Santa Barbara Sale Tax Revenue Jumps More than 5% - KCOY Santa Maria, Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo - News

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. -- Revenues for the city of Santa Barbara continue to grow.

The numbers are in and last month, the city received more than $5 million in sales tax for the quarter ending in September.

That's the first report for the fiscal year.

It shows an increase of 5.2% over the same period the year before.

Sales tax is the second largest general fund revenue and continues to show recovery from growth lost during the recession.

Sale tax results for the December quarter, including sales during the holiday shopping season, will be available in March.