Ranked by Tax Increments

The adjourning chart indicates the Tax Increment Revenue received by the top 36 cities with CRAs in Los Angeles County.

Again, mammoth Los Angeles leads all County cities with a huge $146,026,00 Tax Increment Revenue.

Lancaster and Palmdale ranked equally high at 2nd and 3rd, with Revenue of $32,117,270 and 428,460,920 respectively. With this type of CRA commitment, along with the anticipated regional airport shift that is in the pipeline, it’s a safe bet that both cities will continue to outpace other cities in the county, and will also continue to attract the type of middle-class African American who once looked upon Inglewood as the place to be.

It should be also noted that Inglewood’s $12,312,182 in Tax Increment Revenue is higher than its Indebtedness exposure because of the economic upgrades at Hollywood Park Race Track and Casino. Inglewood’s CRA tax-increment revenues brightened, without being at risk, from the tax increases that resulted in the 1999 sale to Churchill Downs, and the development of Home Depot and Target Stores on a section of Hollywood Park’s south-east parking lot on Century Boulevard.

Some have argued that receiving a bonanza in “tax increment revenue” from “private-marketplace” business development, is a form of Redevelopment Abuse. They complain that Inglewood’s CRA should not receive “revenues” from projects it neither initiates or finances.

Cities

Population

Total Assessed Evaluation
Tax Increment Revenue
LA County
9,802,800
91,043,431,539
1 City of LA
3,694,820
22,338,360,000
146,026,000
2 Lancaster
118,718
3,503,076,046
32,117,270
3 Palmdale
116,670
1,746,496,849
28,460,920
4 Carson
89,730
1,833,530,853
27,741,788
5 Burbank
100,316
2,689,725,767
23,243,790
6 Glendale
194,973
2,464,387,594
23,210,061
7 Long Beach
461,522
7,224,759,602
23,116,491
8 Santa Monica
84,084
5,304,201,401
22,754,295
9 Cerritos
51,488
1,893,304,415
21,447,928
10 Pomona
149,473
2,002,450,090
20,738,096
11 Compton
93,493
1,123,869,425
17,057,346
12 Pasadena
133,936
1,452,700,205
16,279,392
13 West Covina
105,080
1,203,596,732
13,097,215
14 INGLEWOOD
112,580
897,510,972
12,312,182
15 Montebello
62,150
1,011,741,179
12,211,297
16 Pico Rivera
63,428
465,137,161
9,028,960
17 Alhambra
91,400
720,062,042
8,617,848
18 Huntington Park
61,348
818,434,155
8,360,175
19 Paramount
55,266
724,006,807
7,334,243
20 Torrance
137,946
529,275,296
7,222,878
21 Montery Park
60,051
719,455,488
6,506,136
22 South Gate
96,375
573,538,913
6,307,535
23 Baldwin Park
75,837
512,838,032
5,182,607
24 Norwalk
103,298
484,438,655
5,023,416
25 Rosemead
53,505
3,528,307
4,859,812
26 Lakewood
79,345
660,309,336
4,763,514
27 Hawthorne
84,112
642,556,672
4,316,100
28 Redondo Beach
63,261
431,664,714
4,254,540
29 Whittier
83,680
543,654,648
3,457,421
30 Lynwood
69,845
2,422,563
3,061,063
31 Arcadia
53,054
287,047,431
2,900,036
32 Downey.
107,323
369,101,290
2,764,452
33 El Monte
115,965
462,795,585
2,670,799
34 Bellflower
72,878
304,314,216
872,717
35 Santa Clarita
151,088
288,682,703
132,398
36 Diamond Bar
56,287
417,097,307
54,218
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