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County IT JPA issues Prop 19/exemptions portal RFP; members say portal could extend to appeals
Summary
The California County Assessors Information Technology Authority (JPA) said it released an RFP for a statewide Prop 19 and exemption portal and that the JPA’s enterprise approach could be extended to an assessment appeals portal that interoperates with county assessor systems; officials recommended collaboration with clerks and the BOE.
The California County Assessors Information Technology Authority told the Board of Equalization that it has released a request for proposals to build a statewide Prop 19 and exemptions portal and that the same enterprise approach could support a shared assessment appeals portal if counties and clerks participate.
John Tudor, Napa County official and a member of the JPA governing board, said the JPA received Department of Finance funding and on Monday released an RFP for an enterprise system to provide a Prop 19 and exemptions portal to all 58 counties. Tudor said the portal’s design requires interoperability with existing assessor systems and that the RFP explicitly asks bidders to support integration with commonly used platforms, including a widely deployed “megabyte” system that serves 36 counties.
Tudor said the JPA is open to extending the portal concept to assessment appeals but that any joint solution would require clerks’ leadership and separate funding. “We would be happy to take this technology … and it would not necessarily manage all of the timing and scheduling and those kinds of things, but it would be a front end much like was described by the wonderful Ms. Tran from LA County,” Tudor told the panel. He said the JPA expects proposer responses later this summer and that operating and maintenance costs will be identified in vendor responses.
Panelists cautioned that counties use varied case‑management and property tax systems, and that any statewide solution must be interoperable and scalable. Several clerks and assessors urged the BOE to coordinate with the JPA, clerk associations and vendor communities so that shared portals meet both assessor and clerk needs and are affordable for small counties.
