HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESO 9103Resolution No. 9103
Resolution of the Council of the City of Palo Alto Supporting
Proposition 25 to Amend the California Constitution
Amending the Legislative Vote Requirement to Pass the State
Budget from Two-Thirds to a Simple Majority
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WHEREAS, Proposition 25 has qualified for the November 2, 2010 Statewide
General Election; and
WHEREAS, Proposition 25· would change the legislative vote requirement to pass
the State budget and budget-related legislation from two-thirds to a simple majority and would
prevent State legislators from collecting their salary and benefits for every day the state budget is
late or recovering that money later when they do pass the budget; and
WHEREAS, California's Attorney General and the State's non-partisan Legislative
Analyst have officially stated that Proposition 25 does not lessen the two-thirds vote requirement
for the Legislature to raise taxes; and
WHEREAS, over the past 30 years, the Legislature has passed a budget bill by the
June 15 deadline only five times and the current budget vote requirements are undemocratic,
allowing a small minority to hold up the State budget; and
WHEREAS, last year's delayed budget approval resulted in issuance of State IOUs
that cost taxpayers over $8 million in interest payments alone and caused more than 16,000
teachers to be laid off; and
WHEREAS, Proposition 25 would help fix California's budget process and would
make California's budget voting requirement consistent with legislative voting requirements in
47 other states.
NOW, THEREFORE, the Council of the City of Palo Alto does RESOL VB as
follows:
SECTION 1. The City Council by the adoption of this resolution hereby supports
Proposition 25 on the November 2,2010 ballot.
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