LLAD 2025-1 Approved by Property Owners

blue ballot marked yesThe Town of Danville has announced preliminary property owner approval of a new town-wide Landscaping and Lighting Assessment District. The newly formed Danville LLAD No. 2025-1 received 57.1% approval from property owners, with 42.9% opposed. The new district, which replaces LLAD No. 1983-1, will go into effect for fiscal year 2025/26.  

Following a comprehensive public process that included a detailed engineer’s report to align assessments with the specific property benefit, educational outreach, public meetings, and ballot distribution to all property owners, a public hearing was held on May 20. Voting closed at the conclusion of the public hearing, and tabulation was conducted publicly May 21 at the Danville Town Offices. The final results will be presented to the Council for adoption June 3, and if confirmed, the new district assessments will be submitted to the County Tax Assessor for the 2025/26 property tax roll. 

The new assessment district is projected to provide an additional $1.4 million in dedicated funding for the upcoming fiscal year, with use of the funds restricted to maintain parks, street lights, landscaping, and facilities town-wide. The funds will help close a funding gap that grew to $1.7 million in fiscal year 2023/24. Its formation was carried out in accordance with Proposition 218 and the Landscaping and Lighting Act of 1972, which govern assessment procedures for local agencies in California.  READ MORE

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Note: All Danville Property Owners should have received a Notice of Public Hearing by mail. For more information regarding this notice, we encourage you to watch the recorded Community Meeting. 

  

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Imagine making the same salary you did 20 years ago. How would that impact your quality of life?

LLAD FUnding Gap (930 x 460 px) (1)On average, that would be about half of what you make today. The Town maintenance budget is facing this scenario, with funding that hasn’t kept up with rising costs of the past 20 years.

Danville property owners pay an annual assessment that directly and specifically is earmarked by law to fund public parks, lighting, landscaping, and public facilities through the Lighting and Landscape Assessment District (LLAD). Lighting for safety, parks for recreation, and community buildings—these essential services rely on LLAD funding.

The last LLAD increase was in 2003, and in 2025, the Town is seeking an adjustment to sustain these services. LLAD funds are restricted by state law to fund only these amenities, but the general fund has covered the gap, supplementing the LLAD fund by $1.35 million in fiscal year 2023/24.

To avoid cuts to general fund programs, the Town is proposing an adjusted LLAD following extensive analysis. The proposed 2025 LLAD would reduce a $2.38 million maintenance and operations shortfall by more than half in the first year. Without increasing assessments for this special fund, the general fund must cover the gap. LEARN MORE