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RESOLUTION NO. ______________
A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN
JOSE ELECTING THE POPULATION AND INFLATION
ADJUSTMENT FACTORS AND ESTABLISHING THE
2026-2027 APPROPRIATIONS LIMIT OF THE CITY OF
SAN JOSE PURSUANT TO CALIFORNIA CONSTITUTION
ARTICLE XIIIB, AND SECTION 7900 ET SEQ. OF THE
CALIFORNIA GOVERNMENT CODE
WHEREAS, pursuant to Article XIIIB of the California Constitution, and Section 7900 et seq. of the California Government Code, the City of San José is responsible for determination of the appropriation limit for the 2026-2027 fiscal year; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to amendments to Article XIIIB enacted in 1990, the City Council is required to elect the population and inflation adjustment factors used to calculate the appropriations limit; and
WHEREAS, the percentage change in the local assessment roll due to the addition of local nonresidential construction will not be available from the County Assessor's Office until after July 1, 2026; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has considered the matter at a regularly scheduled Council meeting; and
WHEREAS, for fifteen (15) days prior to said regular meeting, documentation used in the determination of the appropriations limit has been available to the public in the City Manager’s Budget Office, City of San José;
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NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN JOSE:
SECTION 1. Subject to SECTION 3 of this Resolution, for the calculation of the appropriations limit for the 2026-2027 fiscal year, the Council elects the following annual adjustment factors: (1) the inflation adjustment factor of the California Per Capita Income; and (2) the population adjustment factor of the County of Santa Clara population growth.
SECTION 2. Subject to SECTION 3 of this Resolution, it is hereby determined that the appropriations limit for the 2026-2027 fiscal year for the City of San José is One Billion Six Hundred Ninety-Seven Million Nine Hundred Fifty-Three Thousand Six Hundred Sixty Dollars ($1,697,953,660).
SECTION 3. The City Council hereby reserves the right to reelect the annual adjustment factor and to reestablish the Fiscal Year 2026-2027 appropriations limit at such time as the percentage change in the local assessment roll due to the addition of local nonresidential construction is available from the County Assessor's Office.
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ADOPTED this ____ day of __________, 2026, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
DISQUALIFIED:
MATT MAHAN
Mayor
ATTEST:
TONI J. TABER, MMC
City Clerk