10A Action 2008 0602 Attach - Preliminary Official Statement

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bonds approved by the voters on or after January 1, 1989. The Agency receives no general obligation tax overrides. Appropriations Limitations: Article XIIIB of the California Constitution On November 6, 1979, California voters approved Proposition 4, the so-called Gann Initiative, which added Article XIIIB to the California Constitution. The principal effect of Article XIIIB is to limit the annual appropriations of the State and any city, county, school district, authority or other political subdivision of the State to the level of appropriations for the prior fiscal year, as adjusted for changes in the cost of living, population and services rendered by the government entity. Effective September 30, 1980, the California Legislature added Section 33678 to the Redevelopment Law which provided that the allocation of taxes to a redevelopment agency for the purpose of paying principal of, or interest on, loans, advances, or indebtedness shall not be deemed the receipt by such agency of proceeds of taxes levied by or on behalf of the agency within the meaning of Article XIIIB, nor shall such portion of taxes be deemed receipt of proceeds of taxes by, or an appropriation subject to the limitation of, any other public body within the meaning or for the purpose of the Constitution and laws of the State of California, including Section 33678 of the Redevelopment Law. The constitutionality of Section 33678 has been upheld in two California appellate court decisions, Brown v. Community Redevelopment Agency of the City of Santa Ana and Bell Community Redevelopment Agency v. Woosley. The plaintiff in Brown v. Community Redevelopment Agency of the City of Santa Ana petitioned the California Supreme Court for a hearing of this case. The California Supreme Court formally denied the petition and therefore the earlier court decisions are now final and binding. On the basis of these court decisions, the Agency has not adopted an appropriations limit. CONTINUING DISCLOSURE The Agency has covenanted for the benefit of holders and beneficial owners of the 2008 Bonds to provide certain financial information and operating data relating to the Agency by not later than nine (9) months following the end of the Agency's fiscal year (which currently would be by March 31 each year based upon the June 30 end of the Agency's fiscal year), commencing March 31, 2009, with the report for the 2007-08 Fiscal Year (the "Annual Report"), and to provide notices of the occurrence of certain enumerated events, if material. The Annual Report will be filed by the Agency with each Nationally Recognized Municipal Securities Information Repository, and with the appropriate State information depository, if any. The notices of material events will be filed by the Agency with the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (and with the appropriate State information depository, if any). The specific nature of the information to be contained in the Annual Report or the notices of material events is set forth in "APPENDIX F -Form of Continuing Disclosure Certificate." These covenants have been made in order to assist the Underwriter in complying with S.E.C. Rule 15c2-12(b)(5). The'Agency has not failed to -meet its obligation to provide annual reports or notices of material y.P 9 P_ __ events in an revi,4~ts unde€takin s ur~uant to the Ru[e; -38-