PROPOSED LOG RESOLUTION
ON TRANSPORTATION FUNDING

WHEREAS,

as of July 1, 1989 the State of California
will have no state funds available for

construction of new highway projects; and
WHEREAS,

local governments have provided in the FY
88-93 STIP $2.1 billion out of a total of

$7.1 billion, 30% of the tofal funding for
state highway construction programs; and
WHEREAS,

the timing and completion of many locally
funded projects is jeopardized by a lack of
matching state revenue promised in the past;
and

WHEREAS,

further loss of federal dollars for

transportation will take place if state
matching funds are not forthcoming; now
therefore, be it
RESOLVED,

by the General Assembly of the League of
California Cities assembled in annual

conference in San Diego in October 1988,
that the League of California Cities declare
a crisis in state transportation funding;
and be it further

RESOLVED,

that the League of California Cities support
legislation designating an increase in the
gas tax as a user fee with the resulting
increased proceeds going half to cities and
counties for local transportation needs and
half for State highways and transit systems,
as an immediate first step toward solving
the upcoming crisis.

sponsored by Councilmember Jim Beall
8-17-88