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RESOLUTION NO. 18-7127
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HERMOSA
BEACH, CALIFORNIA, IN SUPPORT OF ASSEMBLY BILL 2808
(MURATSUCHI) TO INCREASE LOCAL CONTROL FUNDING FOR
CALIFORNIA'S PUBLIC SCHOOLS
WHEREAS, California is the nation's most populous and wealthiest state and has the
largest economy in the world, and the largest Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of any state in the
nation;.,,
WHEREAS, despite California's leadership in the global economy, the state falls in the
nation's bottom quintile on nearly every measure of public K-12 school funding and staffing;
WHEREAS, California ranks 45th nationally in the percentage of taxable income spent on
education, 41s' in per -pupil funding, 45th in pupil -teacher ratios and 48th in pupil -staff ratios;
WHEREAS, K-12 school funding has not substantially increased, on an inflation -adjusted
basis, for more than a decade;
WHEREAS, under the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF), state funding for K-12
schools has only this year recently returned to levels predating the Great Recession of 2007;
WHEREAS, 58 percent of California's public school students are eligible for free and
reduced -price lunch — 13 percent above the national average — and 23 percent of California students
are English learners, more than twice the national average;
WHEREAS, California's investment in public schools is out of alignment with its wealth,
its ambitions, its demographics and the demands of a 21 `-century education;
WHEREAS, California funds schools at roughly $1,961 per student less than the national
average, which translates to approximately $3,462 per student when adjusted for California being a
high -cost state;
WHEREAS, California trails the average of the top 10 states by almost $7,000 in per -pupil
funding;
WHEREAS, in order to prepare our students for participation in democratic society and an
increasingly competitive, technology -driven global economy, California must fund schools at a
level sufficient to support student success;
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WHEREAS, if California is to close opportunity and achievement gaps and create a public
school system that offers consistently high levels of education, the State must provide schools with
the resources to meet the needs of their specific populations;
WHEREAS, the Governor's proposed 2018-2019 budget would fully fund the LCFF and
once that occurs there is not a mechanism to increase LCFF Targets; and
WHEREAS, Assembly Member Al Muratsuchi has introduced AB 2808, which would
increase LCFF base, supplemental and concentration grant funding to a level that is equal to or above
the average of the top 10 states, as called for in State Constitution.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF HERMOSA BEACH, CALIFORNIA, AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The City Council finds that the foregoing Recitals are true and correct.
SECTION 2. The City Council of the City of Hermosa Beach supports ASSEMBLY BILL
2808 and urges the State Legislature to pass, and the Governor to sign, this critical legislation that
would fund California public schools at a level that is equal to or above the average of the top 10
states.
SECTION 3. This Resolution shall take effect immediately. The City Clerk shall certify to
the passage and adoption of this Resolution, shall cause the original of the same to be entered among
the original resolutions of the City Council and shall make a minute of the passage and adoption
thereof in the minutes of the City Council meeting at which the same is passed and adopted.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this 24th day of April, 2018.
PRESIDENT of the C Al and MAYOR of the City of Hermosa Beach, California
ATTEST: APPROVED TO FORM:
City Clerk City Attorney
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES
CITY OF HERMOSA BEACH
I, Elaine Doerfling, City Clerk of the City of Hermosa Beach, California, do
hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution No. 18-7127 was duly and regularly passed,
approved and adopted by the City Council of the City of Hermosa Beach at a Regular
Meeting of said Council at the regular place thereof on April 24, 2018.
The vote was as follows:
AYES: Armato, Campbell, Fangary, Massey, Mayor Duclos
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
Dated: May 8, 2018
Elaine Doerfling, City Clerk