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1. Why Live in Menifee?

People live in Menifee because the City offers a great quality of life and high level of services compared to other cities in the region. In just eight years alone, Menifee has grown by 36%. With the population expected to increase in the next decade, the City wishes to maintain the quality of local services that make Menifee a desirable place to live, work, and visit.

2. Did you know?

In the last five years alone, the State has taken $20 million from the City. In the next five years, that number is projected to grow to $49 million.

Menifee needs dedicated, locally-controlled funding source that cannot be taken by Sacramento to maintain vital City services including public safety, traffic congestion reduction, and our quality of life.

3. What is the City doing to address Sacramento takeaways and maintain vital city services?

In 2016, community meetings, town halls and workshops were held to solicit feedback about community priorities for locally-controlled funding that will maintain our quality of life. Top City and community priorities include:

• Maintaining 911 emergency response times


• Maintaining local streets and roads


• Repairing local interchanges and overpasses


• Improving traffic circulation


• Maintaining local police, fire and paramedic services

To address community priorities, the Menifee City Council on August 3 placed the Menifee Public Safety, Traffic Congestion Relief, and Vital City Services Measure on the November ballot. If enacted, the measure would provide locally-controlled funding to maintain vital services including police, fire and paramedic services, parks, local road and street maintenance, and improve traffic circulation, reduce congestion, and make our streets safer for drivers and pedestrians.

With crime from surrounding communities increasing, now is not the time to make cuts to police protection and the number of officers on our streets. Menifee is already a dozen officers below what is recommended and that number will continue to rise as our population grows. Locally-controlled funding that cannot be taken by the State will help maintain police protection and the number of officers on our streets.

4. How can we be sure the funding will go to local vital services?

If enacted, the Menifee Public Safety, Traffic Congestion Relief, and Vital City Services Measure will include strict accountability provisions such as annual, independent financial audits to ensure the funds are used efficiently, effectively and as promised and by law, must be spent locally and cannot be taken by state government.

5. Where can I get more information?

If you would like to find out more about maintaining vital city services or to request a more in-depth presentation to your community group, please contact Gina Gonzalez at ggonzalez@cityofmenifee.us or (951) 672-6777.