COFFER REFILLS

Less than two weeks into the new year, the State Board of Equalization distributed to local governments their latest share of sales and use tax revenues. A total of $286,525,166 was apportioned, of which 6.6% went to Orange County. Here’s how much each city received, followed by a comparison of Orange to the contiguous four counties:

Total *Per capita % of All City Allocations Allocation Cities’ Income Anaheim $2,397,400 $9.64 14 Santa Ana 2,111,700 8.90 12 Costa Mesa 1,787,300 19.80 10 Irvine 1,365,500 14.06 8 Huntington Beach 1,336,500 7.12 7 Orange 1,333,800 12.95 7 Fullerton 947,300 8.39 5 Garden Grove 919,700 6.71 5 Newport Beach 886,700 12.88 5 Buena Park 689,400 10.29 4 Westminster 653,900 8.88 4 Brea 456,400 13.46 3 Tustin 451,300 11.65 2 La Habra 321,600 6.52 2 Mission Viejo 320,800 4.67 2 Fountain Valley 294,000 5.28 2 Cypress 213,800 5.15 1 Placentia 182,500 4.65 1 Stanton 166,700 5.87 1 Los Alamitos 152,600 12.61 1 San Juan Capistrano 149,200 5.80 1 San Clemente 147,000 4.19 1 Laguna Beach 115,500 5.95 1 Yorba Linda 101,300 2.31 1 Seal Beach 79,900 2.91 ** La Palma 42,300 2.64 ** Villa Park 10,600 1.53 ** ALL CITIES 18,946,200 9.64 100

* Per capita allocation figured using 1988 projected population ** Less than 1%