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Senate committee advances bill to exempt Chiquita Canyon relief payments from state taxes
Summary
The Senate Committee on Tax and Revenue unanimously voted to advance AB 27, which would prevent relief payments from Chiquita Canyon Landfill from being treated as taxable income for recipients, after residents and county officials described health and financial harms tied to a long-burning landfill fire in Los Angeles County.
Assemblymember Pilar Schiavo urged the Senate Committee on Tax and Revenue on Monday to pass AB 27, a bill that would treat relief payments made to residents affected by the Chiquita Canyon Landfill fire as non-taxable. The committee voted to move the bill to the Committee on Rules, 5-0.
AB 27 responds to a long-running underground fire at Chiquita Canyon Landfill. "This is an underground fire that has expanded and tripled in size from 30 to 90 acres of burning trash that's expected to burn for the next 20 or more years," Assemblymember Pilar Schiavo said, describing community health impacts she…
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