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Local investment (taxes) gives residents a choice to supplement our revenue to sustain essential City services and address over $200 million dollars in infrastructure needs, such as roads, parks and facilities.

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Phases overview
✅ Sustain City Services (Measures A&B)
✅Address Roads and Infrastructure (Measure F)
✅ Sustain Benicia's Parks (Landscape & Lighting Assessment District)
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✅ Sustain Benicia's Parks (Landscape & Lighting Assessment District)

April 1, 2025

Landscape and Lighting Assessment District Update

In 2025, Benicia property owners voted through a Proposition 218 process to pass a Landscape and Lighting Assessment District (PLLAD) update. This update created a citywide district, which will support all parks, landscape and lighting throughout the City.

Read the press release: Benicia Approves Proposed Parks, Landscape, and Lighting Assessment District (PLLAD) Under Proposition 218


Why the Update?

Much of our parks system is funded by the landscape and lighting district, put into place in the 1980s with no escalator.

Currently, less than half of Benicia households pay this fee (Landscape and Lighting District Assessment) and the fee has not increased for 24 years.

What is a Landscape and Lighting District?

Landscaping and lighting districts are funding mechanisms established by local governments by the State of California Landscaping and Lighting Act of 1972, Streets and Highways Code Section 22500, et seq. to provide landscaping and lighting services, facilities, or other improvements in a defined geographic area.

About Benicia's Current Landscape and Lighting District

The City of Benicia Landscaping and Lighting District was formed in the late 1970s. The City Council annually levies assessments on the parcels of land within the District to maintain the improvements that provide special benefits to properties within the District. The City of Benicia Landscaping and Lighting District consists of five separate zones, with the largest being the residential zone. The other four zones are smaller commercial/industrial areas. Private properties within each zone are assessed annually to pay the cost of maintaining landscaping along street rights-of-way, maintenance of open space areas, and maintenance and energy costs of streetlights on a zone-by-zone basis.