property taxes

Starting Thursday, California homeowners who are over the age of 55 or are disabled or victims of a natural disaster can transfer their previous property-tax base when they sell their home and purchase a more expensive one.

One man said he is paying more than he should after paying off his loan. Randy Mac reported on NBC4 News on Monday, March 29, 2021.

A ballot measure to partially dismantle California’s longtime system of tying property taxes to the last sales price trailed Wednesday but the outcome remained uncertain

Proposition 15 would raise property taxes on certain commercial and industrial properties by requiring them to be taxed based on market value rather than their purchase price, creating an estimated $6.5 to $11.5 billion for schools and local governments, according to the state’s Legislative Analyst’s Office.

Riverside County supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday to impose special assessments totaling $2.86 million on thousands of county residents’ property tax bills to collect unpaid trash collection debts. According to the Department of Environmental Health, roughly 6,000 residents in unincorporated communities owe the county’s four waste haulers for rubbish pickup and disposal services in 2019. Amounts in arrears range from just…

Gov. Newsom signed a property tax relief bill that will allow residents to waive late fees on property taxes and and get extra time to repay their rent. Randy Mac reports for the NBC4 News at 5 p.m. on Friday, May 8, 2020.

The coronavirus has delayed income taxes, mortgage payments and evictions in California. But not property taxes. Friday was the deadline to pay those taxes without incurring a hefty penalty and Gov. Gavin Newsom let the date pass without taking any action. Business groups had urged Newsom to use his executive authority to delay the deadline or at least waive all…