The County of Los Angeles is sponsoring a series of free seminars during July, August and September 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 at six locations: Culver City, El Monte, Glendale, Lakewood, Lancaster and Van Nuys. Additional seminars will be scheduled throughout the County on a year-round basis.

The seminars 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 when and how 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 as follows:

- Lancaster – Lancaster Library, 601 Lancaster Boulevard, July 16, 10:00 a.m.
Free parking at library.
 

- Glendale - Glendale Library, 222 Harvard Street, July 23, 10:00 a.m.
The library will validate three hours parking at the corner of Maryland and Harvard.
 

- Culver City – Culver City Library, 4975 Overland Avenue, August 18, 10:00 a.m.
Free parking behind the library.
 

- El Monte – Crippen Senior Center, 3120 Tyler Avenue, August 21, 10:00 a.m.
Free parking at the center.
 

- Lakewood – Iacoboni Library, 4900 Clark Avenue, September 22, 10:00 a.m. Parking at corner of Clark Avenue and Del Amo Boulevard.
 

- Van Nuys – Bernardi Senior Center, 6514 Sylmar Avenue, September 24, 2:00 p.m. Free parking, entrance on Hamlin Street.

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 the seminars may be obtained by calling (213) 974-4240 or on the Internet at http://bos.co.la.ca.us/SCRIPTS/publiced.htm