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The change, proposed by Vice Chair Susan Lieber and approved after debate, is intended to give the board more information and limit consideration to measures that are germane to the agency's property-tax and related constitutional responsibilities. Vice Chair Lieber said, \"what you have before you is a proposed, addition to our governance policy that would, foster a system by which each request for action on legislation would include a memorandum submitted by the board member requesting the action.\" The board also agreed that \"Spot bills should not be included for Board support or opposition.\"

Board members said the written memorandum requirement should help the board evaluate fiscal effects and administrative burdens before weighing in. The memorandum must address how the bill is within the BOE's jurisdiction, the policy issue, the fiscal impact if known, administrative impacts at the state and local level if known, a link to the bill text, and a link to the most recent bill analysis if available. Vice Chair Lieber's motion removed an earlier proposed cap on the number of bills a single member may present at a meeting; members said limits could hamper quick responses to disasters.

Executive Director Yvette Stowers told the board that when the board votes to take a position the office prepares and submits the support or opposition letter under the chair's letterhead. Stowers said: \"If the bill is later amended, even if amended on the floor, we are not tracking that. ... It is upon the members and their staff'to track and make a decision on whether or not they want to continue to support it.\" Ted Angelo, legislative director, described existing tracking: for bills that affect the board's programs he provides a weekly update with the latest amended version and bill analyses.

Members debated how to handle amendments between board meetings. Several members asked the executive director to alert the board when a bill that the board has supported is later substantially amended; Stowers agreed to notify members by email when she believes changes are significant. Legal limitations were noted: Stowers cautioned that board members should not direct staff and referenced Government Code 15600 (as discussed during the meeting) in the context of who may direct agency staff work.

Board member Imran (Deputy Controller) proposed establishing a two-member board work group to monitor and study legislative proposals between meetings; Stowers said she would agendize a placeholder for a work group at a future meeting and that members could limit the work group to two members to avoid Bagley-Keene issues. Vice Chair Lieber made the motion to adopt the governance language (including deletion of the per-member bill limit and the spot-bill exclusion); Member Schaffer seconded. The roll call vote was Aye: Chairman Gaines, Vice Chair Lieber, Member Vasquez, Member Schaffer, Deputy Controller Amaron. The chair declared the motion passed and the policy effective immediately; the online governance document will be updated later.

The board asked staff to circulate the finalized policy language and to place a board work-group item on a future agenda so members can decide whether to form a two-member committee to review bills between meetings.

The change aims to increase transparency and ensure board support or opposition rests on a clear record of jurisdictional and fiscal analysis. The board did not adopt new staff duties that would require staff to track non-germane bills; members and their staff remain responsible for following bills that fall outside BOE program areas.

The executive director will continue to provide the existing Friday legislative update; she agreed to send additional notifications to members when she determines a supported bill is substantially amended.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","April 29, 2025 BOE Board Meeting - AM Session","oneSentenceSummary","The Board of Equalization on April 20 approved new guidelines requiring any board member who asks the board to support or oppose legislation to submit a memorandum explaining how the measure is within the board's jurisdiction, the policy issue it addresses, fiscal and administrative impacts, and links to the bill text and any available committee analyses.","taxTitle","Board of Equalization, Other State Agencies, Executive, California","taxId",16214,"location","California","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":77,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":78,"_41":79,"_43":80,"_45":81,"_47":82,"_49":83,"_51":84,"_53":85,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":86,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":87,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6251624,"Board of Equalization releases FY 2023'24 annual report showing $8.7 trillion net assessed value and $95 billion local property tax revenue",3366,3482000,6848000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3193830-2c5cdd690422bfb75db7c030eb1c7e24&start=3482&end=6848","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3193830-2c5cdd690422bfb75db7c030eb1c7e24/thumbnail_3482000.jpg","/articles/6251624/California/Board-of-Equalization-releases-FY-202324-annual-report-showing-87-trillion-net-assessed-value-and-95-billion-local-property-tax-revenue","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6251624-906af67a73bed6791315dc086ff6f7f1/orig.mp4?Expires=1770448422&Signature=Wb1eLm6CTkoN~HGygCZNcZ31dD-qVUGyy9XOXZPELJa3lHv~HRkKPOCO1TlrUg8NuG1BmJ-pyRHXFJdhARifiLfVOznicOYe93ZGNOyJbiPg-YNHvw7CnbHZJ2B-4ZsuL3hcQUbE9SIxkEcLfVfeX3KIBBGm3g~e6208DdcVBJ11cq1vRr-iQkoDtYOP5E7rbikbBvywG-GSV9horfI-1brGFLJbxB0zsbb7dGc0u45jd0MzibZ~dNnj2ZXe3~9xk0yTTF-5ZmyCC~qvU-AGzCuqq3CIpcUYvf3wB7gcMNoEEDVFslqxyJuAimGB8aS-xCElEbpluToXK3NdjTFUFw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Executive Director Yvette Stowers presented the Board of Equalization's fiscal year 2023'24 annual report during the April 20 meeting, summarizing property-tax data, exemptions, and BOE activities during the reporting year.

