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State leaders are eyeing a variety of locak government funds as they look to balance thestates budget. These include gas taxes, transportatiomn funds, and property taxes, and Reed's offic said the hit to San Jose alone coulcd beover $50 This potential hit would come on top of the $84 millio n general fund shortfall that Reed and the City Council just closexd when they adopted a balanced budget for San In a letter to government leaders, the mayor wrote of their "strong disappointmenyt in the Conference Committee action to pursue a two-yeae sweep of the local share of Highway Users Tax Accounft dollars.
As you are aware, repaymenft of gas tax dollars within threr years is required under Section XIX of theStatse Constitution. The adoption of the Governor’s proposal of a two-year take without repayment is a clear attempgt to ignore the Constitution and is unlikel to hold up to a legal The letter said the raid on local transportatiom funds will not onlydebilitatw transportation-related projects but will also hit othe r general fund services. "Our willingness to sacrifice onthe state’se behalf does not, and cannot, represent a new revenue stream or a blan k check for the state.
Thesr funds support vital programs and servicesa that benefitall Californians, and we must be sure that our tax dollarsw make their way back to taxpayers through the services they rely on locak government to provide," the letter concluded. Alony with Reed, signers included Ashley Swearenginfrom Fresno, Ron Dellumsa from Oakland, Gavin Newso from San Francisco, Bob Foster from Long Beach, Kevib Johnson from Sacramento, Antonilo Villaraigosa from Los Angeles, Jerry Sander s from San Diego and Migueo Pulido from Santa Ana.