Comments on: Next Santa Clara County assessor could reshape the valley https://sanjosespotlight.com/next-santa-clara-county-assessor-could-reshape-the-valley/ Mon, 07 Jul 2025 20:48:45 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: Joe Smith https://sanjosespotlight.com/next-santa-clara-county-assessor-could-reshape-the-valley/#comment-175260 Mon, 07 Jul 2025 20:48:45 +0000 https://sanjosespotlight.com/?p=216465#comment-175260 “It would also be interesting to see if the next assessor will be more political – advocating for stuff in Sacramento — things like split rolls, dealing with Prop. 13, dealing with exemptions for certain properties, especially with what we’re seeing in Washington, D.C.,”

Just what we want, the DEI assessor.

What happened to “candidates seeking to do one elected job: Determining property taxes”?

I think that’s what we want. Traditionally, property values and property taxes are determined by the sales prices of comparable properties, not by politics. Trying to make the position and having actions taken by the assessor motivated by politics won’t likely turn out well for the county or that assessor.

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