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Residents raise legal and affordability concerns about proposed citywide assessment district
Summary
At the Oct. 7 Monrovia City Council meeting, residents criticized a proposed citywide assessment district and the engineer's report that would raise property assessments; city staff said materials are available and that the proposal was crafted to comply with state law.
A string of public commenters at the Monrovia City Council meeting on Oct. 7 urged the council to reconsider a proposed citywide assessment district that would raise property assessments to fund maintenance for street lighting, traffic signals, street trees, landscaping and parks.
Resident Michael Johnson told the council the proposal likely violates state constitutional limits on assessments. “The state constitution is very clear. Property assessments can only be used for improvements that provide particular benefit to lands and buildings and not a general benefit to the public,” Johnson said, citing Proposition 218 and a court case referenced in the engineer’s report.
Why it matters: The city’s engineer’s…
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