SAN MATEO COUNTY Supervisor Jackie Speier and state Sen. Josh Becker testified Thursday at the State Capitol in Sacramento, pleading for the state to pay what the county says is more than $150 million in owed revenue.

The county has sued the state over money that is legally owed to the county as part of a 2004 budget agreement known as the Vehicle License Fee Swap, or VLF Swap, in which local governments and counties gave up their vehicle license fee revenues to help the state close its budget deficit. In exchange, cities and counties agreed to receive annual property tax allocations known as the Vehicle License Fee Adjustment Amount, or VLFAA. 

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Alise is a general assignment reporter with a focus on covering government, elections, housing, crime, courts and entertainment in San Francisco and on the Peninsula. Alise is a Bay Area native from San Carlos. She studied history at University of California, Santa Cruz and first started journalism at Skyline College’s school newspaper in San Bruno. She has interned for Bay City News and for Eesti Rahvusringhääling, or Estonian Public Broadcasting. She has covered everything from the removal of former San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus to the divisive battle over the Great Highway on San Francisco’s west side. Please send her any tips.