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l 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22. 23 24 25 26' 27 28 RESOLUTION NO. R-117-93 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLTON, CALIFORNIA, IN SUPPORT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND REFORM OF STATE GOVERN- MENT WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Colton supports the need to maintain an adequate level of public safety services; and, WHEREAS, maintaining public safety services has become increasingly difficult due to the continuing fiscal crisis in California created by the lack of leadership in the State Legislature; and, WHEREAS, the issue of maintaining adequate public safety services is a matter of statewide concern, but because the State Legislature has failed to provide leadership and ab- dicated its responsibility, all local agencies, including the City of Colton are forced to address the unpalatable alterna- tives of either reducing public safety services or implementing costly, piecemeal solutions; and, WHEREAS, the failure of the State to bear its respon- sibility and do its duty underscores the urgent need to reform State government and statewide financing of statewide solutions to statewide concerns. NOW, THEREFORE, THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLTON, CALIFORNIA, hereby resolves: 1. To support local public safety and commit to pro- vide the necessary leadership to bring about long term fiscal and government reform at the State level; 2. To exhort the State Legislature to provide leader- ship on this issue and to take all necessary action to reform itself and its financing at the State level forthwith, and not by reforming local government, in order to resume its leadership role in the process of resolving issues of statewide concern. MOVED, PASSED AND ADOPTED this 16th day of November, 1993. ATTEST: HELEN A. RAMOS, City Clerk FRANK A. GONZALE,, a r ,J