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 Assessor Jeffrey Prang works with real estate professionals throughout Los Angeles County to help make this a positive experience and to aid you in avoiding some of the common pitfalls that may occur in the property tax process. 

 If you own and occupy your home as your principal place of residence, you are eligible for a Homeowners’ Exemption that reduces your property tax by about $70 annually. You will be sent an application about three to four months after your deed is recorded. 

 Proposition 58 states that real property transfers, from parent to child or child to parent, may be excluded from reassessment. Proposition 193 expands this tax relief to include transfers from grandparent(s) to grandchild(ren). In both cases, a claim must be filed within three years of the date of transfer to receive the full benefit of the exclusion. 

Estimate supplemental property taxes for a recently purchased property

SENIOR CITIZEN'S REPLACEMENT DWELLING BENEFIT  

 Proposition 8, a constitutional amendment that allows a temporary reduction in assessed value when a property suffers a “decline-in-value.” A decline-in-value occurs when the current market value of your property is less than the current assessed value as of January 1.