The County of Los Angeles is sponsoring a series of free seminars during October, November and December to assist property owners who feel their taxes should be lowered due to a decline in the value of their property. The 90-minute seminars will be offered six times at six locations: Culver City, El Monte, Glendale, Lakewood, Lancaster and Van Nuys. Additional meetings will be scheduled throughout the County on a year-round basis.
The meetings are intended to help taxpayers better understand the assessment appeals process, which many find confusing. The seminars will be of value to homeowners who are interested in learning about the assessment appeals process and to those who have already filed an appeal. The seminars will cover taxpayers appeal rights and when to file an application for reduction in assessment. The seminars will also cover how to prepare for a hearing, what qualifies as admissible evidence, what will happen at the hearing and what to expect after the hearing.
The dates, times and locations of the sessions are:
Lancaster – Lancaster Library, 23743 Valencia Boulevard, October 15, 10:00 a.m.
Free parking at the library.
Glendale – Glendale Library, 222 Harvard Street, October 22, 10:00 a.m.
Parking at the corner of Maryland and Harvard.
El Monte – Crippen Senior Center, 3120 Tyler Avenue, November 20, 10:00 a.m.
Free parking at the center.
Culver City – Dixon Library, 4975 Overland Avenue, November 24, 10:00 a.m.
Free parking behind the library.
Lakewood – Iacoboni Library, 4900 Clark Avenue, December 15, 10:00 a.m.
Parking at corner of Clark and Del Amo.
Van Nuys – Bernardi Senior Center, 6514 Sylmar Avenue, December 17, 2:00 p.m.
Free parking on Hamlin.
Persons with disabilities who believe they need reasonable accommodation or help in order to attend a seminar may call (213) 974-1431. Hearing-impaired persons with TDD equipment may leave a typewritten message by calling (213) 974-1707 (TDD). Schedules for meetings may be obtained by calling (213) 974-4240 or on the Internet at http://bos.co.la.ca.us/SCRIPTS/publiced.htm