RES-2014-138 RESOLUTION NO. 2014- 138
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA, IN
SUPPORT OF PROPOSITION 13 (PEOPLE'S
1NITIATIVE TO LIMIT PROPERTY
TAXATION)
WHEREAS, on 3une 6, 1978, Proposition 13, officially titled the "People's Initiative to
Limit Property Taxation," and popularly known as the "Jarvis-Gann Initiative," was
overwhelmingly approved by California's voters, reducing property tax rates on homes,
businesses and farms, and capping the rate of increase in the future and was incorporated into the
California Constitution as Article XIII A; and
WHEREAS, prior to the adoption of Proposition 13, California's raging inflation had sent
property tax bills in California soaring so high that many families had to sell their bomes because
they could not afford to pay their taxes; and
WHEREAS, prior to the adoption of Proposition 13, property tax assessments showed wider
divergences than assessment disparities under the current acquisition-value system; and
WHEREAS, with the approval of Proposition 13, real property values were adjusted to a base
value equal to the 1976 assessed value of that real property, thereby introducing an objective
standard upon which real property would be taxed and ending the previous subjective standard
for assessment that engendered the property tax assessment abuses that occurred in the 1960s and
1970s; and
WHEREAS, with the passage of Proposition 13, ta�cpayers, for the first time, were provided a
measure of certainty with respect to their property taxes; and
WHEREAS, following the passage of Proposition 13, the average homeowner has saved tens of
thousands of dollars in property tax payments, money that was able to be spent in the economy to
create jobs and foster economic development; and
WHEREAS, following the passage of Proposition 13, renters also benefitted as the reduction in
taaces reduced upward pressure on rents; and
WHEREAS, the volatility of income and sales t� revenue to the state and local governments is a
major flaw in Califomia's tax system, while Proposition 13 has rendered California's property
taxes as a stable and predictable source of public revenue, even during economic downturns,
which has provided a major benefit to local governments throughout Califomia; and
WHEREAS, since the passage of Proposition 13, proposed alternatives to Proposition 13 would
have had a variety of unwelcome effects, including substantial tax increases for low-income and
elderly homeowners; and
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WHEREAS, voters intended Proposition 13 to protect all property owners, and they had rejected
previous attempts to impose higher taxes on small businesses, knowing that these so-called "split
roll" proposals would inflict irreparable harm on California's economy; and
WHEREAS, proposition 13 has become a nationwide symbol for taxpayer revolt and for citizens
exercising control and power over their governance;
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM DOES
HEREBY RESOLVE THAT, the City of Anaheim hereby recognizes the positive impact
Proposition 13 has had on the State of California, and affirms support for Proposition 13 and the
benefit that it provides to individual homeowners, renters, local governments and to the state's
overall economy.
THE FOREGOING RESOLUTION is approved and adopted by the City Council of the
City of Anaheim this 22ndday of July , 2014, by the following roll call vote:
AYES: �Yor Tait, Council Members Eastman, Murray, Brandman and Kring
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
CITY OF ANAHEIM
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By: , �-
MAY R OF HE C TY OF ANAHEIM
ATTEST:
CITY CLERK OF THE CI OF ANA EIM
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