SPECIAL MEETING OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS



STATEMENT OF PROCEEDINGS

COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

SPECIAL MEETING

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3, 2009, 9:30 a.m.

County Administration Center

1600 Pacific Highway, Room 310, San Diego, CA 92101

Meeting was called to order at 9:33 a.m.

PRESENT: Supervisors Dianne Jacob, Chairwoman; Pam Slater-Price, Vice Chairwoman; Greg Cox; Ron Roberts; Bill Horn; also Thomas J. Pastuszka, Clerk.

Public Communication - (No Speakers)

Board of Supervisors' Agenda Items

|1. |SUBJECT: DEMANDING STRUCTURAL REFORM OF CALIFORNIA’S |

| |BUDGET (DISTRICTS: ALL) |

OVERVIEW:

On May 19, 2009, the voters of California sent a strong message to the Governor and State Legislators demanding that they fix the State’s financial crisis but not on the backs of taxpayers or local governments.

However, the Governor’s proposed budget is asking legislators to suspend Proposition 1A which would “borrow” $2 billion from local governments. The result is a $70 million hit to the County of San Diego. At the same time the Administration proposes to “borrow” money from local governments, the State is cutting funding for core service programs that counties provide to residents on the State’s behalf. In addition, the Governor proposes to release tens of thousands of criminals from state prisons, cut the budgets of CalFire and the California Emergency Management Agency and sell off State properties, just to name a few. Current State budget deliberations also include discussions about the suspension of transportation funding such as Proposition 42 and Highway User Tax Act subventions. This Budget proposal is filled with deceptive proposals and imprudent borrowing that continues the cycle of wild and reckless spending.

It is time for the Governor and State Legislators to aggressively engage in a complete overhaul of the State budget and fix the State’s structural budget deficit. This means aligning expenditures with revenues, reordering priorities and cutting spending. Future cuts should begin with the huge bloated State bureaucracy and preserve public safety services as the number one priority.

The County understands the seriousness of the State’s financial crisis, however stealing money from counties, cities, and other local agencies will not solve the deepening budget deficit.

Today’s action will send a strong message from this Board of Supervisors to the Governor and our local State delegation that we strongly oppose their taking more money from taxpayers and local governments and call on them for a comprehensive overhaul of the State budget.

FISCAL IMPACT:

There is no fiscal impact associated with this recommendation.

RECOMMENDATION:

CHAIRWOMAN JACOB

1. Adopt the attached resolution urging the Governor and the California Legislature to reject proposals that would shift billions of dollars of local revenues from counties to the State and call for a comprehensive overhaul of the State budget aligning State expenditures with revenues and structurally balancing the budget.

2. Direct the Chief Administrative Officer to draft a letter to the local State delegation to be signed by all members of the Board of Supervisors requesting their specific plans for addressing the State’s structural budget deficit and their position on the Governor’s proposed “borrowing” of local government revenues.

ACTION:

ON MOTION of Supervisor Jacob, seconded by Supervisor Slater-Price, the Board took action as recommended, on Consent, adopting Resolution No. 09-090 entitled: RESOLUTION URGING THE CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE AND GOVERNOR TO REJECT PROPOSALS THAT WOULD SHIFT BILLIONS OF LOCAL REVENUE FROM COUNTIES TO THE STATE AND TO BRING STRUCTURAL REFORM TO THEIR BUDGET

AYES: Cox, Jacob, Slater-Price, Roberts, Horn

There being no further business, the Board adjourned at 10:00 a.m.

THOMAS J. PASTUSZKA

Clerk of the Board of Supervisors

County of San Diego, State of California

Notes by: Mazyck

NOTE: This Statement of Proceedings sets forth all actions taken by the County of San Diego Board of Supervisors on the matters stated, but not necessarily the chronological sequence in which the matters were taken up

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