Los Angeles County Assessor
The Los Angeles County Assessor is the assessor and officer of the government of Los Angeles County responsible for discovering all taxable property in Los Angeles County, except for state-assessed property, to inventory and list all the taxable property, to value the property, and to enroll the property on the local assessment roll.[2] In 2012 there were 2.36 million assessed properties (plus an additional 282 thousand personal property and fixture assessments) for a total Los Angeles County property assessment value of US$1.08 trillion.[3]
| Office overview | |
|---|---|
| Jurisdiction | Los Angeles County |
| Headquarters | Kenneth Hahn Hall of Administration, Los Angeles, California 34.057033°N 118.246261°W |
| Employees | 1,489 (2010)[1] |
| Annual budget | US$160 million (2010)[1] |
| Office executive |
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| Website | assessor |
The current assessor is Jeffrey Prang.[4] The most recent assessors have been John Noguez, Robert Quon, who served for the last year of Rick Auerbach's term, and Kenneth Hahn.
Assessments
The Assessor is responsible for discovering all taxable property in Los Angeles County, except for state-assessed property, to inventory and list all the taxable property, to value the property, and to enroll the property on the local assessment roll.[2] It is then the responsibility of the Los Angeles County Treasurer and Tax Collector to bill and collect these taxes, and the responsibility of the Los Angeles County Auditor-Controller to allocate the taxes to the appropriate taxing jurisdictions such as the County, cities, schools and special districts within the County.[2]
In 2012 there were 2.36 million assessed properties (plus an additional 282 thousand personal property and fixture assessments) for a total Los Angeles County property assessment value of US$1.08 trillion.[3]
The Assessor sells the following cadastral electronic documents and databases pursuant to Article 1 of the Constitution (the "Sunshine Amendment") and the California Public Records Act:[5]
| Item | Maximum CD/DVD Cost | Maximum Paper Cost |
|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles County Parcel Boundary Map (in Shapefile format) | $6 | |
| Apartment House Listing | $478 | |
| Cross Reference Roll | $329 | $4 per page |
| Local Roll | $329 | $8 per page |
| Unsecured Roll | $329 | $4 per page |
| Publicly Owned Parcels | $478 | |
| Secured Basic File Abstract | $12,914 | $4,000 |
Corruption
In mid-2012, Noguez took a leave of absence because of an investigation concerning influence peddling at his office,[6] and on October 17, 2012, he was arrested and charged with 24 felonies relating to corruption.[7]
List of Assessors
| Name | Term |
|---|---|
| Antonio F. Coronel | 1850–1856 |
| Juan María Sepúlveda | 1857-1858 |
| W. W. Maxy | 1859-1861 |
| James McManus | 1862 |
| G. L. Mix | 1863-1865 |
| J. Q. A. Stanley | 1866-1867 |
| M. F. Coronel | 1868-1869 |
| D. Botiller | 1870-1875 |
| A. W. Ryan | 1876-1879 |
| J. W. Venable | 1880-1882 |
| R. Bilderrain | 1883-1886 |
| C. C. Mason | 1887-1891 |
| F. Edward Gray | 1891-1893 |
| Theodore Summerland | 1894-1898 |
| Alexander Goldwell | 1898-1901 |
| Benjamin E. Ward | 1902-1906 |
| Calvin Hartwell | 1906-1910 |
| E. W. Hopkins | 1910-1938 |
| John R. Quinn | 1938-1962 |
| Philip E. Watson | 1963-1977 |
| Alexander Pope | 1978-1986 |
| John J. Lynch | 1986-1990 |
| Kenneth Hahn | 1990-2000 |
| Rick Auerbach | 2000-2010 |
| Robert Quon | 2010 |
| John Noguez | 2010-2014 |
| Jeffrey Prang | 2014- |
References
- "Assessor" (PDF). County of Los Angeles Annual Report 2009-2010. Public Affairs, Chief Executive Office. p. 68. Retrieved 17 October 2012.
- Kreimann 2012, p. 3.
- Kreimann 2012, p. 4.
- "Los Angeles County: Office of the Assessor". Retrieved 2015-03-13.
- "Price List". Los Angeles County Assessor. Archived from the original on 19 January 2013. Retrieved 25 January 2013.
- Dolan, Jack Assessor John Noguez steps aside amid corruption probe Los Angeles Times, June 1, 2012
- Walton, Alice UPDATE: Los Angeles County Assessor John Noguez charged with 24 felonies 89.3 KPCC, October 17, 2012
- Kreimann, Santos H. (10 September 2012), 2012 Annual Report (PDF), Los Angeles County, California, archived from the original (PDF) on June 26, 2013CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
