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Property-tax hikes ahead, San Diego
Monaghan, the annual Assessment Notifications are issued through the Assessor/Recorder's Office, not the Tax Collector. The Tax Collector won't have access to the fiscal year 2014/2015 tax bill info until late September. There was an increase for many last year due to a new voter approved Unified School District Bond - compare your tax rate (and assessment value) on your 2012/2013 property tax bill to the same on your 2011/2012 bill. Many homeowners also saw an increase when sewer collection charges were included with their annual fees (the water department asks the Auditor to add this charge to the tax bill for collection as opposed to collecting the fees separately). Not everyone will have a massive increase - properties that were already below the fair market value for assessment purposes under Proposition 13 will see the usual 2% increase, perhaps less. The application forms for the Review of Assessment and Assessment Appeals very clearly state that if the application is approved that the reduction in value is a temporary measure. However, the 2% annual increase of a property's assessment value has been in place since the passage of Proposition 13 in the late 1970's.— July 29, 2014 5:51 a.m.