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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-120-4 <br />RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL O: <br />OPPOSING PROPOSITION 218 <br />WHEREAS, a measure called Prop io <br />appears on the November 5,� 1996 Gener ection b <br />)N <br />the "Right to Vote" initiativ <br />ot; and <br />WHEREAS, the sponsors of Pposition 2'Kaim it will give voters the righ <br />to vote on all local government taxes, e) and assessments; and <br />WHEREAS, Pr( <br />several million Califo <br />taxpayer; and 14 <br />WHEREAS, Propositi <br />corporations, big landowners <br />WHEM <br />public safety s <br />which <br />218 actuatetakes away the right to vote fro <br />uces the voting power of the avera; <br />ants huge new voting powers to wealth <br />itizens; and <br />, Proposition 218 eliminates general assessments for cru <br />jWs such as police, fire and emergency medical services; and <br />WHE AS, Prop % on 218 imposes a new tax on publicly owned property <br />�W c st ers tens of millions of dollars; and <br />goveI <br />year; an <br />Ire impartial analysis of Proposition 218 estimates loco <br />erience revenue losses of hundreds of millions of dollars pe <br />WHEREAS, the Proposition contains many ambiguities regarding its <br />a -cation that may adversely impact this City; and <br />Page 1 <br />