Judges: Fairfield assessments violated Prop 218

Judges: Fairfield assessments violated Prop 218

The First District Court of Appeal has ruled that the city of Fairfield unlawfully increased a long-standing property assessment without voter approval, finding the move violated California’s voter-approved Proposition 218. In a significant decision issued on Aug. 28, the appellate justices unanimously reversed a Solano County Superior Court ruling that had upheld the city’s increase of an annual landscaping and lighting assessment on residentia…