The Riverside County Board of Supervisors approved the formation of a community facilities district for the Leon Ridge development in Winchester.A January 27 public hearing was followed by a 5-0 vote to approve the CFD. The supervisors’ action also authorizes the levy of a special tax to fund the services for the CFD.A community facilities district includes a special tax (sometimes known as Mello-Roos taxes due to the state legislators who authored the option for services on new development to be funded by an annual assessment) to fund the services and/or infrastructure. A Joint Communities Facilities Agreement stipulates the collection and distribution process for the taxes. If the one percent property tax is not sufficient to pay for maintenance, fire protection, and other serv
