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0 pointsGuvante2y ago0 comments

Prop 13 says they can't do that. Only the county can charge 1%.

Irvine CA wanted property tax and so they get builders to force you to an extra fee but it isn't technically a property tax.

Not to say there isn't sometimes a fee or two added but it isn't the Wild West at all.

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jjav2y ago

> but it isn't technically a property tax

That is the loophole they use. They add all kinds of fees into the property tax but don't classify them as taxes. Best I know, there is no limit to how many and how much. Twenty years ago my property tax was just a single line item, the property tax. Now it's up to 6-7 (don't have the bill in front of me to check exact count) line items.

So yes, your CA propery tax^H^H^Hfee bill can be way over 1%

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