What is Mello-Roos is there Mello-Roos in San Diego

San Diego Mello-Roos

Mello = Henry Mello - Senator for Monterey California
Roos = Mike Roos - Assemblyman for Los Angeles

Mello-Roos also known as “The Mello-Roos Community Facilities Act of 1982 was created by Henry Mello and Mike Roos to make available a method of financing public facilities, infrastructure, and services associated with a new community development. Mello-Roos came about because of the limitations that were put on the ability of local governments in prop 13, to use property taxes to construct public facilities and provide public services. The California Legislature passed the act in 1982 enabling CFD’s or Community Facilities Districts to be formed by local government agencies. This allowed government to get funding in communities for facilities, infrastructure and services. San Diego and Chula Vista have many Mello-Roos Districts and you can easily find out if a community is in one by contacting the San Diego County Tax Assessors office. more at SAN DIEGO REAL ESTATE BLOG

A Mello-Roos District can finance facilities and services.

Authorized Facilities (include but are not limited to)

1. Libraries 2. School sites and buildings 3. Child care facilities 4. Parks, recreation areas, parkways, and open space facilities 5. Natural gas pipeline facilities, telephone, electric, and cable TV facilities 6. Any other governmental facilities to which the legislative body creating the Mellow-Roos District is allowed to contribute revenue, own, construct, or operate.

Authorized Service

1. Fire protection and suppression services 2. Ambulance and paramedic services 3. Police protection services, including the provision of services for detention facilities, juvenile halls, and jails 4. Flood and storm protection services, including the operation and maintenance of storm drainage systems 5. Removal or remedial action for the cleanup of any hazardous substance related or threatened to be released into the environment.

Mello-Roos special taxes are apportioned in any manner that is fair and reasonable, except ad valorem, i.e., based upon the value of the property. The possible bases for the apportionment of the Mello-Roos special taxes include:

1. Unit of Property 2. Consumption of Usage 3. Equivalent Dwelling Unit

Changes can be made to Mello-Roos District even after it is formed. New services or facilities may be added to the district or the maximum special tax may be increased or even decreased. Changes do require procedures almost as involved as the ones in the formation of the Mello-Roos District. These special taxes from the Mello-Roos Community Facilities Act of 1982 are collected twice a year in the same way that property taxes are collected.

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