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Supervisors adopt resolution opposing seizure of local property tax for state budget balancing
Summary
The Board adopted a resolution finding a severe fiscal hardship would exist if additional local property tax funds are seized or new unfunded state mandates are imposed; Supervisor Maxwell outlined impacts on city services.
The Board of Supervisors adopted a resolution declaring that a severe fiscal hardship would result if the state were to seize additional local property tax revenue or impose new unfunded mandates.
Supervisor Maxwell, who introduced the measure, told colleagues that since the early 1990s California cities have lost nearly $10 billion in local revenue through state actions and that the State Department of Finance had recommended using more than $2 billion in local property taxes to balance the state budget. Maxwell said such transfers would “have a crippling effect” on San Francisco’s budget and urged the board’s support.
The resolution was presented as Item 34 and adopted on a consent-type vote; the chair recorded the matter as adopted by unanimous consent under the board’s procedure.
The resolution opposes any state action that would divert additional local property taxes without a plan for restoration and urges state leaders to reconsider proposals that would shift local revenue to the state. The transcript does not record specific ordinance language in full or any implementation steps by the city beyond adopting the resolution.
