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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended June 30, 2022), Placentia took in $61.0 million and spent $55.7 million.

Latest recorded year: ended June 30, 2022Comes from Goes to

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Where it comes from

City taxes74%Fees for services (garbage collection, sewer)11%Fines and other10%State tax money3.0%Federal tax money1.8%County and local tax money0.7%

What stands out

31%

of Placentia's money comes from taxes other than property, sales and income taxes.A typical U.S. city of 50,000+ people gets 7.2%.

City taxes74%

Other taxes

31%$18.6 million

What's in other taxesOther taxes not classified elsewhere; public utility taxes and 4 more

Other taxes not classified elsewhere$8.8 million
Public utility taxes$5.3 million
Other licenses$1.6 million
Other selective sales taxes$1.4 million
Occupation and business licenses$1.0 million
Real estate and stock transfer taxes$451 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Property tax

28%$17.1 million

Sales tax

15%$9.2 million

Fees for services11%

Fees for services

11%$6.5 million

What's in fees for servicesGarbage collection; other service charges and 2 more

Garbage collection$3.7 million
Other service charges$1.7 million
Sewer$791 thousand
Parks and recreation$186 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money1.8%

Grants from Washington, paid for by the federal taxes residents also pay.

From the federal government

1.8%$1.1 million

State tax money3.0%

Money the state passes on, paid for by the state taxes residents also pay.

From the state

3.0%$1.9 million

County and local tax money0.7%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments

0.7%$425 thousand

Fines and other10%

Interest, rents and other

9.5%$5.8 million

Fines

0.8%$503 thousand

Where it goes

Running the government and other costs36%Police, fire, courts and jails31%Roads, transit and parking14%Water, sewer, trash and utilities5.5%Interest on debt4.8%All other spending9.0%

What stands out

36%

of Placentia's spending goes to running the government and other costs.A typical U.S. city of 50,000+ people spends 16%.

Spending by category100%

Running the government and other costs

36%$20.3 million

What's in running the government and other costsCentral staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology) and other and not broken out

Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$11.6 million
Other and not broken out$8.7 million

Police, fire, courts and jails

31%$17.1 million

What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; fire protection and 1 more

Police$11.7 million
Fire protection$3.9 million
Inspections and regulation$1.6 million

Roads, transit and parking

14%$7.5 million

What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways

Roads and highways$7.5 million

Water, sewer, trash and utilities

5.5%$3.0 million

What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste and sewer systems

Garbage and solid waste$3.4 million
Sewer systems-$377 thousand

Interest on debt

4.8%$2.7 million

Parks, recreation and libraries

4.0%$2.2 million

What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation

Parks and recreation$2.2 million

Housing and community development

2.7%$1.5 million

Health and hospitals

2.3%$1.3 million

What's in health and hospitalsPublic health

Public health$1.3 million

Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

City of Placentia. U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments, Finance, individual unit file, fiscal year ended June 30, 2022. The Census record for this government is from the 2022 survey, the newest on file.

What this covers. The money of City of Placentia itself. Other governments that serve the same area (the city, county, school district and state) are separate and not included. Borrowing, transfers between a government's own funds, and pension trust funds are not counted as revenue.