New City America, Inc., headquartered in Downtown San Diego, has crafted a proposal to create a "Community Benefit District" (or "Maintenance Assessment District") that would include the following areas:The City of San Diego defines a Maintenance Assessment District as follows:A Maintenance Assessment District is legal mechanism by which property owners can vote to assess themselves to pay and receive services above-and-beyond what the City of San Diego normally provides.
This above-and-beyond service level is called a “special benefit.” What the City normally provides is called the “general benefit.”Maintenance Assessment Districts may also be known as Landscape Maintenance Districts, Lighting and Landscape Maintenance Districts, Enhanced.