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A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF.AZUSA bbUNTY OF LOB ANGELES., STATE OF.
CALIFORNiA, 0PPOSING_'THE-SALES'TAX'AS PROPOSED
BY.,THE-COUNTY,SUPERVISORS ASSOCIATION.,
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The City Council of.the . City of Azusa does,hereby resolve
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as follows:
i_ Section 1. WHEREAS there,has been.
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presented for -consider-
ation a proposal
of ffie-dounty Super.Visors Association,. supported
'by the California.RQtail Merchants Association to provide' for
a.4%o state sales:tax with 3% to
go to state,,�/4. of 1% of,.
the amount collected the incorporated citiesto the -
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4 o cities, 1/4 of 1% 'cpliected,:Within the cities
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_0 the ,';.�ariiricorporated'areas to the
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sales t
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governments, andi
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nbly the unincorporated areas
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2i of 'any counties have both property and, sales tax advantage
over the cities within said counties
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Section 4., Now, . therefole, it i5,resolved that the.
City of Azusa actively proposal o
oppq,.49. the 1 * f, the County of
Supervisors ,Asdo6'iat,-_,_,Oil,.�or�. the following reasons:.
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4-1 1. Th -proposal would irft�•dse an increase
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$300,000-06per- year in sales.tax within the City of Azusa
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1/2 of which would go 'y,,go 'y
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2. This proposal would deprive cities of -ha
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autonomy over a strictly local revenue nuesOurce.
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This proposal would constitute ainasion"Vkhef�etQfore
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exclusive state and municipal taxing areas and could lead to
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any number 'of additional county taxes on business operations
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within cities. This proposal ,is.in effect forcing alocal
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sales tax upon cities which do not,now have, nor may not desire
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to have a sales t'
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4. This proposal wouldl,accldntu4te rather than reduce the,
'problem
of financing urbdri�,tb4mmunities in unincorporated areas reas
to the further dis-'A of, the- cities.
5. This proposal wptilq plAde addition a! city funds and
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taxing powers at county q yWr 'tAat as the s" whereas we bblibv,e
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populatio n of a county grows local self-gove It as
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represented by municipaliti6st41464:q expand -,ands
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non -municipal government as represented by,counties. '
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should be held in- check.
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Section 5. Itis further',resolved that any desired or.
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essential uniformity in sales tax methods and procedures can
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best be accomplished by voluntary action between cities.'
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Section 6. It is further;'reOlved that the City of Azusa
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would interpose no objection to either aspecial county property
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tax or a county sales tax in unincorporated areas only Xor the
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of raising any a
p ddi.tiq -ia'l"T,unds they may need.
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Section 7. It is, further r bsoolved that this city vigorously
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opposes the aforementioned pro`gos.dl of the Co'
unty Supervisors
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Association, and the 'City. Clerk15b", and, she is hereby instructed
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to send a certifled. copy,.o 's�A to the City of:
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_Inglewood, the Honorable, tarl" ar en Governor of the State of
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California, members of the Stat'
_p, Senate and- Assembly, and to
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the,League of California,'Citie6.'
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Section 8. it•is P s'
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sign this resolution 'and the '@%I'.ty. Clerk.shall attest the same
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and certify as to the pa:ss-age-'and adoption hereof.
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I hereby certify that the foregoing resolution was
duly and regularly adopted byddiithe City Council of
the City of Azusa at a regulaai�eeting of said
Council .of said City held in the regular council
chambers of said City Council in said City
August 25 1952 and that the same
was passed by the following vote of the Council:
AYES: COUNCILMEN: Jackson, Hsrnandaz_ Snit.sar�
Merntesheimer, Jones.
NOES d COUNCILMEN: None
ABSENT: COUNCILMEN: Nona
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City Clerk, C of Azusa