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

Senator Becker's amendment to the Mello-Roos Community Facilities Act creates a targeted exception for including certain protected lands within community facilities districts along San Mateo County's regional shoreline. The measure modifies existing requirements that mandate landowner consent before agricultural, open-space, or conservation lands can be incorporated into districts providing infrastructure services.

Under the amended provisions, protected territories within San Mateo County's regional shoreline can be included in community facilities districts without landowner consent if the parcels either possess existing development entitlements or already contain commercial, residential, or industrial uses. The bill maintains current protections that prevent termination of conservation easements or contracts until all infrastructure liens are cleared, while preserving exemptions for specific categories of protected lands, including those under the California Land Conservation Act and pre-2003 conservation easements.

The Legislature's findings cite the unique circumstances created by San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission easements in San Mateo County as the basis for this geographic-specific modification to state law. The measure establishes no new administrative processes or fiscal obligations, focusing solely on adjusting the consent requirements for qualifying shoreline properties while maintaining the existing framework for community facilities district formation and management.