Proposed Replacement of Property Assessment
Balloting for the proposed replacement assessement ended following a public hearing on March 25. Ballots were counted immediately following the public hearing. As per the preliminary results, the assessment was supported by property owners with 91% of the weighted vote (91.29% Yes; 8.71% No). The official results will be presented to the RD 1608 Board at its April 2, meeting.
Why a Proposed Replacement Assessment?
Nearly one-half of RD 1608’s revenue for levee maintenance comes from an annual property assessment. This assessment was approved by property owners in 2010 and will expire on June 30, 2025. As such, property owners will be asked to vote on a replacement assessment. Voting was done by mail. Ballots were sent on February 7, 2025. The deadline for returning ballots was March 25.
Important note: The Calculator compares your existing assessment to your proposed assessment. Due to a clerical error, the existing assessment shown on your fall 2024 tax bill is incorrect. It is lower than your correct assessment. The error is in favor of property owners and the District will not be sending amended tax bills. Your correct existing assessment is shown on the calculator, and can also be found on prior years’ tax bills.
If the proposed assessment, if adopted by the RD 1608 Board of April 2, 2025, will appear on property tax bills beginning in fall 2025.
Under CA Proposition 218 law, properties can only be assessed for the benefit they receive from RD 1608’s levee maintenance services. The benefit to properties is the avoidance of flood damages to land, structures and their contents. Each property’s assessment is unique based upon the following factors: Land use type, parcel (lot) size, structure square footage, and depth of flooding.
Want to learn more?
- Review our Community Meeting Presentation
- Use our Assessment Calculator to look up the proposed assessment for your property.
- Review the Preliminary Engineer’s Report – Maintenance and Capital Services Assessment.
- Read our December and January newsletters.
- Read our Frequently Asked Questions
Questions? Contact us!
Phone: (209) 475-7861
Email: [email protected]