The Riverside County Board of Supervisors created a community facilities district for a Horsethief Village tract.A 5-0 vote June 9 approved a resolution certifying the results of the election to create the CFD. The action also approved the property tax assessment to fund the CFD expenses.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 services, a CFD may be formed for th
