Reso 1676 06/2024RESOLUTION NO. 1676
RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
OF THE VALLECITOS WATER DISTRICT
TO OPPOSE INITIATIVE 1935 (FORMERLY 21-0042A1)
WHEREAS, the proposed proposition, Initiative 1935 (formerly 21-0042A1), has
received the official title: "LIMITS ABILITY OF VOTERS AND STATE AND LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS TO RAISE REVENUES FOR GOVERNMENT SERVICES.
INITIATIVE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT"; and
WHEREAS, the measure would revise the Constitution to allow corporations to
more easily sue public agencies, costing residents and taxpayers millions of dollars and
disrupting essential services; and
WHEREAS, the measure would retroactively invalidate billions of dollars in local
government funding for essential services and infrastructure, including water,
wastewater, and recycled water services as well as to schools, fire and emergency
response, law enforcement, public health, parks, libraries, housing, services to address
homelessness and support mental health, and more; and
WHEREAS, the measure limits voters' rights, containing undemocratic provisions
that would make it more difficult for local voters to pass measures to fund services,
provisions that retroactively cancel measures recently passed by local voters, and
provisions that prevent voters from passing advisory measures that provide direction
on how they want their local tax dollars spent; and
WHEREAS, the measure restricts the discretion and flexibility of locally elected
boards to respond to the needs of their communities, and injects uncertainty into the
financing and sustainability of critical infrastructure; and
WHEREAS, the measure constrains state and local officials' ability to protect our
environment, public health and safety, and our neighborhoods against those who
violate the law; and
WHEREAS, the measure is opposed by hundreds of local governments,
firefighters and other first responders, healthcare providers, teachers, working families,
special districts, and local elected officials.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Vallecitos Water District opposes
Initiative 1935 (formerly 21-0042A1).
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Vallecitos Water District will join the No on
Initiative 1935 (formerly 21-0042A1) coalition, a growing coalition of local government,
public safety, labor, infrastructure advocates, and other organizations throughout the
state.
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The Board directs staff to email a copy of this adopted resolution to the California
Special Districts Association at advocacy@csda.net.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED by the Board of Directors of the
Vallecitos Water District at a regular meeting held on this 19th day of June 2024, by the
following roll call vote:
AYES: BOYD-HODGSON, ELITHARP, GROSET, HERNANDEZ, PENNOCK
NOES:
ABSTAIN:
ABSENT:
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Vallecitos Water District
ATTEST:
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