CLIPBOARD : May Sales and Use Tax Revenues

In May, the most recent month for which information is available, Orange County cities received a collective $23.4 million in sales and use tax rebates from the state. That was 1% less than last May’s total.

Though the aggregate amount received declined a little, the differences between this May and last differed dramatically from city to city. For example, Newport Beach received nearly 18% less, while the total in Laguna Niguel was 71% higher.

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 the third advance payment for the first quarter of 1991.

May 1991 May 1990 1990-’91 City Allocation Allocation % Change Anaheim $2,998,500 $3,137,700 -4.4 Brea 653,600 652,100 +0.2 Buena Park 864,400 885,400 -2.4 Costa Mesa 2,107,800 2,220,800 -5.1 Cypress 265,500 244,700 +8.5 Dana Point 205,100 202,900 +1.1 Fountain Valley 594,000 411,200 +44.4 Fullerton 1,203,300 1,118,900 +7.5 Garden Grove 1,155,300 1,266,400 -8.8 Huntington Beach 1,564,500 1,645,900 -4.9 Irvine 2,052,100 2,016,100 +1.8 Laguna Beach 193,200 185,200 +4.3 Laguna Niguel 232,400 135,800 +71.1 La Habra 395,400 404,700 -2.2 La Palma 99,700 62,400 +59.8 Los Alamitos 191,300 193,500 -1.1 Mission Viejo 507,800 495,600 +2.5 Newport Beach 959,800 1,170,200 -17.9 Orange 1,823,400 1,912,400 -4.7 Placentia 264,900 213,800 +23.9 San Clemente 222,500 223,900 -0.6 San Juan Capistrano 279,100 199,600 +39.8 Santa Ana 2,476,500 2,707,200 -8.5 Seal Beach 110,600 109,600 +0.9 Stanton 251,300 251,100 +0.1 Tustin 812,000 684,400 +18.6 Villa Park 17,300 14,300 +20.9 Westminster 759,300 761,300 -0.3 Yorba Linda 153,100 145,800 +5.0 CITIES TOTAL $23,413,700 $23,672,900 -1.1

Source: California State Board of Equalization