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Solons reject cities revenue sharing pleas
California city officials urged Congress for revenue sharing but faced a firm rebuke from delegation chair Chet Holifield who called the plan “something for nothing.” The session, attended by 21 House members and Sen. Cranston, yielded little support for a federal takeover of welfare costs. officials pressed for grants and direct aid to cities amid a growing revenue gap and exhausted property taxes.
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Robert A. White
Norwalk
Holifield
California
William J. McCann
Santa Fe Springs
McCann
White
Douglas Dollarhide
Compton
Dollarhide
Don Edwards
San Jose
Thomas Rees
Los Angeles
House
Sen
Alan Cranston
Dcalif
Cranston
Congress
Richard
Bud) Carpenter
League of California Cities
Carpenter
Nixon
Long Beach
Paul R. Deats
Deats