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Homeowner Jamieson wins reassessment adjustment after Lake County hearing; board sets further deliberation
Summary
At an April 3, 2026 Board of Equalization hearing, the assessor’s office revised the base-year assessment for a Cobb property after the owner and counsel supplied invoices and photos; the board closed testimony and agreed to further deliberations and written findings, with refunds and corrected assessments already issued for some years.
On April 3, 2026, the Lake County Board of Equalization heard an appeal by an owner identified in the record as Miss Jamieson over the county’s supplemental reassessment of her Cobb residence and accepted evidence that led to corrections and refunds for multiple years.
Appellant counsel Andre Ross told the board that Jamieson acquired the property at a tax-default sale after it had been substantially destroyed and that she hired a local contractor to remove debris and restore the home’s original footprint. Ross argued the contractor costs were rehabilitative — not new construction — and therefore should not be added as assessable new-construction value under state law: “The current owner is entitled to the assessor's fair and uniform treatment of her property in light of legal requirements under California constitution and California statutes,”…
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