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CITY OF SANTA CLARITA
SUITE 1'82
1 9425~8 SOLEDAD CANYON ROAD
CANYON COUNTRY, CA 91 351
(805) 259-CITY FOR I M.· EDI AU,:,:li:EL[ASE
Decem r 1, 1987 "
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City Formation Cornmittee Kick -off
Voter Re&lstratlion Program to
Get More Fund1 From State
Sa nta Clarita, CA - ,- The city c,f Santa Clarita Formation
Committee kicked-oft an aggresuive voter r egistration
program this w ek, They announced tha t their goal is to
r e gister 5000 new votera by OQcember 15th.
" If we can r egiat-ar just 5000 of tha more than 30,000
unregi ter ed e ligible voters in Santa Cla rita our new city
wi ll r e ceive a n additional $2,000,000 t rom the state bet ween
now and l990t" stated Councilmon "'Ihat's money
our city will not get unles s 5000 more people r eg·istar to
vota . "
ccording to a state 1 aw passeci in January of 198 7 , new
cities r e c i v e fund8 from the 11tate based on the number of
regist r ~d voter s. The state multiplios the nun~er of
r gist r ed voter times three a l"le1 t h at's how they determine
th population.
In t ur n , the state t han r eturn1s a percentage of t:a.x dollars
coll ct~d f rom sal e s ta~, vehicl e r egi s trat ion nd other
t ax II and :faos. t o the city b a.s.,a d on thia population figurs.
"Each voter i s worth $143.25 p ar y ear fer three years or
$4 32 until th 1990 c en&us ," a,asd Councilwoman elect
"These new funds wil l help our new city provide
b e tter s rvicea and improve our roads at th lowos.t t ax
l e vel pos 3ible unle s poopl rogi ~te r, 'Q 'll losJ these
f undfi tor ver. "