SALES AND USE TAX REVENUES

Nearly $18 million was gained by county cities during April as as result of the state of California’s latest disbursement of sales and use tax revenues. Another $900,000 was received by county government agencies, making the county’s total take $18,791,945. That’s a 25% decrease from the March outlay received locally.

Anaheim and Santa Ana were the two largest beneficiaries, taking in $4.4 million between them, for 24% of the total. Costa Mesa, though, received by far the highest per capita amount--$17.59 for each resident. At the other end of the spectrum on both counts was Villa Park with its $2,245 total (32 cents per resident).

The $18.8 million received here was more than the amounts sent to either Riverside, San Bernardino or San Diego counties, but only about a third of what Los Angeles County took in. Orange County had the highest per capita amount of any of the five counties, though.

Each month, city and county governments and other governmental organizations receive payments from the state in anticipation of actual sales tax revenues. In the fourth month, they receive a cleanup payment--the difference between actual revenues and the amounts previously received--plus the first advance payment for the next quarter. The amounts listed here are for the second advance payment of the first quarter of 1990.

% of All Total Per Capita Cities’ City Allocations Allocation Allocations Anaheim $2,353,200 $9.50 13 Santa Ana 2,030,500 8.61 11 Costa Mesa 1,665,500 17.59 9 Irvine 1,602,000 15.64 9 Orange 1,434,300 13.32 8 Huntington Beach 1,234,500 644 7 Garden Grove 949,700 7.02 5 Newport Beach 877,600 12.50 5 Fullerton 839,100 7.51 5 Buena Park 664,100 9.97 4 Westminster 570,900 7.78 3 Tustin 513,200 10.39 3 Brea 444,100 13.13 2 Mission Viejo 371,600 4.92 2 Fountain Valley 308,400 5.47 2 La Habra 303,500 6.14 2 Cypress 228,500 5.00 1 Placentia 197,800 4.70 1 Stanton 188,300 6.62 1 San Clemente 168,000 4.16 1 Dana Point 152,300 4.88 1 San Juan Capistrano 149,700 5.94 1 Los Alamitos 145,200 11.90 1 Laguna Beach 138,900 5.65 1 Yorba Linda 109,300 2.09 1 Laguna Niguel 101,800 3.38 1 Seal Beach 82,200 3.00 * La Palma 46,900 2.91 * Villa Park 2,245 0.32 * ALL CITIES $17,873,345 $7.68 100

FIVE-COUNTY COMPARISON

% of Five ** Total Per Capita Counties’ County Allocations Allocation Allocations Los Angeles $52,837,162 $6.02 54 Orange 18,791,945 8.08 19 Riverside 5,963,800 5.37 6 San Bernardino 6,981,900 4.90 7 San Diego 14,023,200 5.59 14 FIVE-COUNTY TOTAL $98,598,007 $6.11 100

* Less than 1% ** Includes amounts allocated to county governments