This chapter provides an alternative method of financing certain public capital facilities and services, especially in developing areas and areas undergoing rehabilitation. The provisions of this chapter shall not affect or limit any other provisions of law authorizing or providing for the furnishing of governmental facilities or services or the raising of revenue for these purposes. A local government may use the provisions of this chapter instead of any other method of financing part or all of the cost of providing the authorized kinds of capital facilities and services.
Cal. Gov. Code § 53311.5
General Provisions
Known as the Mello-Roos Community Facilities Act
The act spans §§ 53311 to 53368.3 (152 sections).
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Azusa Land Partners v. Department of Industrial Relations (2010)
Most recently applied in Building Industry Ass'n of the Bay Area v. City of San Ramon (October 2016)
Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1451, Sec. 1.
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.