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Assessor explains Williamson Act, AB 1265 and county direct-charge; board asks for deeper fiscal analysis
Summary
County Assessor Elissa (Alyssa) Douglas updated supervisors and the public on the Williamson Act, AB 1265 (the county direct charge), and recent rent and rate changes; supervisors requested further analysis of fiscal impacts and options before any change.
County Assessor Elissa Douglas briefed the Board of Supervisors on Aug. 12 about the Williamson Act (California Land Conservation Act of 1965), the county’s implementation of AB 1265, and recent changes that have increased property assessments for some enrolled parcels.
Douglas said Butte County currently has about 1,475 Williamson Act parcels, approximately 220,000 acres, and that the county’s implementation of AB 1265 (adopted locally in 2011) applies a 10% direct charge on the tax savings that landowners receive under the program. She said the county’s AB 1265 direct-charge program generates roughly $700,000–$716,000 in recent years; that revenue has been accounted for in the…
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