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Rancho Palos Verdes's money: where it comes from and where it goes

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended June 30, 2022), Rancho Palos Verdes took in $45.4 million and spent $36.8 million.

Latest recorded year: ended June 30, 2022Comes fromGoes to

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Where it comes from

City taxes84%State tax money6.0%Federal tax money4.3%Fees for services (parks and recreation, garbage collection)3.7%Fines and other1.6%

What stands out

36%

of Rancho Palos Verdes' money comes from taxes other than property, sales and income taxes.A typical U.S. city of 10,000 to 50,000 people gets 6.1%.

City taxes84%

Other taxes
36%$16.4 million
What's in other taxesOther selective sales taxes; public utility taxes and 4 more
  • Other selective sales taxes$6.2 million
  • Public utility taxes$4.8 million
  • Other licenses$2.3 million
  • Other taxes not classified elsewhere$1.7 million
  • Occupation and business licenses$749 thousand
  • Real estate and stock transfer taxes$735 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Property tax
35%$15.8 million
Sales tax
13%$6.0 million

Fees for services3.7%

Fees for services
3.7%$1.7 million
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges; parks and recreation and 1 more
  • Other service charges$1.0 million
  • Parks and recreation$427 thousand
  • Garbage collection$200 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money4.3%

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

From the federal government
4.3%$2.0 million

State tax money6.0%

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

From the state
6.0%$2.7 million

Fines and other1.6%

Interest, rents and other
1.1%$502 thousand
Fines
0.5%$244 thousand

Where it goes

Running the government and other costs40%Police, fire, courts and jails24%Parks, recreation and libraries17%Roads, transit and parking15%Health and hospitals1.8%All other spending2.6%

What stands out

40%

of Rancho Palos Verdes' spending goes to running the government and other costs.A typical U.S. city of 10,000 to 50,000 people spends 18%.

Spending by category100%

Running the government and other costs
40%$14.7 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)$11.8 million
  • Other and not broken out$2.9 million
Police, fire, courts and jails
24%$8.8 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice and inspections and regulation
  • Police$7.3 million
  • Inspections and regulation$1.5 million
Parks, recreation and libraries
17%$6.3 million
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$6.3 million
Roads, transit and parking
15%$5.4 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways and public transit
  • Roads and highways$4.6 million
  • Public transit$777 thousand
Health and hospitals
1.8%$670 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$670 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
1.2%$452 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste and sewer systems
  • Garbage and solid waste$319 thousand
  • Sewer systems$133 thousand
Interest on debt
0.9%$320 thousand
Housing and community development
0.5%$186 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

City of Rancho Palos Verdes. 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 Rancho Palos Verdes 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.