Budget Message to the Board of Supervisors

June 24, 2009

WARNING! Property Owners - Don't Get Ripped Off!

Companies with clever names like Tax Review and Tax Reassessment and Tax Adjusters are soliciting fees of $95, $179, $209 to file a homeowner's request for a Decline in Value review for the 2009-10 Property Assessment.

Don't be misled into paying someone to file a request for you. San Mateo County offers homeowners the ability to fill out an online Decline in Value form. The form takes about 2-3 minutes to complete. (in English, Spanish and Chinese)

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Protesters, public officials mostly rail against ruling

www.mercurynews.com, May 26, 2009

Prop. 8 ruling coming Tuesday

www.sacbee.com, May 22, 2009

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Secure, Unsecured and Combined Roll Summaries

Secured Roll - Fiscal Year 2009-2010

Unsecured Roll - Fiscal Year 2009-2010

Combined Roll - Fiscal Year 2009-2010

Residential Declines Summary - Fiscal Year 2009-2010

San Mateo County's 2009-10 Property Tax Roll Mirrors Economy. Increases less than one percent

CARE Press Release, July 1, 2009

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2009 "Watch" List of Proposed Recorder Legislation

AB 396 (Fuentes) Works of improvement: liens
AB 457 (Monning) Liens
SB 189 (Lowenthal) Mechanics Liens
AB 827 (Yamada) Historical records preservation
AB 985 (DeLa Torre) Real property: discriminatory restrictions
SB 676 (Wolk) Local fees

Official California Legislative Information www.leginfo.ca.gov/

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Blog: Inside Elections
An Inside Look at Elections

Anatomy of Election 08
A transparent look to give voters an understanding of how our elections are run, what's involved and why they can trust the results.

05/22/09 - Transparency Times Three. Observers can watch the processing of Vote by Mail and Provisional Ballots cast in May 19 and Vote by Mail Ballots cast in the June 2 Special Election.

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