Countywide : CLIPBOARD : Sales and Use Tax Revenues

Orange County cities received $21 million in sales and use tax revenues from the state in December. But that was 28% less than the amount rebated in December, 1989. The majority of individual cities (22) got less this December too, with Villa Park registering the largest drop. Six cities, however, did earn more, led by a 220% increase in La Palma.

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. These latest amounts represent the cleanup payment for third quarter 1990 and the first advance payment for the fourth quarter of 1990.

Here’s how the individual cities compare to the disbursements they received in December, 1989, ranked from largest increase to largest decrease:

December December Percentage City 1989 1990 Change La Palma 62,595 200,220 +220 Fountain Valley 443,605 640,612 +44 Seal Beach 97,591 136,953 +40 Yorba Linda 219,961 246,795 +12 Placentia 284,469 296,422 +4 Westminster 859,943 872,854 +2 Brea 793,541 777,925 -2 Los Alamitos 225,770 203,177 -10 La Habra 463,061 411,078 -11 Costa Mesa 2,619,527 2,306,822 -12 Laguna Beach 222,018 188,713 -15 San Clemente 274,203 233,713 -15 Stanton 270,932 225,499 -17 Fullerton 1,453,342 1,139,795 -22 Santa Ana 3,063,981 2,360,117 -23 San Juan Capistrano 429,716 321,823 -25 Newport Beach 1,298,858 873,471 -33 Garden Grove 1,319,729 876,006 -34 Dana Point 361,361 235,400 -35 Tustin 1,262,334 801,798 -36 Anaheim $3,864,904 $2,439,025 -37 Buena Park 1,114,807 696,561 -38 Huntington Beach 1,729,543 1,040,330 -40 Orange 2,450,341 1,422,540 -42 Mission Viejo 854,310 462,074 -46 Irvine 2,592,976 1,139,396 -56 Cypress 435,788 134,625 -69 Villa Park 33,095 10,078 -70 Laguna Niguel N/A 381,555 -- CITIES TOTAL $29,102,201 $21,075,377 -28

Source: State Board of Equalization