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Carpinteria council certifies protest results; proposed landscape and berm assessments blocked, council warns of budget impacts
Summary
Two property-assessment measures—the Landscape Maintenance District and a coastal-berm assessment—failed due to majority protests; council certified results and discussed likely service reductions and alternatives to cover maintenance costs.
At consecutive public hearings on March 23, Carpinteria City staff reported that property-owner protest ballots constituted a majority for both a proposed Landscape Maintenance District (LMD) and a coastal-berm (winter berm) assessment, meaning the proposed assessments cannot be imposed under California law.
Staff opened the resumed LMD hearing and announced the tabulation showed a majority in protest; the council subsequently directed the city secretary to declare results and adopted Resolution No.…
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