Assessment Appeals Board approves multiple stipulations for dairy companies; several applicants denied for non-appearance

The Tulare County Assessment Appeals Board on April 16 approved a series of stipulations presented by the assessor’s office that change property assessments for several dairy-related businesses and denied multiple applications for non-appearance.

Interim Chair Lance Morris opened the session and identified himself, saying, “My name is Lance Morris. I’ll be serving as interim chair today.” He confirmed a quorum with Connie Katz present and noted that members Brad Masky and Erica Pine were absent.

The assessor’s office read stipulations for multiple agenda items. For agenda item 5, staff read a stipulation for California Milk Producers (mailing address recorded as 2000 North Plaza Drive, Visalia, California), including land, structural and personal-property values associated with application number 2017-00131. The board moved to accept the stipulation as presented; a committee member said, “I make a motion,” another committee member seconded, board members signified “I,” and the chair announced the motion carried.

For agenda items 6–9 the assessor presented multiple stipulations tied to California Dairies, Inc. and related entries. The values read into the record included land, structural-improvement, fixed-improvement and personal-property valuations spanning multiple application numbers; after motions to accept the stipulations were made and seconded, the board voted in favor and the motions carried.

Agenda items 10 and 11 comprised additional stipulations presented for entities listed as Deage London Financial Services Inc. (applications and fixed-improvement/net taxable values were read as part of the record). The board moved to accept these stipulations as presented by the assessor’s office; those motions were seconded and carried.

When no representatives appeared for Oswald Real Estate Trust (agenda item 12), the chair accepted a motion to deny the application for non-appearance; the motion was seconded and carried. The board similarly denied for non-appearance the applications for Christopher and Jodie Pulk (agenda item 13) and four applications associated with Guadalupe Garcia (agenda item 14).

The board then reviewed and accepted the withdrawal calendar for April 2026 after a motion and second. Chair Morris thanked attendees for their cooperation and adjourned the meeting.

The actions taken at the meeting were procedural approvals of assessor-proposed stipulations and administrative denials for non-appearance. No contested hearings or substantive debate over valuation methodology were recorded in the transcript; the record shows the assessor’s office reading each stipulation and the board voting to accept or deny per the agenda.