DATE:
May 6, 2026, and June 24, 2026
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TO:
Board of Supervisors
SUBJECT
NOTICED PUBLIC HEARING:
Title
PUBLIC HEARING TO CONFIRM FISCAL YEAR 2026-27 LEVIES IN THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY STREET LIGHTING DISTRICT AND LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE DISTRICT ZONES NO. 1 - RANCHO SAN DIEGO AND NO. 2 - JESS MARTIN PARK AND RELATED CEQA EXEMPTION (DISTRICTS: ALL)
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OVERVIEW
On May 6, 2026(03) the Board of Supervisors Set a Hearing for June 24, 2026.
Special districts are created to provide new or enhanced local services and infrastructure to specific communities. The special districts in today's action were created to fund community parks and streetlights in select unincorporated areas of the region. Services are primarily funded by property owners and paid for through assessments that are collected through the tax roll, reducing administrative costs from billing and payment collection. District boundaries, services, and maximum rates are determined by voter approval or as a condition of development at the time of formation. The method for calculating how much each parcel pays is established in the ordinance adopted at the time of formation and may be based on a variety of factors, commonly including the type of land use or parcel acreage. The rate cannot exceed the maximum amount in the adopted ordinance without voter approval from affected property owners. At the time of formation, residents in some districts voted to include cost escalators in their ordinances, which allow the maximum rate to increase each year to keep pace with inflation. The most commonly used cost escalator is the Consumer Price Index (CPI), which measures the cost of consumer goods.
Board of Supervisors Policy B-29 directs departments to recover full cost, to the extent legally possible, for services provided to agencies or individuals outside the County of San Diego organization under grants, contracts, or for which fees may be charged. To determine if revenues were adequate for services or i...
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