Date:         Sat, 11 Jun 2011 14:49:41 -0700
Reply-To:     BenT Syncro <syncro@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         BenT Syncro <syncro@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: can't register my Vanagon, Calif madness, LVC
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Closed topic, Steve. Unless your home is a Vanagon, this is now totally off topic.


BenT
Mod



On Jun 11, 2011, at 1:54 PM, zzyzx <zzyzx9@GMAIL.COM> wrote:

> Thank you for that Jeff.
> 
> Also, the OP might have a look at
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Proposition_13_(1978)
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Proposition_13_%281978%29>
> Properties in Cali are reassessed every year...within limits.
> 
> Steve
> RE Appraiser, Retired
>> It's a mess. Prop 13 in CA in the 1970s forbids the state from reassessing
>> your home, so you pay 1970s value property tax on your home until you sell
>> it. If you bought it in the '80s you're locked in there, in the 90's the
>> same and so on. You may be in a million dollar home but you pay taxes as if
>> it was worth $30K.