Property Tax

Owners of historic La Cañada Flintridge properties may soon be allowed to take advantage of a significant property tax break, as the Planning Commission last week voted unanimously to recommend the approval of a Mills Act historic preservation program...

A diverse field of four candidates — including a 20-year-old Princeton University student and a La Cañada Unified matriarch — has made the 2011 school board election the most exciting in recent memory. The campaign has been fueled by hot-...

Some La Cañada homeowners will be in for a pleasant surprise when they get their property tax assessments this year — hundreds of dollars off their sewer assessments. Property owners in Sewer Assessment District 04-1, which comprises Sewer...

La Cañada Flintridge is moving forward with an ordinance that will allow qualifying owners of historic properties to receive a reduction of as much as 60% on their annual property taxes. The Mills Act, governed by the California Office of Historic...

La Cañada Flintridge may soon offer property tax breaks to owners of historic buildings who agree to restore or preserve them. Despite the presence of a number of notable homes throughout the city, La Cañada currently offers no specific protections...

Residents affected by the Station fire and subsequent winter debris flows could receive significant tax relief under a bill by Assemblyman Anthony Portantino that passed a key committee last week. The "Disaster Relief Bill" — co-authored by...

Allentown school taxes could rise 4.8 percent, full-day kindergarten could be rolled back and about 38 jobs could be lost in 2012-13. But that's nothing compared to what could be facing taxpayers, staff and students by 2015-16. That's when the district'...

Funkstown Town Council members unanimously passed a 2012-13 budget Monday night that includes a 4-cent property tax rate hike, a 10 percent water rate increase and a temporary utility recovery fee that charges each household account $25 per quarter for...

Better debt planning and setting spending priorities are among the recommendations in Palm Beach County???s annual fiscal report card from Clerk & Comptroller Sharon Bock. Bock, the keeper of the county checkbook, on Tuesday made her sixth "State of the.....

Souderton Area School Board ratified a new teachers contract that reduces, then freezes salaries for the first two years, but the board will still furlough 14 teachers as it looks to keep the tax hike under a mill for 2012-13. The teachers contract...

The 15-year real estate tax abatement for the Superblock in West Baltimore raises important policy issues that need to be addressed. Specifically, should the city — and in certain cases, the state — grant economic incentives for real estate...

Los Angeles County Dist. Atty. Steve Cooley said Tuesday that the corruption investigation of Assessor John Noguez has grown to include multiple targets and that he intends to seek grand jury indictments in the near future. In his first public comments...