Livermore, CA, June 2, 2025 – In 1992, the Livermore Area Recreation and Park District (LARPD) entered into an agreement with the East Bay Regional Park District (EBRPD) to share a portion of LARPD’s property tax revenues. The agreement intended to direct those funds toward building and improving parks, trails, and open space, specifically within the LARPD service area.

Since the agreement began, EBRPD has collected approximately $110 million from Livermore-area taxpayers through this revenue-sharing mechanism. However, LARPD maintains that EBRPD failed to fulfill its obligations under the agreement by delivering the agreed-upon improvements to the local community.

Over the past several years, LARPD has made repeated efforts to update and clarify the agreement, but no resolution has been reached. On April 1, 2025, LARPD filed a formal claim against EBRPD seeking damages for failure to meet the obligations outlined in the agreement. After EBRPD denied the claim on May 12, LARPD issued a formal notice on May 29 to cancel and terminate the agreement, effective June 30, 2025. The notice asserts that the agreement is void or voidable due to mutual mistake and that, after more than three decades without the intended outcomes being met, the agreement may be lawfully terminated by LARPD.

As a next step in the legal process, LARPD filed a lawsuit in Alameda County Superior Court on Friday, May 30.
“We remain committed to the belief that tax revenue should be used properly for the benefit of local taxpayers,” said LARPD General Manager Mathew Fuzie. “Livermore taxpayers have not seen improvements promised to them in the 1992 tax-sharing agreement, and we are working to resolve that issue so that ultimately the needs of our community can be better met.”

Additional information, including documentation and historical context regarding the agreement, is available at www.larpd.org/taxsharingagreement.