Recommendation to adopt resolution in opposition to Proposition 6: Voter Approval for Future Gas and Vehicle Taxes and 2017 Tax Repeal Initiative which will be considered Statewide by voters on the November 6, 2018 ballot.
Motion carries. Next will be moving to item 24 with the clock please. With the item. Communication from City Attorney Recommendation to adopt a resolution in opposition to Proposition six. Voter approval for future gas and vehicle taxes and 2017. Tax Repeal Initiative, which will be considered statewide by voters on the November six, 2018 ballot. Thank you. To not only report on that to me. Okay. Could I please have any further comment? Mm mm. Well, we've made it this far. Carolyn Byrnes Long Beach Taxpayers Association, also part of the newly formed Long Beach Reform Coalition. We're finally getting it together. So I don't have my orthopedic boot on today. I feel that that's an accomplishment. But unfortunately, my friend Tom is wearing his matching designer orthopedic shoe. We've been pounding the pavement. We've stood out at the veterans stadium many a Sunday at the swap. Meet the auto swap, meet the motorcycle swap, meet. Gathering signatures to support this measure to go on the ballot. To remedy the actions of 120 people in our state legislature. Who made a decision for the citizens without considering what the citizens wanted. This is a very expensive proposition. I mentioned the number earlier, $779.38. I think that this one might backfire on you all. It has been predicted because of this particular measure. The citizens are. A much more inclined to vote in the upcoming election. Which also has on the ballot your four charter amendments. We're campaigning heavily against those amendments. We don't mind tying the two together the four amendments and the gas tax. And we do feel that we may have some measure of success because of the gas tax. So go ahead. Make your vote 8 to 0 to support a no vote on the gas tax, because we're going to make it in big letters with our new political action committee and we're going to find the dickens out of it and shame you for what you have been doing. Please stop it. Thank you, Max Baker. Hi. Tom Stout, supporter of the gas repeal. If any of you up here would like a poster and your city employees, I would be more than happy to supply them at no cost. Or if you want some honest literature with honest information on it, I'd be more than happy to supply you with that, too. As Carol mentioned, we were fighting to repeal this gas tax. I spent many hours at the Long Beach Automotive and motorcycle swap meet. We gathered over 2000 signatures there from people that live all over the state of California, because you need to have a different form for each county in L.A. and in the whole state. We are ten different counties from Northern California to San Diego and probably the most hated people that we spoke to at that. Was Governor Brown and the state legislature who put this tax on them, and it was done by bribery during the middle of the night. Governor Brown gave $1,000,000,000 to four legislators. Four people got $1,000,000,000 of taxpayer money to go from a no vote to a yes vote. That is theft. That is bribery. Governor Brown says that's politics. Well, that may be politics to him, but that's bribery to everybody else at the car show. I've done a number of them and I have signs on my car. And 99% of the people are pissed at people like you that want to put this tax on the vast majority of people that are either low or moderate income. They can't afford another tax. They're already paying to hire rats, but that doesn't seem to bother any of you is along as you get a little bit more money to allegedly do some good work for the residents. The bottom line is it doesn't happen. No matter how much money you get, extra money, it frees up other money. And that other money seems to go in your pocket. Just like when Marjorie passed, everybody got raises. Not just a one time raise, but a compounded raise. And management. I still don't understand how you have a union. Hell, you're supposed to be management. You shouldn't be able to bargain. It's pathetic. So what's going to happen? I don't know. Every 99% of the people at the Belmont Shore car show that took information was really upset. And they weren't upset with me for trying to pass it out. There were a couple people. It was surprising. One guy said, I can't vote yes. I'm not in favor, but I can't vote yes because I work for public works. Another Long Beach firefighter came along and said, I'm in favor of. Yeah, I'm for. Yes, repeal it. Thank you. So, like I said, show some good conscience and do your job and don't try and tack somebody out of California. Maybe that's the best thing to do is move out of the state, sell what property you have, and try another low tax state. Even the weather's not as good. Thank you. Okay, next. Bigger. Good evening. City Council Members Vice Mayor Andrews and Distinguished City Council members. My name is John Wright, policy manager of the L.A. County Business Federation. A grassroots organization with more than 70 business organizations represent 390,000 players, ten .3. 5 million employees in Los Angeles County. We were in it to win it with Measure and we're in it to win it with. This has to be won. We're in it to win it to keep transportation funds in Los Angeles County, because that's where our jobs are. That's where our infrastructure is at. That's what moves our economy. Those are the things that some mentioned that the cost of for a two car family of $700,000 a year for such a measure. Imagine when someone hits that pothole and they have over $1,000 worth of damage to their transmission, to their suspension. A little bit more than that, maybe up to 2000, depending on how the make and model of the vehicle. All those into consideration, what's the cost worth not doing us. That's what's affecting our job security, affecting our roads, affecting our infrastructure that we need to protect. What city lobbies in L.A. County in general? Because this is what's going to be needed to fix the 710 Freeway, to keep the maintenance and keep the roads smooth and clean. Because if you're going to have higher zero emission vehicles or near zero emission vehicles with newer technology, they want to protect that investment. They don't want to see it being bumped and messed up because of crappy roads. And I live as a Long Beach resident in the seventh District. I live right at 37 Linden and I see that every time I even ride my bike with all those potholed road roads right in front of petroleum couple right in front of the bacon barrel. Because I see that every time I ride my bike I got to repair that tire. I can swerve all I want to. But guess what? I'm still going to hit that pothole because that paving needs to take place and that's what this funding will do. This isn't perfect. There is no such thing. But at least we're doing something. And that's what needs to take place. I urge for your support of this particular vote. And have a great evening. Thank you. Expedia. Hi, America. Gonzales. I live in the second district. And I just want to say I'm an absolute support of this measure. I feel like the gas tax is really just the first step in what we need to maintain our infrastructure. It's been neglected for decades upon decades, upon decades, and we're now barely taking the first step necessary to get to where we should be in 2018. So if we don't show our support for it now, we're going to lose it and the streets are going to fall into further disrepair. Now, to kind of echo the cycling aspect of it, I bike everywhere to school, to work. That's what I do. Between Cherry and Redondo on 10th Street, it is a war zone for me as I'm fighting cars and potholes across that. But it's my hope that because of this tax that will soon be repaired and I will only have to. Fight cars on that road. So please support. This. I hope the community comes out, understands all the negative externalities the cars produce, and how we're only trying to correct that and put us where we should be now. Thank you. Thank you very much. I need a more public comment now. Would you please cast your vote? Okay. Now she. Carries with. Us. Thank you. Now we've got a second coming. Right. If anyone have any comments, please. He's come up. Please state your name. 3 minutes.