HomeMy WebLinkAbout68-032RESOLUTION 68-32 FAVORING THE RETENTION
OF THE PRESENT METHOD OF ALLOCATING
CIGARETTE TAX REVENUES
WHEREAS, presently the legislature of this State is con-
sidering the appropriate method of allocating the three cents ($.03)
per pack tax imposed upon the sale of each package of cigarettes; and
WHEREAS, many formulae have been developed how such allocation
between counties and cities should be effected; and
WHEREAS, all formulae developed in recent times have been,
necessarily, in derogation of the method currently being employed,
to wit: distribution on the basis of site of taxable sales; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Santa Ana, as well
as the administrative staff of said City, is of the opinion that the
current method of distribution of the cigarette tax revenue is a
fair and equitable one; and that any deviation from the system
currently employed would necessarily be the result of compromise
and would bear no justifiable relationship to any pertinent factor;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED: That the City of Santa Ana
is of the opinion that the current method of allocating the three
cent ($.03) per pack tax upon the sale of cigarettes is equitable
and just, and based upon a system which has been tried and found
to work;
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED: That the City of Santa Ana opposes
and will oppose any attempt to alter the present system of allocation
of said tax revenues, on the ground that any other system will be but
a forced compromise without justifiable relationship to any demon-
strable factor;
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED: That the opposition of the City of
Santa Ana also takes into account the facility with which other tax
allocation might be altered were the allocation of cigarette tax
moneys to be altered;
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED: That copies of the Resolution be
sent to our legislators, to the League of California cities, and to
the Orange County League of California Cities, with the advice that
any position taken on this question by the League of california Cities
contrary to the views set forth herein will not be as the representative
of the City of Santa Ana.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the city Council of the City of Santa
Ana at its regular meeting held on the 18th day of March,~
CLERK OF THE COUNCIL
STATE OF CALIFORNIA)
COUNTY OF ORANGE )
CITY OF SANTA ANA )
SS
I, DORIS M. BROWN, do hereby certify that I am the Clerk of the
Council of the City of Santa Ana; that the foregoing Resolution was
introduced to said Council at its regular meeting held on the 18th day
of March, 1968, and was at said meeting passed and adopted by the
following vote, to wit:
AYES,
COUNCILMEN:Herrin~ Brooks, Carlson, Griset, Markel,
Thurman, McMichael
NOES, COUNCILMEN: None
ABSENT,
COUNCILMEN: None
CLEP~K OF THE COUNCIL