LLMD No. 5 - Smith Rancho (also known as Rancho Solano) was formed in 1990 to provide landscaping and lighting maintenance services to the Rancho Solano community.
The revenue generated by the district was projected to be insufficient to support services by the end of fiscal year 2022-2023 due to increased costs overtime and the district's maximum annual assessment rate of $350 per parcel, which was established in 1999 and included an automatic annual consumer price index (CPI) adjustment.
In 2023, the city conducted a balloting procedure in accordance with Article XIII D of the California Constitution, also known as Proposition 218, to propose to property owners the formation of a new maintenance district with higher assessments that would adequately fund services.
A majority protest was filed by the Rancho Solano property owners on June 7, 2023, and the new maintenance district was not formed.
LLMD No. 5 remains active to provide landscaping and lighting maintenance services to the community.
