To: Board of Supervisors
From: County Administrative Office
Agenda Section: Time Certain Matter
SUBJECT:
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10 AM - Adopt Appropriation Limits for Fiscal Year 2019-20, 2020-21 and 2021-22
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Board of Supervisors:
1. Approve the attached resolution establishing the Fiscal Year (FY) 2019-20 Appropriation Limit in accordance with Article XIII B of the California Constitution and Division 9 of Title 1 of the California Government Code.
2. Approve the attached resolution establishing the FY 2020-21 Appropriation Limit in accordance with Article XIII B of the California Constitution and Division 9 of Title 1 of the California Government Code.
3. Approve the attached resolution establishing the FY 2021-22 Appropriation Limit in accordance with Article XIII B of the California Constitution and Division 9 of Title 1 of the California Government Code.
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SOURCE OF FUNDING:
All county funds
DISCUSSION:
Each year, the governing body of the state and each local governmental must establish and is subject to an Appropriations Limit. The Appropriations Limit for any year is the Appropriations Limit from the previous fiscal year increased by inflation and population changes. Proposition 111 established FY 1986-87 as the base year for all governments, rather than the original FY 1978-79 base year established by the originating proposition.
History of Appropriation Limit (Gann's Limit)
The Appropriations Limit was approved by California voters in November 1979 as Proposition 4 (the Gann Initiative) and added to the California State Constitution as Article XIII B. In 1980, the State Legislature added Division 9 (commencing with Section 7900) to Title I of the Government Code to implement Article XIII B. This legislation required the governing body of each local jurisdiction in California to establish an Appropriations Limit (also referred to as the GANN Limit) on or before June 30 of each year for the follow...
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