Section 33002.13 Of Chapter 12. Special Benefit Assessment Districts From California Public Utilities Code >> Division 10. >> Part 3. >> Chapter 12.

. Upon the hearing on an exclusion or reduction petition by the board, or upon the record of hearing by a hearing officer, the board shall order the petition be denied when the petitioner has not shown by a preponderance of the evidence that in an exclusion petition his or her real property is not benefited or in a reduction petition that the assessment exceeds the benefit to the property.