Stowers told the board the total net assessed value for the year (net of exemptions) was $8,700,000,000,000, which includes $8,600,000,000,000 in locally assessed property and $152,200,000,000 in state-assessed property. The report shows approximately $95,000,000,000 in total local property tax revenue for fiscal year 2023'24, an increase of about $6 billion (7%) year over year. Stowers noted that roughly 54 cents of every property-tax dollar goes to public schools, with counties, cities and special districts receiving the remainder.

The annual report includes new features this year: photo locations are identified in captions, statewide maps of assessed values and average tax rates by county, and expanded open-data links. Stowers highlighted several program accomplishments: the BOE issued 57 advisory letters to county assessors, updated three assessors' handbooks, amended 24 prescribed property-tax forms, completed 10 assessment practice surveys or compliance audits, and trained about 2,252 students in appraisal and assessment courses.

On welfare and exemptions, Stowers reported that the BOE co-administers the welfare exemption clearance process and reviewed 1,894 verification filings of organizations holding an organizational clearance certificate. The BOE's Legal Entity Ownership Program (LEOP) identified 986 changes in control in FY 2023'24, resulting in reassessment of 11,173 reportable parcels. The BOE processed 365 jurisdictional boundary changes, generating approximately $425,000 in revenue to the state's general fund (as reported).

Stowers also reviewed other tax programs the BOE administers, including the tax on insurers and the alcoholic beverage tax; those programs showed mixed year-to-year changes. She noted that the BOE's state-assessed properties division adopted $152.5 billion in assessed values for state-assessed companies that year and that these assessments contribute to local school and community revenues.

Board members asked questions about the composition of the large charitable-nonprofit exemption category (noting hospital and affordable-housing exemptions), and about small declines in the railroad-car and alcohol-and-beverage tax revenues, which staff attributed in part to COVID-era shifts and port bottlenecks in the prior reporting year. Members praised the report format and staff work and asked staff to consider additional data requests offline.

Stowers said the full annual report and underlying datasets are available on the BOE website and open data portal. She thanked BOE staff for the work on the report and offered to answer follow-up questions by email or at upcoming meetings.","Executive Director Yvette Stowers presented the Board of Equalization's fiscal year 2023'24 annual report, which reports $8.7 trillion in net assessed value (lien date 1/1/2024) and approximately $95 billion in local property tax revenue distributed to schools, counties, cities and special districts.",{"_33":89,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":90,"_41":91,"_43":92,"_45":93,"_47":94,"_49":95,"_51":96,"_53":97,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":98,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":99,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6251629,"Board backs Archuleta bills allowing homeowners to claim both homeowner and veterans exemptions",195,5683000,5878000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3193830-2c5cdd690422bfb75db7c030eb1c7e24&start=5683&end=5878","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3193830-2c5cdd690422bfb75db7c030eb1c7e24/thumbnail_5683000.jpg","/articles/6251629/California/Board-backs-Archuleta-bills-allowing-homeowners-to-claim-both-homeowner-and-veterans-exemptions","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6251629-67f65e6c46efb591e1675e154509e457/orig.mp4?Expires=1770448422&Signature=jEBjnMRwxZtpYn8aPIeTIBpPI8mBKGJtah-3nhCa2-SyXAH7O28AXTJ91~PlD9PIjeR~upBy9medFDgLknbI-Pu4lhURi3tFFEhDXwZOjsBB5S77MdvDhEjUpwhjv6YljXkXysjzWcV0jCzo0JxIfr4WFrSvk5RvXqmxjz9CfExJPbU4wnijSdwVxxt284obyuA2KZrrUoXnlsrz~85najzKDxCU-h3g13xxRvG6v0A3VbZ9ezJs69iv58MZZ5WQe~aJ-T3UQUfiWK~gLFF1WypZ3o2aP5n3nU-ihpCzB-U3BuPJQuPLEGIexPTGFWPn5Zi49vWcvVutFIT6W5pHVA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Board of Equalization on April 20 voted to support SB 623 and SCA 4, measures introduced by Senator Archuleta that would allow taxpayers to claim both the homeowners' exemption and the veterans or disabled veterans exemption, a change the senator described as a family of veterans property-tax bills.

Member Deborah Vasquez presented the item and moved that the board support both measures. Vasquez told the board that the bills had been discussed previously and asked members if they had questions before moving support. The motion was seconded by Vice Chair Lieber. There were no public comments on the item.

By roll call the board recorded \"Aye\" votes from Chairman Gaines, Vice Chair Lieber, Member Vasquez, Member Schaffer and Deputy Controller Amaron; the chair declared the motion passed. The board did not take additional implementation actions at the meeting. The board's formal letters of support will be prepared and submitted by the executive director's office under the chair's letterhead per standard practice.

