Santa Cruz County is looking at years of projected budget deficits despite rising property tax revenue, the county Board of Supervisors was told by staff during the board's regular meeting Tuesday.
The board also allocated another $2 million for storm recovery to repair damage from recent winter storms and was informed of $67.7 million in still-unpaid claims from the Federal Emergency Management Agency for past disasters, including the CZU Lightning Complex fires.
"Sales taxes, we're concerned about. We're seeing a drop this year compared to our projections," Pimentel said. Cannabis tax revenue in the county peaked at $6.3 million in 2020-21, which gave county staff at the time hope that that could be a reliable floor of revenue to project into future budgets. However, a steep decline of about 50 percent last year forced a new projection of less than $2 million in coming years.
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