White v. County of San Diego

Opinion

NEWMAN, J.

Plaintiffs appeal from a judgment denying them declaratory and injunctive relief against special assessments levied by defendant San Diego County to help pay the cost of widening and improving Mission Gorge Road, a major thoroughfare adjacent to the assessed parcels. Plaintiffs contend (1) that the assessments were not justified by any special benefits to their property, and (2) that each parcel’s assessment was not in proportion to that parcel’s benefits.

As explained below, well-established rules answer the first contention. The second contention presents this issue, new in…