Question4U: Who do residents write their property tax checks out to: the County or the State of California???
The County, but it is required to disperse the vast majority of it it to the school and special districts.The County gets about 21% of it for General Fund Services. The General Fund did not decrease. It stayed almost the same (slightly less.) It was the state/federal programs (public health, human services, behavioral health,) the road dept. and transportation that declined.