On Tuesday night, the Richmond City Council will decide whether to move forward with a tax measure for the refinery.
The proposal calls for a business tax of $1.00 per barrel of oil refined in the city, which could add up to $60 million to $90 million per year in revenue.Residents are torn on whether such a tax is a good idea. Sandy Saeteurn has lived in Richmond most of her life and is now raising her family here.'My 10-year-old son at 14 months old was diagnosed with cancer, and so I know living here in Richmond the refineries are definitely impacting the health of the community,' said Saeteurn.
He said the way the current tax measure is written, any money collected from the refineries just goes into the general fund and the city council can spend it however it sees fit.'They could potentially use these monies for pet projects that the everyday Richmond resident will not benefit from,' says Garcia. Right now, about 40% of the city's tax revenue is generated from the Chevron Richmond Refinery.
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