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Assembly hearing: residents urge making Chiquita Canyon landfill relief payments nontaxable
Summary
Residents and the bill sponsor told the Assembly Revenue and Taxation Committee that relief funds distributed to families affected by the Chiquita Canyon landfill fire should be excluded from gross income and not counted against means-tested benefits; the committee placed AB 27 on the suspense file.
Assemblymember Luz Shaba presented AB 27, a bill that would exclude disaster-relief payments tied to the Chiquita Canyon landfill event from gross income and from consideration for state benefit eligibility and taxation. The committee designated the bill a suspense candidate.
Shaba said the Chiquita Canyon landfill has been burning for years and that neighbors have faced chronic fumes, health problems and rising utility and medical bills. "There's a possible cancer cluster that has developed next to the landfill," she said, and described community costs such as…
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