Aedes mosquito causes 41.4 percent vector control assessment increase

The presence of the Aedes mosquito which transmits Zika and other viruses will cause the county's vector control benefit assessment to increase by 41.4 percent over the Fiscal Year 2016-17 rate.

The San Diego County Board of Supervisors, who serve as the board of the county's Vector Control District, voted 5-0 June 21 to increase the annual assessment per equivalent dwelling unit from $5.00 to $7.07 while also approving the engineer's report which addresses services to be funded during Fiscal Year 2017-18 and those costs.

The vector control assessment is in addition to a service charge which r...