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Committee forwards ordinance to streamline escape assessment notices and set 60‑day filing deadline
Summary
The Rules Committee advanced an ordinance to amend the administrative code that would consolidate assessor notices about escape assessments into a single notice and require an application for reduction to be filed within 60 days of mailing or postmark; the assessor‑recorder’s office and treasurer support the change.
The Rules Committee on July 9 forwarded to the full Board of Supervisors an ordinance proposed to change how the Assessor‑Recorder’s Office notifies property owners about escape assessments.
Supervisor Malia Cohen said the ordinance would amend the administrative code to require an application for reduction of an escape assessment to be filed with the administrator of the assessment appeals board no later than 60 days after the date of mailing or postmark. Edward McCaffrey, speaking on behalf of Assessor‑Recorder Carmen Chu, said the current practice issues two assessor notices within about 10 days of each other and then a revised tax bill from the Treasurer; the ordinance would condense the two assessor notices into a single notice and use the tax bill as the second notice, while preserving property owners’ rights to informal review and appeal.
McCaffrey said the change aims to eliminate redundancy and confusion and that both Carmen Chu and Treasurer Jose Cisneros support the measure; if enacted, McCaffrey said the two offices will coordinate implementation to ensure accurate application of the new rule. Supervisor Cohen moved the item forward; it received a positive committee recommendation and will proceed to the full Board.
