FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 27, 2000
Contact: Michael M. Ruane
(714)834-2307
Public Hearing Scheduled
on Plan for Orange County's $48 Million in Proposition
10 Funds
Orange County Children and Families Commission invites
public input on proposed Strategic Plan for tobacco tax
monies
SANTA ANA - The Orange
County Children and Families Commission will hold a public
hearing on the proposed Strategic Plan to allocate approximately
$48 million in annual tobacco tax revenues for early childhood
development programs. The public hearing will be held
on February 2, 2000 at 9:00 a.m. at the Orange County
Planning Commission Hearing Room located at 10 Civic Center
Plaza in Santa Ana.
Proposition 10 - The California Children and Families
Act of 1998 was approved by voters in November 1998. It
added a 50-cent tax per pack of cigarettes sold in California,
and uses the funds raised to support education, health
and child care programs that promote healthy early childhood
development, from prenatal to age five. The Orange County
Children and Families Commission, an independent, nine-member
commission, is tasked with overseeing the allocation of
funds received through Proposition 10.
The Strategic Plan will help guide the future allocation
of the tobacco tax revenues, approximately $48 million
annually, so worthwhile programs are selected and effectiveness
is measured. The Strategic Plan is currently scheduled
for consideration by the Commission at a public meeting
on February 16, 2000 at 9:00 a.m. at the same location.
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