Community facilities district: inclusion or annexation of territory: County of San Mateo.

Senator Becker's modification to the Mello-Roos Community Facilities Act creates an exception for certain San Mateo County shoreline properties, allowing their inclusion in community facilities districts without landowner consent under specific conditions. The change applies to parcels that either possess existing entitlements for commercial, residential, or industrial development or currently maintain such uses.

The amendment maintains existing protections that prevent territories dedicated to agricultural, open-space, or conservation uses from being incorporated into community facilities districts without owner permission. However, it establishes that within San Mateo County's regional shoreline, these consent requirements do not apply when development rights or uses are already established. The bill's findings cite the presence of San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission easements as the basis for this county-specific provision.

Under the revised law, once territory is included in a district, neither landowners nor local agencies may terminate easements or cancel contracts affecting the land until all district-related liens are cleared. This requirement excludes several categories of protected lands, including those under conservation easements established before 2003 and properties with specific types of agricultural preservation agreements.