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RESOLUTION NO. 756
A RESOLUTION OF THE TOWN. OF LOS ALTOS HILLS DE-
CLARING ITS OPPOSITION TO SENATE BILL NO. 1786
WHEREAS, Senate Bill No. 1786 , if enacted, would prohibit general
law cities such as Los Altos Hills from licensing for revenue purposes
any kind of business in such cities, including shows, exhibitions and
games, if such business does not maintain a business office within the
city and derives less than $10, 000 in gross receipts annually within
the city; and
WHEREAS, if enacted Senate Bill No. 1786 would constitute a
serious incursion into the powers of home rule heretofore granted to
general law cities, including the right to license businesses carried
on within a city for purposes of revenue as well as regulation; and
WHEREAS, the loss of revenue to general law cities which would
result from the enactment of Senate Bill No. 1786 would have serious
consequences upon a city' s ability to raise revenue to perform
municipal services in view of limitationsheretofore imposed upon
the right to levy taxes by general law cities, and the continuing
upward spiral of inflation,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED AS FOLLOWS:
1. The City Council of the Town of Los Altos Hills, Santa Clara
County, California, hereby declares its oppositionto the enactment
of Senate Bill No. 1786 and urges the State Legislature to reject it.
2. The City Clerk be and he hereby is authorized and directed
to transmit certified copies of the within resolution to each member
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of the Senate Committee on Local Government, and to the Senator and
Assemblyman within whose respective districts the. Town of Los Altos
Hills is situated.
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I hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was passed and
adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council of the Town of
Los Altos Hills held on the 20— day of March, 1974.
•.� City Clerk
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