San Mateo County leaders advocate for $157 million in vehicle license fee funding

San Mateo County leaders pledged to continue the fight for $157 million in critical in-lieu vehicle license fee funding that cities and the county have not received from the state during a packed press conference April 7. 

Both the county and its incorporated cities have long struggled with the unique bureaucratic mechanisms that deploy VLF funding. A 2004 change in the distribution system of VLF, which comes from taxes on California vehicles, left local governments with far less revenue than previous years.

Around 55 California cities receive substantial in-lieu VLF money from the state, as the reimbursement is determined by property tax revenue and the county’s school districts.

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