SB 623 would change the statutory eligibility to allow homeowners to claim both the homeowner's exemption and a veterans or disabled-veterans exemption where state law otherwise prohibits claiming both; SCA 4 would amend the California Constitution to authorize that change. The board's vote was procedural support for the bills; subsequent amendments or committee actions could require members to re-evaluate support if the bill texts change.","The Board of Equalization supported SB 623 and SCA 4, a pair of measures from Senator Archuleta that would allow a taxpayer to claim both the homeowners' exemption and a veterans or disabled-veterans exemption; the board recorded a unanimous roll-call vote.",{"_33":101,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":102,"_41":103,"_43":104,"_45":105,"_47":106,"_49":107,"_51":108,"_53":109,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":110,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":111,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6251634,"Board schedules May hearing on wildfire recovery and insurers'replacement-cost concerns",639,4931000,5570000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3193830-2c5cdd690422bfb75db7c030eb1c7e24&start=4931&end=5570","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3193830-2c5cdd690422bfb75db7c030eb1c7e24/thumbnail_4931000.jpg","/articles/6251634/California/Board-schedules-May-hearing-on-wildfire-recovery-and-insurersreplacement-cost-concerns","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6251634-20b2d5c849389aa547e06a4eda664e80/orig.mp4?Expires=1770448422&Signature=Pue-rRM3OYdc474N3ZRoeWKMBKWP0TmpWO8F-cQuHJqdsQAXn66gk7AbPNi5NLKju6c~B~RNADdbQ2quTyuD8BIbxNK1hg6lSSPnGhBni1~oSM8CQCZdhGpXxIpOFQV~6KC~L1p1CJ2-IN-D1kWZk4-gBpxjNjOUblXh058C92yHq4iRWlCoMFULOym78LZoE~TnS9UeHIc9WVtH~Z6zL2JAbRvLHfvrn7I6en1hhjgm3dl6uZcK-1o9gIsdiXDyuhh27qTFq-jwOym4~RTPK9N17OcuxsMQM9D8-3kPCm1BYKD8A6vp8g6wrLEfzQSi5AF-7XngeeAmVHBABLUvpg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Board of Equalization on April 20 voted to hold a one-hour informational hearing at its May 28 meeting to examine wildfire disaster relief, recovery challenges and the impact of insufficient replacement-cost estimates on homeowners and small businesses.

Vice Chair Susan Lieber moved the hearing after citing investigative reporting by the San Francisco Chronicle and coverage on KQED alleging algorithm-driven underinsurance in wildfire-prone areas. Lieber said the reporting described \"flawed algorithms and processes [that] put their homes at risk of being underinsured.\" The board approved the one-hour informational hearing, with Member Deborah Vasquez seconding.

Members argued the hearing is timely because recent fires have left many homeowners and businesses facing uncertain rebuilding costs. Member Vasquez and others said the topic could require more than an hour: Vasquez noted local outreach events in Los Angeles County and that rebuilding in areas such as Pacific Palisades and Malibu could take years. Vasquez asked whether existing funds from Proposition 19 were available for wildfire relief; Executive Director Yvette Stowers said the Department of Finance's latest memo (September 2024) reported $0 in the fund.

Board members emphasized practical barriers to rebuilding after large-scale fires: supply-chain constraints, contractor shortages, and delivery routes blocked by debris and closed roads. Lieber and Vasquez discussed potential responses such as regional staging for supplies and coordinated rebuilding strategies to gain volume economies, though the board did not adopt any specific programmatic proposals at the meeting.

The board's action was procedural: it scheduled the informational hearing and will invite stakeholders and experts to present evidence about insurer replacement-cost estimation practices, supply-chain bottlenecks, and federal and state funding mechanisms for disaster recovery. The hearing is intended to gather information to inform future board discussion and potential legislative or administrative recommendations.

Vice Chair Lieber said she expected to invite speakers and asked members for assistance identifying witnesses. The board's motion passed by roll call: Aye votes from Chairman Gaines, Vice Chair Lieber, Member Vasquez, Member Schaffer and Deputy Controller Amaron.

The hearing is on the May 28 meeting agenda as a one-hour item; staff indicated there are already other items that day, and members signaled willingness to expand the agenda or adjust timing if the item requires more time.

The May hearing will focus on: (1) how replacement-cost algorithms and insurer practices affect underinsurance after wildfires, (2) federal and state funding or statutory barriers to timely reconstruction, and (3) potential administrative or statutory steps the board could recommend to reduce rebuilding delays and underinsurance risk.","The Board of Equalization voted to hold a one-hour informational hearing May 28 on wildfire disaster relief and the impact of insufficient replacement-cost estimates in California, citing recent reporting that algorithm-driven estimates may leave homeowners underinsured.","actionData","errors"]

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Board of Equalization adopts rules requiring memo for bill support, drops per-member bill limit

Board of Equalization releases FY 2023'24 annual report showing $8.7 trillion net assessed value and $95 billion local property tax revenue

Board backs Archuleta bills allowing homeowners to claim both homeowner and veterans exemptions

Board schedules May hearing on wildfire recovery and insurers'replacement-cost concerns