Powell is a California licensed real estate broker and a former vice president of the San Diego County Board of Education. He lives in San Diego. The state of Florida recently enacted a law that ...

A. In terms of residential property taxes, yes, according to H. Michael Soroy of the Law Offices of H. Michael Soroy in Los Angeles. “When it comes to real property taxes, I believe it’s fair to say ...

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As climate change causes destructive events like wildfires and storms to become more intense and frequent, the California property insurance market is struggling to keep up. Nearly 70% of insurers are ...

Is California really a low property tax state? Spoiler alert: the answer to that question is no. But even if you suspected this to be true, it doesn’t hurt to understand why. Prior to the passage of ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- Proposition 15, a ballot measure that seeks to increase commercial property taxes to fund education in California, failed Tuesday night, the Associated Press reports. See the latest ...

A California law that allows the state to seize unclaimed property after three years without making much of an attempt to contact the owners will not be reviewed by the U.S. Supreme Court, but Justice ...

Are California property taxes too low? Voters are being peppered with that question this year. Ballots are filled with propositions seeking, in one way or another, to increase property tax collections ...

California voters have approved a new property tax break for older homeowners in the state, easing their tax burdens if they move. The success of Proposition 19 means that those 55 and older will be ...