Eight local groups allocated TOT funds

The Bonsall Chamber of Commerce and seven Fallbrook community groups will receive Community Enhancement funds from the County of San Diego’s Transient Occupancy Tax for Fiscal Year 2010-11.

The Community Enhancement allocations were approved June 29 as part of the approval of the county’s Fiscal Year 2010-11 budget. Each county supervisor had a $500,000 Community Enhancement budget and decided how much of his or her budget to give to each group requesting funds. Although the revenue is derived only from TOT money collected from lodging facilities in the unincorporated portion of the county, or...