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Ventura County assessment appeals board postpones multiple hearings, approves stipulated agreements
Summary
The Ventura County Assessment Appeals Board No. 1 postponed multiple property assessment hearings to June, August and October dates (most with data provisos) and approved a package of stipulated agreements covering cases dating to 2018–2024.
The Ventura County Assessment Appeals Board No. 1 postponed a series of property assessment hearings and approved a set of stipulated agreements at its meeting. The board moved multiple contested hearings to June, August and Oct. 6, 2025, often adding a condition that any data requested by the Assessor's Office be provided within a specified number of days.
The action affects commercial and private appeals, including applications listed on the board agenda such as Ventura Energy Storage LLC (application 2311134), multiple Lithia Motors/Lithia Real Estate LLC matters, PetSmart Incorporated (application 2311501), Pacifica Seaward LP, EZ-eight Motels Incorporated, WinCo Foods LLC, SRPFC 101 Logistics Center (applications 2311526–2311529), MKS26Enterprises and others. Many motions set Oct. 6, 2025 as the new hearing date with a 30-day proviso requiring requested data to be submitted 30 days before the hearing; some hearings were set for Aug. 4, 2025 or June 2, 2025 with either no proviso or a 15- or 30-day data proviso depending on the case.
Why this matters: continuances shift when appellants and the Assessor's Office must resolve valuation disputes and submit evidence. Several postponements included explicit deadlines intended to give the Assessor time to review submitted materials before the hearing.
Key continuances and conditions (as recorded in the meeting):
- Application 2311134 (Ventura Energy Storage LLC): continued to Aug. 4, 2025, pending receipt of original stipulations.
- Applications for Lithia Motors/Lithia Real Estate LLC (multiple agenda items): removed from the agenda where withdrawal was submitted; for other Lithia/Pivotal Tax cases (items 14–16) the board continued to Oct. 6, 2025, with a proviso that any data requested by the Assessor's Office be provided within 30 days of that hearing date.
- Applications 8–9 (estate of Patricia Kennedy): continued to Oct. 6, 2025, with a proviso that any data requested by the Assessor's Office be provided within 30 days of the hearing date; the appellant (Thomas Kennedy) selected Oct. 6.
- Application 20311363 (Darrell Malamute): continued to June 2, 2025, with a proviso that any data requested by the Assessor's Office be provided within 15 days of the hearing date.
- PetSmart Incorporated (application 2311501), Pacifica Seaward LP (application 20311511), EZ-eight Motels Incorporated (application 20311513) and several other commercial cases: continued to Oct. 6, 2025, with a 30-day data proviso.
- SRPFC 101 Logistics Center (applications 2311526–2311529): assessor requested a continuance for management review; board continued these cases to Aug. 4, 2025, with no data proviso.
- Mission Veterinary Partners (application 20311591): continued to June 2, 2025, with no data proviso (applicant had requested a withdrawal and the Assessor agreed the no-proviso approach was appropriate).
- WinCo Foods LLC (application 20311593) and MKS26Enterprises (application 20410750): continued to Aug. 4, 2025, with a 30-day data proviso.
In other business the board approved a package of stipulated agreements (agenda item 34, which included items 35–50). The clerk noted that multiple stipulations were filed for Patrick Shanahan covering tax years 2018 through 2024 after earlier litigation was resolved; the board recommended approving those stipulations and received a motion and second to approve the package.
Procedural notes from the meeting: the board operated with two members present for parts of the meeting, and the clerk and assessor's staff frequently agreed to proposed continuance dates and provisos. Where a case lacked a confirmation of appearance, the clerk noted the absence for the record. The meeting concluded with no further business and was adjourned.
Votes at a glance: motions to postpone and the stipulation package were moved and seconded during the meeting and were recorded as passing; the meeting transcript does not include a roll-call vote tally for each motion, only a recorded outcome of the motions as passed.
