SALES AND USE TAX REVENUES

May brought more than rain. It was also a time for the State Board of Equalization to shower $23.7 million on the county’s 29 cities--the latest installment of sales and use tax revenues. The total amount for the county, $24.9 million, included funds earmarked for county agencies.

This most recent disbursement was 6% more than the county received last May, and the aggregate cities’ figure was 9% higher. But not all the municipalities did better this May than last. Tustin’s total was 33% below the comparable payment for 1989. Mission Viejo received 204% more than last year.

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 third advance payment for the first quarter of 1990.

% of All % Change Total Per Capita Cities’ From City Allocations Allocation Allocations May 1989 Anaheim $3,137,700 $12.66 13 +4 Santa Ana 2,707,200 11.47 11 +2 Costa Mesa 2,220,800 23.45 9 +10 Irvine 2,016,100 19.69 8 +17 Orange 1,912,400 17.75 8 +17 Huntington Beach 1,645,900 8.59 7 +3 Garden Grove 1,266,400 9.36 5 +5 Newport Beach 1,170,200 16.67 5 +15 Fullerton 1,118,900 10.01 5 -1 Buena Park 885,400 13.29 4 +5 Westminster 761,300 10.37 3 -7 Tustin 684,400 13.85 3 -33 Brea 652,100 19.28 3 +28 Mission Viejo 495,600 6.56 2 +204 Fountain Valley 411,200 7.29 2 +11 La Habra $404,700 $8.19 2 +7 Stanton 251,100 8.83 1 +9 Cypress 244,700 5.35 1 -9 San Clemente 223,900 5.54 1 +18 Placentia 213,800 5.08 1 -10 Dana Point 202,900 6.50 1 N/A San Juan Capistrano 199,600 7.90 1 -18 Los Alamitos 193,500 15.85 1 -5 Laguna Beach 185,200 7.53 1 +17 Yorba Linda 145,800 2.78 1 +29 Laguna Niguel 135,800 4.50 1 N/A Seal Beach 109,600 4.01 * +12 La Palma 62,400 3.87 * +2 Villa Park 14,300 2.05 * -5 ALL CITIES $23,672,900 $11.35 100 +9

* Less than 1%

FIVE-COUNTY COMPARISON

% of Five % Change **Total Per Capita Counties’ From County Allocations Allocation Allocations May 1989 Los Angeles $71,381,497 $8.14 55 +4 Orange 24,897,800 10.70 19 +6 Riverside 4,951,400 4.46 4 -29 San Bernardino 9,149,200 6.43 7 +7 San Diego 18,976,900 7.56 15 +6 FIVE-COUNTY TOTAL $129,356,797 $8.01 100 +3

** Includes amounts allocated to county governments

N/A: Information not available

COUNTY SALES AND USE TAX TREND December 1989: $30,908,797 April 1990: $18,791,945 May 1990: $24,897,800 Source: California State Board of Equalization