In 1978, California voters passed Proposition 8, which amended the California Constitution to allow a temporary reduction in assessed value when the market value of a property has fallen below its factored base year value as of the January 1 lien date (a “Prop. 8 Reduction”). Because residential properties change hands much more frequently, California Assessors have access to enough information to understand what the market value of a residential property is for purposes of reviewing applications for Prop. 8 Reductions.
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Emergency Protections in Place for Tenants and Homeowners in Response to COVID-19 Pandemic
In recent days, the federal government, the state of California, and many local governments have taken action to provide tenant and homeowner protections in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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What We’re Reading | November 18, 2016
A roundup of news and articles the Unfamiliar Terrain team is reading this week:
“Versailles in the Valley” (The Economist): What do the new, monumental headquarters of Silicon Valley’s tech powerhouses say about them?
“The Great Rent Squeeze” (CityLab): Households are spending larger shares of their income on rent—does this stifle
What We’re Reading | November 4, 2016
A roundup of news and articles the Unfamiliar Terrain team is reading this week:
“Africa unplugged” (The Economist): How will off-grid solar change patterns of urban and regional development?
“Visualizing the Toughest Challenges Facing Global Cities” (CityLab): Can enhanced data visualization help us tackle complex, interconnected urban problems?
What We’re Reading | October 21, 2016
A roundup of news and articles the Unfamiliar Terrain team is reading this week:
Top-Down, Bottom-Up Urban Design (The New Yorker): Updating Le Corbusier’s Athens Charter at the UN Habitat III conference and charting the course of future cities.
San Francisco Makes a Guerilla Bike Lane Permanent (CityLab): The rise of the San Francisco Municipal
What We’re Reading | September 30, 2016
A roundup of news and articles the Unfamiliar Terrain team is reading this week:
Uber World (Economist): Uber, self-driving vehicles, and the future of transport.
Jane Jacobs’s Street Smarts (The New Yorker): Examining the strengths and limits of Jane Jacobs’s urban vision.
Self-Driving Cars Gain Powerful Ally: The Government (NYT): New federal guidelines for the