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0 9 0 0 6 3 <br /> Arndt.. #1NS <br /> Section One. Title. <br /> This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Local Taxpayer, Public Safety, and <br /> Transportation Protection Act of 2010." <br /> Section Two. Findings and Declarations. <br /> The people of the State of California find and declare that: <br /> (a) In order to maintain local control over local taxpayer funds and protect vital services <br /> like local fire protection and 9 -1 -1 emergency response, law enforcement, emergency room <br /> care, public transit, and transportation improvements, California voters have repeatedly and <br /> overwhelmingly voted to restrict state politicians in Sacramento from taking revenues <br /> dedicated to funding local government services and dedicated to funding transportation <br /> improvement projects and services. <br /> (b) By taking these actions, voters have acknowledged the critical importance of <br /> preventing State raids of revenues dedicated to funding vital local government services and <br /> transportation improvement projects and services. <br /> (c) Despite the fact that voters have repeatedly passed measures to prevent the State <br /> from taking these revenues dedicated to funding local government services and transportation <br /> improvement projects and services, state politicians in, Sacramento have seized and borrowed <br /> billions of dollars in local government and transportation funds. <br /> (d) In recent years, state politicians in Sacramento have specifically: <br /> (1) Borrowed billions of dollars in local property tax revenues that would otherwise be <br /> used to fund local police, fire and paramedic response and other vital local services; <br /> (2) Sought to take and borrow billions of dollars in gas tax revenues that voters have <br /> dedicated to on -going transportation projects and tried to use them for non transportation <br /> purposes; <br /> (3) Taken local community redevelopment funds on numerous occasions and used them <br /> for unrelated purposes; <br /> (4) Taken billions of dollars from local public transit like bus, shuttle, light -rail and <br /> regional commuter rail, and used these funds for unrelated state purposes. <br /> (e) The continued raiding and borrowing of revenues dedicated to funding local <br /> government services and dedicated to funding transportation improvement projects can cause <br /> 1 <br /> II <br />