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	Podcast:		Desert Oracle Radio
	Episode:		Landers Special Road District in danger of dissolution without property tax increase
	Category:		Society & Culture
	Duration:		00:00:00
	Publish Date:		2025-12-11 16:33:27
	Description:		A meeting was called by San Bernardino County Public Works Special Districts, to inform parcel owners in the CSA 70-R-15 Landers area that the $20.00 collected annually on their property taxes are not enough to grade and maintain the dirt roads. In 1984, 3,469 parcel owners came together to form the Landers special district for road maintenance and agreed to pay $20.00 per year per parcel in order that their dirt roads would be graded regularly. In 2025 this only paid for cleanup after one rainstorm. Gas tax only goes towards County maintained road systems; dirt roads are considered private and it is the responsibility of the property owner to maintain their own roads. The Landers special district is the biggest road district in the County. San Bernardino County special districts is proposing a property tax increase to $75.00 per parcel per year, plus a 3% inflationary factor so rates can be raised as cost of living expenses go up. The inflation rate would be capped at 3%. The $260,175 collected if the rate hike is approved, would ensure the roads are inspected and graded 4 times per year, as well as cleared and graded after big rains. If the property tax increase is not approved, the special district will be dissolved and there will be no further grading or maintenance of any kind. Do you support a property tax increase for Landers road maintenance? No Yes Results Poll Options are limited because JavaScript is disabled in your browser. Here’s Henry Mac, San Bernardino County special districts representative: “What you have right now is something that we probably won’t see anymore and that is scale. You have 3,469 parcels who 41 years ago somehow agreed to form a district. How hard is it to get that many people to agree to tax themselves, right? So you’ve already gone through the hard part; you are a district. If you are no longer a district, to become one later on? Uphill battle.” San Bernardino County special districts representative Henry Mac. The meeting was packed and Henry Mac and Rudy Guerrero, the representatives from SBC, did their best to field the often argumentative comments from Landers residents. Many mistrusted the County’s intentions and did not believe they would see any improvement in their roads. Some approved of the property tax increase, but balked at the 3% inflationary factor. A proposition 218 notice informing tax payers of the proposed increase will be sent out to all parcel owners in January 2026, offering an opportunity to vote yay or nay on this matter. A simple majority wins the vote, so 50% + 1 would pass or fail this tax increase. If the increase is approved the $75 would be on the 2026 November property taxes and road improvements could begin in January 2027. The post Landers Special Road District in danger of dissolution without property tax increase appeared first on Z107.7 FM Joshua Tree.
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