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1 <br />2 <br />3 <br />4 <br />5 <br />6 <br />7 <br />8 <br />9 <br />10 <br />11 <br />12 <br />13 <br />14 <br />15 <br />16 <br />17 <br />18 <br />19 <br />20 <br />21 <br />22 <br />23 <br />24 <br />25 <br />26 <br />27 <br />28 <br />RESOLUTION NO. R-16-10 <br />RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLTON, <br />CALIFORNIA, IN SUPPORT OF THE LOCAL TAXPAYER, PUBLIC <br />SAFETY, AND TRANSPORTATION PROTECTION ACT OF 2010 <br />WHEREAS, California voters have repeatedly and overwhelmingly passed separate <br />ballot measures to stop State raids of local government funds, and to dedicate the taxes on <br />gasoline to fund transportation improvement projects; and <br />WHEREAS, these local government funds are critical to provide the police and fire, <br />emergency response, parks, libraries, and other vital local services that residents rely upon <br />every day, and gas tax funds are vital to maintain and improve local streets and roads, to make <br />road safety improvements, relieve traffic congestion, and provide mass transit; and <br />WHEREAS, despite the fact that voters have repeatedly passed measures to prevent the <br />State from taking these revenues dedicated to funding local government services and <br />transportation improvement projects, the State Legislature has seized and borrowed billions of <br />dollars in local government and transportation funds in the past few years; and <br />WHEREAS, this year's borrowing and raids of local government, redevelopment and <br />transit funds, as well as previous, ongoing raids of local government and transportation funds, <br />have lead to severe consequences, such as layoffs of police, fire and paramedic first <br />responders, fire station closures, stalled economic development, healthcare cutbacks, delays in <br />road safety improvements, public transit fare increases and cutbacks in public transit services; <br />41 <br />WHEREAS, State politicians in Sacramento have continued to ignore the will of the <br />voters, and current law provides no penalties when state politicians take or borrow these <br />dedicated funds; and <br />WHEREAS, a coalition of local government, transportation and transit advocates <br />recently filed a constitutional amendment with the California Attorney General, called the <br />Local Taxpayer, Public Safety, and Transportation Protection Act of 2010, for potential <br />placement on California's November 2010 statewide ballot; and <br />