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Ventura County hearing postpones multiple assessment appeals; assessor says parent-to-child exclusion resolved earlier reassessments
Summary
The hearing officer continued several assessment appeals to June 30 or Aug. 18 with 30-day data provisos for some cases. In an extended exchange, assessor staff said appeals for 2014–2020 had been resolved by a parent-to-child exclusion, but deeds recorded in 2020 and 2023 created separate reassessments owners must appeal separately.
The Ventura County assessment hearing on Feb. 24 continued several pending appeals to later dates and clarified the scope of several resolved cases.
Hearing officer Sisk continued one conference (application 2410347, WM Holdings Incorporated) to June 30, 2025, pending receipt of an original stipulation. Multiple individual appeals were postponed to either June 30 or Aug. 18 with a common proviso from the assessor that any data requested by the assessor's office be provided within 30 days of the hearing date.
During an extended in-person appearance, an appellant identified as Peter Butcher described a complex history of deeds, a rescission deed, and multiple reassessments tied to his mother's death in 2012 and subsequent transactions. Assessor staff, represented by Joe Phillips, told Butcher that the reassessments tied to the 02/2012 date had been reversed after the filing of a parent-to-child exclusion form and therefore the appeals that covered 2014–2020 were resolved. Phillips and…
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