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Bill to boost funding for California fairgrounds moves forward amid emergency-response arguments
Summary
AB 258 would increase the governor’s budget allocation for the California fairs network to 2% of taxable gross receipts at fairgrounds, a change supporters say would restore funding closer to past levels and help fairs that serve as emergency staging grounds; the committee voted 5-0 to advance the bill.
Assemblymember Connolly presented AB 258 to the Senate Committee on Tax and Revenue seeking to raise the annual funding appropriation for the state’s fairs network to 2% of gross receipts of taxable sales at fairgrounds. Sponsors and supporters told the committee that the change would bring funding closer to the $32 million level that fairs historically received and would help fairs maintain facilities that are frequently used for emergency response.
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