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Lake County trims $70,160 transient-occupancy tax lien to $12,324 after appeal by Hidden Valley Lake property owner
Summary
The Lake County Board of Supervisors on Oct. 1 approved a partial appeal that reduced a delinquent transient occupancy tax lien against 21469 Yankee Valley Road in Hidden Valley Lake from an estimated $70,160.06 to $12,324.22, and authorized county staff to record revised lien documents to allow escrow to proceed.
The Lake County Board of Supervisors on the record on Oct. 1 approved in part an appeal of a delinquent transient occupancy tax lien on 21469 Yankee Valley Road in Hidden Valley Lake, reducing an estimated $70,160.06 lien to $12,324.22 and authorizing county staff to record revised lien paperwork to allow an in-escrow sale to proceed.
The appeal arose after the Treasurer-Tax Collector—————————Patrick Sullivan—————staff used state controller guidance to estimate occupancy and calculate a lien when initial notices were not answered. Sullivan told the board the county—s initial estimate "+a total of $70,160.06 was liened and attached to the property" because the office could not complete a timely audit without responses, and therefore applied a maximum-occupancy estimate and the county tax formula.
Jesus Marquez, an accountant in the treasurer-tax collector————————————————office, said the parcel was…
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