Legal Opinion
Solvang Municipal Improvement District v. Board of Supervisors
California Court of Appeal
Decided November 25, 1980No. Civ. 60056PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
FLEMING, J.
Mandate. The issue is whether article XIII A of the California Constitution, which limits ad valorem taxes on real property to 1 percent of the value of the property, includes within its limitation nonvoted special assessments to pay for local improvements which directly benefit the assessed real property.
In 1968 petitioner, Solvang Municipal Improvement District (District), acting pursuant to general and special statutory authority to create public parking districts, 1 to borrow money and issue bonds to finance their cost, and to levy nonvoted special assessments against…
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