Welcome to the first edition of my newsletter!
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I am honored to serve nearly ten million Californian’s in District 2 of the California State Board of Equalization (BOE) and millions of Californians as a member of the Franchise Tax Board (FTB).
Every day, I am working hard to represent you on California’s tax boards to make sure taxpayers like you have voice in state government. I am always happy to hear from constituents in my district! If you have questions or need assistance, please contact me or members of my team at 1-415-557-3000 or email me at
[email protected]
. We look forward to hearing from you.
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Chair of the Board of Equalization
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It’s been an eventful few months at the California State Board of Equalization (BOE). I’ve enjoyed working on the issues that are affecting District 2.
I was u
nanimously elected as Chair of the BOE and have presided over several Board Meetings hearing about issues that impact my constituents. You can watch online and find more information about the monthly board meetings
on the BOE's website
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Governor Newsom declared a
State of Emergency
due to the
severe storms
in the following counties: Amador,
Butte,
Calaveras,
Colusa,
Del Norte,
El Dorado, Glenn, Humboldt, Lake, Los Angeles, Marin,
Mariposa,
Mendocino, Modoc, Mono, Monterey,
Napa,
Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Mateo, Santa Barbara, Santa Clara,
Santa Cruz,
Shasta,
Solano,
Sonoma, Tehama,
Tuolumne
, Trinity, Ventura, and Yolo.
You can learn more about property tax disaster relief you may qualify for
on my helpful resources webpage
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San Francisco Assessor Chu's Family Wealth Forum
offered free one-on-one counseling with experts, as well as multilingual workshops with topics including access for affordable housing, estate planning 101, property tax transfers and savings for families.
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The FTB is redesigning their website to help you find what you're looking for and complete your tasks quicker and easier. Their new and improved website is set to launch on June 23, 2019.
Did you know you can check your refund status online
on the FTB's website
?
You can also pay online for free using your bank account with their Web Pay service.
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The BOE's Annual Taxpayers' Bill of Rights Hearing will be Tuesday, August 27, 2019 at approximately 10 am in the Board hearing room in Sacramento at 450 N Street. Come present your ideas and concerns about property taxes at this public hearing.
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San Francisco City and County
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The District 2 spotlight features
San Francisco City and County
. Did you know San Francisco was originally called Yerba Buena and that there are more than 50 hills within the city limits? San Francisco’s elected
Assessor-Recorder
is Carmen Chu. The Assessor-Recorder, among other things, locates all taxable property in the County and identifies ownership, establishes a taxable value for all property subject to taxation, and lists the value of all property on the assessment roll.
Assessor-Recorder Chu is a member of the California Assessors’ Association, where she sits on the Finance Committee and the Standards Committee. In addition, she serves as Secretary for the Bay Area Assessors’ Association. In 2014, she was appointed to the Committee on County Tax Collecting Procedures, a body committed to advising the Controller on prescribing tax levying and collecting procedures
. Find out more about her at
sfassessor.org
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I had an opportunity to stop by and see the new Tehama County exhibit at the California State Capitol. Tehama is one of our district's northern counties.
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A chance to see where the magic happens as I visited with the media productions team while they prepare to broadcast our Board Meetings online.
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I took a tour and talked to our hardworking BOE employees with my fellow Board Members.
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As the Chair of the BOE, I serve as a member of the FTB, the agency responsible for collecting California’s personal income taxes. I was very excited to attend my first meeting in March and I met many employees working hard to process the tax returns sent in for the tax filing season by the April 15th tax deadline.
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I met with
Grass Valley Councilmember
and President of the League of California Cities Jan Arbuckle, Yountville Mayor and Second Vice President of the League of California Cities
John Dunbar
, and Executive Director Carolyn Coleman.
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Celebrating March as Women's History month with a presentation at the Board Meeting
to acknowledge all the hard work done by the women leaders at the BOE. Keep up the good work!
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SACRAMENTO OFFICE
621 Capitol Mall, Suite 2100, MIC 71
Sacramento, CA 95814
Office: 1-916-445-4081 | Fax: 1-916-324-2087
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SAN FRANCISCO OFFICE
455 Golden Gate Avenue, Suite 10500
San Francisco, CA 94102
Office: 1-415-557-3000 | Fax: 1-415-557-0287
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