Elk Grove News Minute - Will they choose Mello Roos easy money or rural preservation?
https://www.elkgrovenews.net/2025/05/mello-roos-or-rural-preservation-elk-grove-podcast.html
During the May 28 Elk Grove City Council meeting, there was a report on the city's proposed Fiscal Year 2026 budget. One slide during City Manager Jason Behrmann's presentation was noteworthy, and it relates to the Summer Villa project proposed in the city's designated Mello Roos-free rural area.
Few people realize that Mello Roos taxes are the city of Elk Grove's single largest source of revenue. What are some of the implications of this?
Listen Time 3 minutes 30 seconds.
Link to the Google Gemini AI analysis on Elk Grove Mello Roos taxes
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Development in Elk Grove is a Ponzi scheme. To help keep Mello Roos tax assessments somewhat under control for the existing paying homeowners, new housing units must be continually be annexed into those tax districts to help increase the pool and dilute the cost to each homeowner. Meanwhile, major components that determine the annual assessment increase, such as police services, never stops rising thanks to lucrative labor contracts and hiring practices.
If and when the housing market slows and the required assessments are not being spread to as many new homes, existing Mello Roos homeowners are going to be in for the shock of a lifetime when their annual tax bill arrives.
Meanwhile, Joe Developer appreciates your new home purchase and is smiling all the way to the bank.
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