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VISTA The impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the city of Vista were milder than predicted, City Council members were told this month. Some unexpected revenue helped balance the projected $92.3 million budget, as did sales tax and property tax revenue coming in higher than expected. The biggest unexpected boost came in a projected $4 million in medical cannabis tax, which originally was expected to generate $1.3 million. Vista also received $1.8 million in Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security funding from the county, which allocated the funds to 17 cities that did not directly receive federal CARES Act funds. Advertisement In September, Vista senior management analyst Sara Taylor said the operating budget was expected to be almost $1 million less than what was projected in 2019 because of the impact the pandemic had on sales tax, transient occupancy taxes and other revenue. The city uses a two-year budget cycle. ....