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Committee hears bill to increase annual governor's budget metric for California fairgrounds funding

2532458 · March 10, 2025
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AB 258 would raise the percentage of gross receipts from fairground taxable sales included in the governor's annual budget for fairs to approximate prior funding levels; sponsor said the change would restore funding closer to $32 million and better support emergency use of fairgrounds.

Assemblymember Connolly presented AB 258, which would increase the annual budget metric for California fairgrounds to 5% of gross receipts of taxable sales on fairgrounds, with the goal of restoring funding toward the historical $32 million level. The committee designated AB 258 as a suspense-file candidate.

Connolly said the current metric, established by AB 1499 (2017), produces significantly less funding than the $32 million that previously…

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