Los Angeles County Assessor

The Los Angeles County Assessor is the assessor and officer of the government of Los Angeles County responsible for discovering all taxable property in Los Angeles County, except for state-assessed property, to inventory and list all the taxable property, to value the property, and to enroll the property on the local assessment roll.[2] In 2021, there were 2.6 million assessed properties for a total Los Angeles County property assessment value of US$1.8 trillion.[3]

Los Angeles County Assessor
Office overview
JurisdictionLos Angeles County
HeadquartersKenneth Hahn Hall of Administration, Los Angeles, California
34.057033°N 118.246261°W / 34.057033; -118.246261
Employees1,200 (2021)[1]
Annual budgetUS$200 million (2021)[1]
Office executive
  • Jeffrey Prang, County Assessor
Websiteassessor.lacounty.gov

The current assessor is Jeffrey Prang.[4] The most recent assessors have been John Noguez, Robert Quon, who served for the last year of Rick Auerbach's term, and Kenneth P. Hahn.

Assessments

The Assessor is responsible for discovering all taxable property in Los Angeles County, except for state-assessed property, to inventory and list all the taxable property, to value the property, and to enroll the property on the local assessment roll.[2] It is then the responsibility of the Los Angeles County Treasurer and Tax Collector to bill and collect these taxes, and the responsibility of the Los Angeles County Auditor-Controller to allocate the taxes to the appropriate taxing jurisdictions such as the County, cities, schools and special districts within the County.[2]

In 2021 there were 2.6 million assessed properties for a total Los Angeles County property assessment value of nearly US$1.8 trillion.[5]

The Assessor sells the following cadastral electronic documents and databases pursuant to Article 1 of the Constitution (the "Sunshine Amendment") and the California Public Records Act:[6]

ItemMaximum CD/DVD CostMaximum Paper Cost
Los Angeles County Parcel Boundary Map (in Shapefile format)$6
Apartment House Listing$478
Cross Reference Roll$329$4 per page
Local Roll$329$8 per page
Unsecured Roll$329$4 per page
Publicly Owned Parcels$478
Secured Basic File Abstract$12,914$4,000

Corruption

In mid-2012, Noguez took a leave of absence because of an investigation concerning influence peddling at his office,[7] and on October 17, 2012, he was arrested and charged with 24 felonies relating to corruption.[8]

List of Assessors
NameTerm
Antonio F. Coronel1850–1856
Juan María Sepúlveda1857-1858
W. W. Maxy1859-1861
James McManus1862
G. L. Mix1863-1865
J. Q. A. Stanley1866-1867
M. F. Coronel1868-1869
D. Botiller1870-1875
A. W. Ryan1876-1879
J. W. Venable1880-1882
R. Bilderrain1883-1886
C. C. Mason1887-1891
F. Edward Gray1891-1893
Theodore Summerland1894-1898
Alexander Goldwell1898-1901
Benjamin E. Ward1902-1906
Calvin Hartwell1906-1910
E. W. Hopkins1910-1938
John R. Quinn1938-1962
Philip E. Watson1963-1977
Alexander Pope1978-1986
John J. Lynch1986-1990
Kenneth P. Hahn1990-2000
Rick Auerbach2000-2010
Robert Quon2010
John Noguez2010-2014
Jeffrey Prang2014-

References
  1. "L.A. County Assessor Jeff Prang is Seeking Re-Election". 6 May 2021.
  2. Kreimann 2012, p. 3.
  3. Kreimann 2012, p. 4.
  4. "Los Angeles County: Office of the Assessor". Retrieved 2015-03-13.
  5. News Desk (2021-05-06). "L.A. County Assessor Jeff Prang is Seeking Re-Election - WeHo Times West Hollywood Daily News, Nightlife and Events". Retrieved 2022-03-06.
  6. "Price List". Los Angeles County Assessor. Archived from the original on 19 January 2013. Retrieved 25 January 2013.
  7. Dolan, Jack Assessor John Noguez steps aside amid corruption probe Los Angeles Times, June 1, 2012
  8. Walton, Alice UPDATE: Los Angeles County Assessor John Noguez charged with 24 felonies 89.3 KPCC, October 17, 2012
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