My friend recently visited the Viridian development (2,500 to 3,200 sq ft homes) at Esencia in Rancho Mission Viejo and was shocked to find a mello roos of over $9K/annually.
Is that within range of other parts of south OC? That sounds extremely high.
I agree. The only place where the MR is so high in Irvine is GP. Some parts in PS and WB have somewhat high MR, but not as much as GP. I believe some parts of Tustin and further southern OC cities carry higher MR (Baker Ranch excluded).