SALES AND USE TAX REVENUE

Santa Claus, in the form of the State Board of Equalization, paid a visit to county cities in December, leaving $29.1 million in sales and use tax revenues.

The single largest allocation, $3.86 million, went to Anaheim--13% of the total amount sent to the cities. Although Tustin received the 10th largest amount, its $33.38 was easily the highest per capita among the cities. Villa Park, as usual, received the smallest total allocation, but Seal Beach had the lowest per capita amount, $3.49.

The $29.1 million sent to Orange County was higher than the comparable figures for Riverside, San Diego and San Bernardino Counties, but only about one-third of the Los Angeles County allocation.

The figures below, with the cities listed in order of their percentage of the total allocation, represent the first advance payment for the fourth quarter plus the cleanup payment for the third quarter 1989.

% of All Total Per Capita Cities’ City Allocations Allocation Allocations Anaheim $3,864,804 $15.28 13 Santa Ana 3,063,981 12.14 11 Costa Mesa 2,619,527 28.55 9 Irvine 2,592,976 25.33 9 Orange 2,450,321 23.03 8 Huntington Beach 1,729,543 9.06 6 Fullerton 1,453,342 12.95 5 Garden Grove 1,319,729 9.42 5 Newport Beach 1,298,858 19.20 4 Tustin 1,262,334 33.38 4 Buena Park 1,114,807 16.45 4 Westminster 859,943 11.58 3 Mission Viejo 854,310 11.96 3 Brea 793,541 22.90 3 La Habra 463,061 9.27 2 Fountain Valley 443,605 7.90 2 Cypress 435,788 10.42 1 San Juan Capistrano 429,716 16.05 1 Dana Point 361,361 21.68 1 Placentia 284,469 7.12 1 San Clemente 274,203 7.51 1 Stanton 270,932 9.29 1 Los Alamitos 225,770 18.39 1 Laguna Beach 222,018 11.53 1 Yorba Linda 219,961 4.75 1 Seal Beach 97,591 3.49 * La Palma 62,595 3.87 * Villa Park 33,095 4.75 * CITIES TOTAL $29,102,181 12.67 100

* Less than 1%

FIVE-COUNTY COMPARISON

% of 5 Total Per Capita Counties’ City Allocations Allocation Allocations Los Angeles $86,363,830 $9.98 55 Orange 29,102,201 12.76 18 San Diego 23,452,876 9.70 15 San Bernardino 11,136,728 8.41 7 Riverside 8,374,719 8.25 5 FIVE-COUNTY TOTAL $158,430,354 $10.10 100

* Includes amounts allocated to county governments

Source: California State Board of Equalization