Park Assessment Fails To Comply With Prop. 218

In Beutz v. County of Riverside (here), the Court of Appeal held that a park assessment failed to comply with the requirements of Article XIII D, Section 4, part of Proposition 218. The court first held that the county had failed to separate the general benefit from the special benefit provided by the improvements in question (park landscaping) and also failed to spread the special benefit proportionately among the assessees (all of whom paid an equal assessment). In short, the opinion gives teeth to the requirements of Prop. 218, insofar as they relate to assessments.