Resolution No. 1605RESOLUTION NO. 1605
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS
EXPRESSING ITS OPPOSITION TO SENATE BILL NO. 1183.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS HEREBY DOES FIND, DETERMINE,
RESOLVE, AND ORDER AS FOLLOWS:
1. Senate Bill No. 1183, introduced by Senator Kennick, would, if
adopted, add to Section 19495 of the Business and Professions Code a
limitation of $.25 of the amount of the tax or fee which may be levied
by a city in connection with the admission to, or parking at, any horse
racing enclosure.
2. Such a limitation not only constitutes an unlawful interference
with a matter of strictly municipal concern, it also establishes a
completely arbitrary ceiling on the amount of revenue which may be
raised by a municipality to offset the costs incurred by that munici-
pality in connection with providing the extra services required by a
horse racing establishment. Moreover, this arbitrary limitation
would be established without regard to increases in either the cost
of living or the price of admission to a horse racing facility.
3. This arbitrary limitation proposed by Senate Bill No. 1183
applies only to horse racing facilities and thereby unfairly and
unlawfully discriminates in favor of such facilities and against other
places of amusement with respect to which admission taxes are commonly
levied.
4. The City of Cypress, in the exercise of the home rule power
granted to it by its charter, presently levies an admissions tax
applicable to all places of amusement, offering live entertainment,
for which an admission fee is charged. The city is dependent upon the
revenue raised by this tax to help offset the costs incurred by it in
providing municipal services to such places of amusement.
5. In light of the above considerations, the City Council of the
City of Cypress hereby expresses its unqualified opposition to Senate
Bill No. 1183 in any form. The City Clerk of the City of Cypress
hereby is authorized and directed to furnish copies of this Resolution
to appropriate officials of state and local government.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Cypress at a
regular meeting held on the 27th day of May, 1975.
ATTEST:
CITY CLE
MAYOR OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS
F'THE CITY OF CYPRESS
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS
I, DARRELL ESSEX, City Clerk of the City of Cypress, DO HEREBY CERTIFY
that the foregoing Resolution was duly adopted at a regular meeting of the
said City Council held on the 27th day of May, 1975, by the following roll
call vote:
AYES: 3 COUNCILMEN: Kanel, Lacayo and Frankiewich
NOES: 0 COUNCILMEN: None
ABSENT: 2 COUNCILMEN: Harvey and Sonju
CITY CLhRK OF E CITY OF CYPRESS