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REL:adg <br />3/4/81 <br /> <br />RESOLUTION NO. 81-33 <br /> <br />A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF <br />THE CITY OF SANTA ANA SUPPORTING THE <br />ELIMINATION OF THE FEDERAL ESTATE TAX <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the Federal Government should not profit <br />by the death of its people; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the State of California did enact <br />legislation prohibiting inheritance tax on a surviving <br />spouse; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, there is an initiative being circulated <br />in the State of California to prohibit all state inheritance <br />tax; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the Federal Estate Tax falls heavily on <br />widows and orphans during grievous times; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the poor are exempted from the tax and <br />the rich can avoid the tax through legal processes not <br />practical for middle-class families; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, inflation has subjected many families to <br />the Federal Estate tax that were previously exempted, <br />forcing such families to borrow money to pay the tax at the <br />very instant when their ability to pay such money is severly <br />restricted; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the monies raised by the Federal Estate <br />Tax do not cover the cost of the Federal Government in <br />collecting the said tax; <br /> <br /> NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City <br />Council of the City of Santa Ana does hereby resolve that <br />the Federal Estate Tax be immediately eliminated and urges <br />the League of California Cities, the National League of <br />Cities, the Southern California Association of Governments, <br />Congress and the President of these United States to adopt <br />this position and repeal the same forthwith. <br /> <br /> ADOPTED this 2nd day of <br />1981, by the following vote: <br /> <br />March <br /> <br />AYES: <br /> <br />COUNCILMEN: Bricken, Griset, Luxembourger, Serrato <br /> <br />NOES: COUNCILMEN: None <br /> <br />ABSENT: COUNCILMEN: Ward, Markel, Yamam0t0 <br /> <br />ATTEST: <br /> <br />APPROVED AS TO FORM: <br /> <br />CITY ATTORNEY <br /> <br /> <br />