Why shop in Santa Clarita?

A strong local economy and high quality of life within the City of Santa Clarita are largely dependent upon the community’s preference to do their shopping within the City. The City of Santa Clarita lies between the lines of State Route 14 and the I-5. The goal of the Shop Santa Clarita campaign is to encourage residents to shop in the City of Santa Clarita, where 100 percent of the City-derived sales tax stays in our Valley, providing services to Santa Clarita residents and businesses.

Sales tax is a primary source of revenue for the City of Santa Clarita, with forty three percent of the City’s General Fund coming from sales tax monies. When purchases are made within the City’s boundaries and sales tax is applied, the City receives one percent of the taxable sale. Sales tax revenue is essential for funding projects, programs, and services the community has told the City they would like, from the Cross Valley Connector road to the new Community Center currently under construction in Old Town Newhall.

Every cent, every dollar of City sales tax money is spent on programs, projects and work efforts for the residents of Santa Clarita. Additionally, it is important to also point out that City sales tax dollars benefit the entire Santa Clarita Valley through the Citys funding of regional facilities, programs, services and efforts.

The City realizes that determining the boundaries of where “local” begins and ends is sometimes difficult. However, we hope that by providing you with an easy way to access a list of City vendors and profiles of businesses located within the City, this process will have been made much simpler. Just remember the next time you go shopping or to take the family out to dinner, be sure to support our City businesses, which in turn support our local community.

Make your tax dollars work for you and your community, stay between the lines of the I-5 and State Route 14…shop City of Santa Clarita!

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