California's money: where it comes from and where it goes

• Motor fuel taxes$9.24 billion
• Motor vehicle licenses$8.51 billion
• Other taxes not classified elsewhere$8.27 billion
• Occupation and business licenses$5.13 billion
• Other selective sales taxes$4.65 billion
• Insurance premium taxes$4.01 billion
• Tobacco taxes$1.43 billion
• Public utility taxes$967 million
• Public utility licenses$605 million
• Alcoholic beverage taxes$418 million
• Driver's licenses$400 million
• Severance taxes$133 million
• Hunting and fishing licenses$124 million
• Corporation licenses$102 million
• Alcoholic beverage licenses$98.6 million
• Amusement licenses$22.0 million
• Other licenses$18.4 million
• Estate and gift taxes$891 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

• Hospital bills$22.1 billion
• College tuition$10.6 billion
• Other service charges$3.55 billion
• University housing and dining$2.78 billion
• Parks, land and natural resources$1.96 billion
• Parks and recreation$257 million
• Electric power$149 million
• Road charges$34.3 million
• Parking$21.6 million
• Other government-run businesses$8.8 million
• Housing$1.0 million
• Other education charges$683 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

• Sent to school districts$68.1 billion
• Sent to local governments: other public welfare$67.8 billion
• Sent to local governments: other and not broken out$11.5 billion
• Sent to school districts (colleges)$9.41 billion
• Sent to local governments: roads and highways$8.79 billion
• Sent to local governments: public health$8.48 billion
• Sent to local governments: elementary and secondary schools$4.85 billion
• Sent to local governments: courts and legal services$4.30 billion
• Sent to local governments: natural resources, farming and conservation$3.93 billion
• Sent to local governments: general support$3.92 billion
• Sent to the federal government$3.60 billion
• Sent to local governments: housing and community development$3.21 billion
• Sent to local governments: inspections and regulation$1.80 billion
• Sent to local governments: garbage and solid waste$1.63 billion
• Sent to local governments: sewer systems$1.00 billion
• Sent to local governments: other government administration$998 million
• Sent to local governments: libraries$671 million
• Sent to local governments: colleges and universities$250 million
• Sent to local governments: other education$226 million
• Sent to local governments: parks and recreation$203 million
• Sent to local governments: prisons and jails$185 million
• Sent to local governments: police$75.2 million
• Sent to local governments: airports$3.5 million
• Sent to local governments: finance, tax collection and budgeting$190 thousand

• Other public welfare$156.1 billion
• Unemployment and social insurance offices$1.83 billion
• Welfare institutions$559 million
• Veterans' services$22.8 million

• Colleges and universities$44.7 billion
• Scholarships and other education subsidies$7.82 billion
• College housing, dining and bookstores$4.29 billion
• Elementary and secondary schools$3.95 billion
• Other education$1.34 billion

• Hospitals$25.2 billion
• Public health$3.80 billion

• Prisons and jails$12.6 billion
• Inspections and regulation$5.00 billion
• Police$3.20 billion
• Courts and legal services$2.29 billion
• Probation, parole and other corrections$1.97 billion

• Roads and highways$12.0 billion
• Public transit$1.18 billion
• Parking$6.1 million
• Airports$5.7 million

• Finance, tax collection and budgeting$7.89 billion
• Other and not broken out$3.16 billion
• Other government administration$1.10 billion
• Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$729 million
• Other government-run businesses$8.3 million

• Natural resources, farming and conservation$9.02 billion

• Sewer systems$665 million
• Electric power$378 million
• Garbage and solid waste$284 million
• Water supply$214 million

• Parks and recreation$861 million
• Libraries$39.4 million