Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Get email alerts on the Maintenance Assessment Districts topic
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
City council adopts fiscal-year 2026 maintenance assessment district reports
Summary
The San Diego City Council unanimously approved the Parks & Recreation and Economic Development departments' fiscal-year 2026 Maintenance Assessment District (MAD) annual reports and authorized related billing and appropriations to sustain MAD operations.
The San Diego City Council on June 16 approved annual reports for the city's Maintenance Assessment Districts and authorized administrative actions to collect and expend assessment funds for fiscal year 2026.
City staff said MADs are a property-owner assessment mechanism used across San Diego to fund services above the city baseline, including median landscaping, sidewalk cleaning and district marketing. Michael Jones, assistant deputy director for the Parks and Recreation Department, told the council MADs operate under state law, the municipal code and city council policy and that annual engineer's reports specify which improvements can be funded and the assessment methodology. Ria Aguinaldo, a small-business engagement specialist in the Economic Development Department, said there are 64 MADs in the city (54 under Parks & Recreation and 10 under Economic Development), and that most economic development MADs are managed by local nonprofits.
The council approved item 200, the Parks & Recreation annual reports, on a motion by Council Member Campillo with a second from Council Member Whitburn. The vote was recorded as unanimous, 8–0. The council then approved item 201, the Economic Development annual reports, on a motion by Council Member Campillo and a second from Council Member Woodburn; that vote was also unanimous, 8–0.
The actions authorize the chief financial officer to appropriate and expend MAD funds, to manually bill property owners who do not receive a county tax bill, and to maintain operations so that assessments can be submitted by the county deadline for inclusion on property tax bills. Staff highlighted an interactive map and department web pages for members of the public who want further details on individual districts.
The council did not alter staff recommendations and moved on to other business.
The city clerk recorded the roll and formal votes. The council recessed and later reconvened for the day's larger agenda items.
