyst Office (" LAO") estimates will cost $ 310 million in annual payments over the next 30 years; and
WHEREAS, while also incurring $ 6.38 billion in debt, plus interest, the proposed ballot measure also specifies that permanent supportive housing funded through Proposition 1 bond proceeds may be developed on a " by right" basis undermining local zoning restrictions where multifamily residential, office, retail, or parkingareprincipally permitteduses; and WHEREAS, Proposition 1 will divert an estimated $ 140 million annually away from countiesto theStatewhile alsodictatinghow remainingfundscanbeusedlocally,removinglocal control, and removing discretion away from local elected officials most familiar with the issues facing their communities; and
WHEREAS, Proposition1 is a detrimentalproposalthat beyondlimiting local zoning authority or diverting funding back to the State,also incurs $6.38 billion in debt while the Stateof California faces what the LAO estimates to be a$ 68 billion deficit; and WHEREAS, in making these significant sacrifices, the LAO estimates Proposition 1 would" reduce statewide homelessnessby only a small amount." NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Orangeresolves as follows:
Section 1: The OrangeCity Council doesherebyopposeProposition 1, Behavioral Health Services Program and Bond Measure.
Section2: TheCity of Orangesupportslocalcontrolandfiscalresponsibilityandbelieves that decisions regarding zoning are best reserved for local elected officials.
Section 3: 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 23rd day of January2024.
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Daniel R. Slater, Mayor, City of Orange
ATTEST:
PamelaColeman, City Clerk, City of Orange
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Mi igliotta, City Attorney
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss.
CITY OF ORANGE
I, PAMELA COLEMAN, City Clerk of the City of Orange, California, do hereby certify thatthe foregoingResolutionwasduly andregularlyadoptedby the City Councilof the City of Orangeat a Regular Meeting thereof held on the 23rd day of January2024, by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: Dumitru, Tavoularis, Gutierrez, and Slater NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: None
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: Barrios, Bilodeau, and Gyllenhammer ABSTAIN: COUNCILMEMBE :
PamelaColeman, City Clerk, City of Orange
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