HomeMy WebLinkAbout19255 - RESOLUTIONS - 5/20/1998 RESOLUTION NO. 19255
OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM
SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA, OPPOSING PROPOSITION 226
ON THE JUNE 2, 1998 BALLOT
WHEREAS Proposition 226 is an initiative on the June 2, 1998 ballot; and
WHEREAS Proposition 226 would require all employers to obtain employees' permission
annually, on a prescribed form, to continue to withhold from their wages any deduction that
will be used for political campaign contributions or expenditures; and
WHEREAS State Controller Kathleen Connell has stated that the initiative "...will impose
significant administrative burden and cost to all California taxpaying employers -- both in the
public and private sector."; and
WHEREAS the State Controller has also indicated that the State may have to audit ail
deduction programs to determine which deducting entities (health, vision, dental benefits
providers, credit unions, etc.) would be affected by the initiative provision; and
WHEREAS Proposition 226 would shut working Californians out of the political process as
soon as the November 1998 elections because the needless new bureaucratic forms it mandates
can probably not be developed and implemented prior to the general election despite the
Proposition taking effect July 1, 1998; and
WHEREAS Proposition 226 creates a new and different set of rules for working Californians
while allowing businesses and corporations to operate under the old rules, therefore, further
tipping the balance of power; and
WHEREAS nearly sixty percent of the funding for Proposition 226 comes from out-of-state
interests that have other political agendas, including enacting school vouchers, eliminating
social security and cutting Medicare.
NOW THEREFORE•. BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Palm Springs, that
it adamantly opposes Proposition 226 on the June. 2, 1998 ballot and recommends that voters
vole "NO" on Proposition 226.
ADOPTED this 20th lay of May 1998.
AYES: Members Barnes, Hodges, Oden, Reller-Spurgin and Mayor Kleindienst
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ATTEST: CITY OF PALM SPRI CALIFORNIA
City Clerk 6ity Manager
REVIEWED & APPROVED AS TO FORM ��