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Lake County board withdraws second reading of low‑value property tax exemption; staff to pursue temporary administrative fix
Summary
County Treasurer Patrick Sullivan asked supervisors to withdraw a second-reading ordinance establishing a low‑value property tax exemption and described an administrative workaround that would let the treasurer and auditor-controller cancel individual low‑value tax bills; the board agreed to table adoption while cities and county pursue longer-term solutions.
At a meeting of the Lake County Board of Supervisors, County Treasurer Patrick Sullivan requested withdrawal of the second reading of an ordinance to amend Article V 111 of Chapter 18 of the Lake County Code to implement a low‑value property tax exemption and outlined a temporary administrative alternative.
The temporary approach, Sullivan told the board, relies on a provision of the Revenue and Taxation Code that allows the tax collector and the auditor-controller, if both offices agree, to cancel an individual tax bill and thereby avoid sending the property to a tax sale. "If the auditor-controller's office and our office agree, we can cancel that individual bill, which then prevents the necessity of going to auction under the state," Sullivan said. He cautioned…
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