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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: OCTOBER 1, 2012 TITLE: RESOLUTION IN OPPOSITION TO CALIFORNIA PROPOSITION 32 ITY MANAGER RECOMMENDED ACTION CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: APPROVED ? As Recommended ? As Amended ? Ordinance on 1St Reading ? Ordinance on 2"d Reading ? Implementing Resolution ? Set Public Hearing For CONTINUED TO FILE NUMBER Consider adopting a resolution opposing California Proposition 32. DISCUSSION The City Council has expressed an interest in declaring a position on Proposition 32, a State of California initiative set for voter consideration on the 2012 General Election on November 6, 2012 ballot. Proposition 32, referred to as the Political Contributions by Payroll Deduction. Contributions to Candidate. Initiative Statute has been labeled as the "Stop Special Interest Money Now" initiative that will all but eliminate the historic means of unions for collecting political funds through payroll deductions. Proposition 32 ostensibly does the same for corporations, but corporations rarely use payroll deductions to collect political funds, instead drawing such funds from their profits, and that source of funding is deliberately left uncovered. Furthermore, if approved, it is believed to dramatically undercut the ability of unions to champion and otherwise support social and political causes of significance to working families and their quality of life. The non-partisan League of Women Voters of California and Common Cause of California groups have closely reviewed and strongly criticized Proposition 32, with the League of Women Voters saying, "this initiative is not at all what it seems. Prop 32 promises 'political reform,' but is really designed by its special-interest backers to help themselves and harm their opponents. Despite its proponents' claims, it won't take money out of politics. FISCAL IMPACT There is no fiscal impact associated with this item 55B-1