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RESOLUTIOIJ NO. 1825
I A RESOLUTIGIS OF TtiE CITY COUNCIL OF TIE CITY
~ OF CARLSBAD REQUESTING TlIE ChLIFORI\II A LEGIS-
LATURE TO PROVIDE TEAXINGFUL TAX RELIEF FOR
THE HOMEOh'??2R BY ENACTING LEGISLATION FO2
TAX REFORY ?J€lICI< EFIBODIES A BALA!JCED REVENUE PROGRATI TO ?1EET THE ONGOIUG NEEDS OF CITIES.
The City Council of the City of Carlsbad does resolve as fol-
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The historic reliancs upon the property tax as a fundamental
source of revznu? for local government has generated a
burden upon the individual Izomeatsner which is fast becoming
intolerable and threatens to undermine our basic concept of
home and pro9erty.
The responsibilities of local government are no longer linite
to the traditionally accepted needs and rsquirements of the
honeowner but extend into mass unrelated fields which appeas
to impinge upon the homeowner only slightly albsit collective
necessary for his survival in an urban environment.
Relief from the property tax burdain is an absolute necessity
and canriot await tne problems of partisan politics nor can it
be provided without recognizing the need for tf:e funds and
making the necessary tax shifts to eliminate the losses that
cities incur.
The League of California Cities is committed to tine develop-
ment of a specific revenue program to meet the ongoing needs
of citias through ii balanced tax reform.
It is the sease of this Council that it is imperative far it
and the Councils of each Kit
California Legislature with the urgent requirenent for reason.
ible tax relief for the individual homeowner through a balanct
program of tax reform which will provide for the ongoing need.
of cities.
in California to petition the
The City Council rcquests the Czlifornia Legislature to pro-
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vide meaningful tax relief for the homeowner by enacting
Legislation for tax reform which smbodies a balanced revenuz
arogram to met the ongoing nesds of cities.
The City Council endorses the position taken by th~ League
of California Cities by Resolutior, adopted at it's anr,ual
conference in San Diago, October, 1970, and pledges it's
support in developing a positive progran for nunicipal
revenue needs,
PASSED, APPRGVED, AND ADOPTED at a meeting of the City Counci
of the City of Carlsbad, California, h5ld February 2, , 1971,
AYES: Councilmen Dunne, McComas, Jardine, Castro and Lewis.
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
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