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Brusniak Turner Fine Updates 11/8/2022

Posted by John Brusniak | Nov 08, 2022 | 0 Comments

CALIFORNIA

San Francisco's vacant housing debate to be settled Tuesday
AXIOS
Prop M, the proposed vacant housing tax, could be among the closer local races in Tuesday's elections. Context: Roughly 10% of housing units in San Francisco (40,458 out of 406,399) went unoccupied in 2019, a January report uncovered. The revelation helped proponents of the tax — which has been implemented in cities like Oakland, Washington, D.C., and Vancouver, Canada — garner enough signatures to get it on tomorrow's ballot.


GEORGIA

Georgia voters to decide whether to exempt timber equipment from ad valorem property taxes
The Center Square
When Georgia voters head to the polls on Tuesday, they'll vote on more than races for governor and senator. They'll also weigh in on a series of questions and constitutional amendments. Referendum A asks voters to decide whether to exempt timber equipment a timber producer owns from ad valorem property taxes.


MINNESOTA

Supreme Court Skips Minnesota Self-Storage Property Tax Dispute
Bloomberg
The Minnesota Supreme Court upheld Washington County's assessment of Chambers Self-Storage Oakdale LLC property at $2.74 million for 2016 and $2.81 million for 2017, finding the company failed to present data on the actual market value and assessed value of its property compared with similar properties in the county.

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John Brusniak

John Brusniak, Jr. is the dean of Texas property tax litigation.  He was licensed to practice law in 1976,   His early career involved general litigation and appellate work in both the federal and state courts until he was handed his first property tax matter.  It arose prior to the implementatio...

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