Title
Adopt a Resolution to Approve the City of San Leandro Gann Appropriation Limit for Fiscal Year 2027
Staffreport
SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Staff recommend the City of San Leandro City Council adopt a Resolution establishing the City's Gann Appropriation Limit for Fiscal Year 2026-2027 (FY 2027). Staff completed calculations required for determining the appropriation limit for FY 2027 at $380,809,844. Budget appropriations subject to the FY 2027 appropriation limitation total $128,411,224.
BACKGROUND
In 1979, California voters passed Proposition 4 limiting governmental expenditures and taxation. Statutes clarifying provisions of the proposition are codified in Article XIIIB of the California Constitution. This article is known as the Gann Limit.
Because the Gann Limit constrained local governments to effectively respond to demands of rapid growth in California, a legislative-business-labor coalition drafted and supported Proposition 111, adopted in 1990. Proposition 111 allows flexibility in a growing economy, while retaining limits on government spending. While the law sets limits on spending and taxation, it does allow for increases on the appropriation limit based on both population and personal income growth.
ANALYSIS
During any fiscal year, a city may not appropriate any proceeds of taxes it receives in excess of its established limit. Excess funds received in any year may be carried into the subsequent year for use if the city is below its limit for that year. Any excess funds remaining after the second year would be required to be returned to local taxpayers by reducing tax rates or fees. As an alternative, a majority of the voters may approve an "override" to increase the city's appropriations limit.
Senate Bill 1352 requires that 1) the governing body of each local jurisdiction shall, by legislative action, establish its appropriations limit at a regularly scheduled or special meeting and that the documentation used in the determination...
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