RESOLUTION NO. 24-21
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN CLEMENTE, CALIFORNIA, OPPOSING ASSEMBLY CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT 1 WHEREAS, in 1978, California voters amended the California Constitution by passing the landmark Proposition 13 ("Proposition 13"), an initiative prohibiting the ad valorem tax rate on real property from exceeding one percent (1%) of the full cash value of the property, subject to certain exceptions; and WHEREAS, Proposition 13 greatly protects taxpayers and their families by additionally prohibiting any city, county, or special district from imposing a special tax unless imposed by a two thirds (2/3) supermajority vote of the voters in that jurisdiction, subject to certain exceptions; and WHEREAS, proposed Assembly Constitutional Amendment 1 ("ACA 1") would amend the California Constitution to create additional, dangerous-to-taxpayers, exceptions to Proposition 13 by lowering the two thirds (66%) supermajority voter threshold to only fifty-five percent (55%) for local jurisdictions to levy an ad valorem tax on real property to pay for bonds issued by the local jurisdiction to fund public infrastructure, affordable housing, down payment assistance, and permanent supportive housing for persons at risk of chronic homelessness, or the acquisition or lease of real property for such purposes; and WHEREAS, the constant attempts by the State Legislature to erode the important taxpayer protections of Proposition 13 results in overall higher taxes and increases the already onerous tax burden on ALL Californians, and runs counter to conserving economic opportunity in California; and WHEREAS, the City Council of San Clemente, CA strongly opposes ACA 1 due to the horrible exceptions it would create to the taxpayer protections enshrined in the California Constitution by Proposition 13, and encourages voters to vote a resounding NO on ACA1; now, therefore be it NOW, THEREFORE, The City Council of the City of San Clemente does hereby resolve as follows:
Section 1. The City Council of San Clemente, CA hereby recommits its staunch support of Taxpayer Rights afforded by Proposition 13, while staunchly opposing the destructive, money-grab attempts of ACA1.
Section 2. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this resolution and enter it into the book of original resolutions.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this _____ day of ____________________, _______.
ATTEST:
___________________________ __________________________
City Clerk of the City of Mayor of the City of San
San Clemente, California Clemente, California
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) §
CITY OF SAN CLEMENTE )
I, LAURA CAMPAGNOLO, City Clerk of the City of San Clemente, California, do hereby certify that Resolution No. 24-21 was adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of San Clemente held on the _______ day of _______________________, _________, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the City of San Clemente, California, this _____ day of _________________, ________. __________________________
CITY CLERK of the City of
San Clemente, California
Approved as to form:
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Elizabeth A. Mitchell, City Attorney
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