RESOLUTION NO. _____________

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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.

 

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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