After the confirmation of the Director’s report of cost and assessment, a certified copy of the confirmed special assessments, which remain unpaid, shall be filed with the Assessor and Tax Collector of Riverside County acting for the city in order that the county officials may enter the amounts of the respective assessments on the appropriate assessment book opposite the description of the particular property. Thereafter such amounts shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner as general city taxes are collected and shall be subject to the same penalties and interest and the same procedure under foreclosure and sale in case of delinquency as provided by law for city taxes. All laws and ordinances applicable to the levy, collection and enforcement of city taxes are made applicable to such special assessments.
(`78 Code, § 15.56.210.)