Several leaders in San Bernardino County have tried to get a secession movement going after claiming the county did not receive its fair share of state funds. But according to a consulting firm that's been studying the issue for a year, the county's getting more than its fair share.
Rob McMillanThis week, the county government revealed the results of a study conducted by the Blue Sky Consulting Group that shows the county actually receives 9% more state funding per person than other counties statewide.When San Bernardino County voters narrowly approved Measure EE in 2022, it authorized the county government to explore the idea of seceding from the state of California if the region wasn't getting its fair share of state resources.
"We are not getting our fair share for homeless in the county because the formula they use is based on large cities," said Hagman. "So even though we're the sixth largest in California by population, we're not getting that because we don't have a city with more than 300,000 in it. According to the Blue Sky study, "tax revenues generated in San Bernardino County are likely less than half the revenues generated statewide.
"The result would therefore be significantly less revenue available to fund state-supported services," if the County were to secede from the state of California.
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