RESOLUTION NO. _____________
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BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, COUNTY OF SAN MATEO, STATE OF CALIFORNIA
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RESOLUTION IN OPPOSITION TO SB 1710 (OROPEZA), TAX LIENS
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RESOLVED, by the Board of Supervisors of the County of San Mateo, State of California, that
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WHEREAS, SB 1710 would create a process through which a private “payer” would pay a property owner’s (assessee) property taxes, penalties and interest, and through which such payments become a lien against the assessee’s real property; and
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WHEREAS, SB 1710 would establish such liens with the same priority as tax liens issued by counties—enabling the payer to have first priority in the lien collection process; and
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WHEREAS, this bill raises policy questions about the role of private lenders taking priority status in the lien process, which currently reserves “super-lien” status to counties for the collection of property taxes; and
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WHEREAS, critics fear that the fees and charges are too high and that lenders, with priority lien status, are financially motivated to make these loans; and
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WHEREAS, the property tax delinquency status of the property owner suggests that those who would be subject to these types of loans will be lower income families and individuals.
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NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY DETERMINED AND ORDERED that the Board of Supervisors, by adoption of this resolution, opposes SB 1710 regarding property tax liens.
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