Chevron paid Richmond more than $58.8 million in taxes and settlement payments — nearly 24% of the city’s budgeted general fund revenue — last fiscal year, according to a spreadsheet sent to Richmondside in response to a public records request.

Taxpayer information is typically kept private under state law and city code, but the city said it “inadvertently” released the information in response to a May public records request.

Richmondside requested Chevron’s tax and settlement payment records because the refinery is the city’s largest employer and single largest taxpayer, and because, historically, it has disputed how much it should pay in taxes.

Most recently, the company agreed to pay the city a $550 million settlement over 10 years to avoid a “ Make Polluters Pay ” measure from bei

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