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HOWARD JARVIS TAXPAYERS v. RIVERSIDE

No. E022717.

86 Cal.Rptr.2d 592 (1999)

73 Cal.App.4th 679

HOWARD JARVIS TAXPAYERS ASSOCIATION et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. CITY OF RIVERSIDE, Defendant and Respondent.

Court of Appeals of California, Fourth District, Division Two.

Review Denied October 20, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jonathan M. Coupal, Sacramento, Timothy A. Bittle, Trevor A. Grimm, and Richard D. Gann, San Diego, for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Stan T. Yamamoto, City Attorney, Howard, Rice, Nemerovski, Canady, Falk & Rabkin and Steven L. Mayer, San Francisco, for Defendant and Respondent.

OPINION

RICHLI, J.

The question before us is whether streetlighting assessments come within Proposition 218's exemption for assessments imposed exclusively to finance the maintenance and operation of streets and sidewalks. We will hold that they do and therefore that preexisting streetlighting assessments are "grandfathered" under Proposition 218.

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