Plantier v. Ramona Mun. Water Dist.

*621 *376 Before a local governmental agency may impose or increase certain property-related fees and charges, it must notify affected property owners and hold a public hearing. The hearing requirement arises from article XIII D, section 6 of the California Constitution, 1 which was added in 1996 by Proposition 218. 2 The question here is a narrow one. When an agency considers increasing a property-related fee, must a fee payor challenging the method of fee allocation first exhaust "administrative remedies" by participating in a Proposition 218 hearing that addresses only a proposed rate increase?…