This week, Governor Newsom signed
Executive Order N-72-20 – his 44th COVID-related executive
action – which extends until January 31, 2021 the deadline to
hear property tax assessment appeals filed on or before March 4,
2020.
Existing law generally requires that assessment appeals be heard
within two years of filing, or else they are automatically
granted. Like many in-person activities, assessment appeals
hearings have been on hiatus during the COVD-19 emergency.
The order grants some relief to county assessment appeals boards,
though further relief might be required, especially if a method
is not devised to legally hold these quasi-judicial hearings
remotely.
