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1967-639PSOLUTION NO. 67R -639 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM, C_ALIFOR?IA, OPPOSING THE PRINCIPLE OF FEDEPAL TAX SEIARING. WHEREAS, in the division of governmental functions among state, local and federal bodies in the United States, the exercise of powers at various levels is inseparably related to the distribution of taxing authority, and WHEREAS, the larger the percentage of total tax reve- nue collected at any one level, the greater will be the power of that government; and WHEREAS, today the Federal Government's share of total taxes far exceeds the total combined share for state and local governments; and WHEREAS, if present tax trends continue, local govern- ments will not be able to meet public demands for more and better schools, highways, health facilities, police protection and other similar services without severe strains upon their respective economies; and WHEREAS, the latest Federal budget lists approximately 85 local grant -in-aid activities and, as a consequence, these programs are beginning to exceed the level of manageability; and WHEREAS, the dollar value of grant -in -aid programs has increased from $3.1 billion a decade ago to more than $15 bil- lion this year and the continued growth of such programs makes state and local governments even more dependent upon the Federal Government; and WHEREAS, such programs often force the states to spend tax money excessively in certain areas in order to match the al- location of Federal funds; and WHEREAS, it is vital and essential to strengthen state and local self-government; and WHEREAS, it is expensive and uneconomical for the Federal Government to collect taxes and to return part of them to the state and local government, by way of subventions. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Anaheim, California, that the City Council of the City of Anaheim endorses the basic principle of tax sharing in order to make additional revenues available to the state and local governments, but the City Council of the City of Anaheim believes that the best system of tax sharing is for each level of the government to levy a reasonable and properly proportionate share of taxes to carry out its own functions, projects and duties, and that it is expensive and undesirable for the Federal Government to levy monies in excess of those needed to carry out its own functions and to then return some portion of the excess to the state and local governments; HE IT FURTHER? RESOLVED that the Congress of the United States is urged to enact a workable and realistic .grogram of taxa- tion whereby only such taxes as are reasonably necessary to carry -1- out the functions, projects and duties of the Federal Government be levied by it, in order that the state and local governments may do likewise, and thus obviate the need for developing pro- grams of sharing in the taxes levied by the Federal Government; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Clerk of the City of Anaheim, be, and she hereby is authorized and directed to transmit copies of this resolution to the President and Vice President of the United. States, the Speaker of the House of Rep- resentatives of the United States, to each Senator and Represen- tative from California in the Congress of the United States, and to the Mayor and City Council of each city in the County of Orange, State of California. THE FOREGOING RESOLUTION is approved and signed by me this 14th day of November, 1967. EST: C Y CLERK OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM STATE OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF ORANGE ss CITY OF ANAHEIM I, DENE M. WILLIAMS, City Clerk of the City of Anaheim, do hereby certify that the foregoing resolution was passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the 14th day of November, 1967, by the following vote of the members thereof: (SEAL) VAYOR OF THE C T OF ANAHEIT AYES: COUNCILMEN: Dutton, Krein, Schutte, Chandler and Pebley NOES: COUNCILMEN: None ABSENT: COUNCILMEN: None AND I FURTHER CERTIFY that the Mayor of the City of Anaheim approved and signed said resolution on the 14th day of November, 1967. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the City of Anaheim this 14th day of November, 1967. -2- City Clerk 04..- CIT CLERK OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM I, DENE M. WILLIAMS, city Clerk of the City of Anaheim, do hereby certify that the foregoing is the original of Resolu- tion No. 67R-639 duly passed and adopted by the Anaheim City Council on November 14, 1967.