when the median sales price was $460,000. A tax office survey of 21 counties showed property values are up 25% to 88% in the last few years, Freeman said. Counties similar to Orange County are ...

The LAO’s report says the January 2024 point-in-time count found 187,000 people who are homeless in California, an all-time ...

Scott Maxwell says proposed changes to Florida’s hotel-tax laws are way overdue. They would allow spending on local needs and ...

Orange County ... a public records request. The report was completed in 2022 but remained confidential until LAist requested it. The backstory: Shari Freidenrich, the treasurer-tax collector ...

A state loophole is costing Sarasota and Manatee counties millions in lost revenue by allowing developers to tap a ...

Editor’s note: Sacramento Snapshot is a weekly series during the legislative session detailing what Orange County’s representatives ... year to give educators a tax credit of up to $250 ...

School Superintendent Diane Gullett said she's resigning her position this summer. Her last day will be July 11.

L.A. County ... criminal records. As a result, county staff say the program’s outreach staff are expected to be downsized by one-third. While Measure A raises the sales tax for homeless services ...

Council members pondered Tuesday scaling back on promised public works projects and eliminating unfilled job vacancies to cover a revenue shortfall brought on by a sales tax slump. Several ...

To avoid paying the sales tax, the yarn maker must obtain a resale certificate from the government ... For instance, a state might have a 4% sales tax, a county 2%, and a city 1.5%.

A suspected thief gulped down two pairs of diamond earrings during his arrest on the side of a Florida Panhandle highway last ...

The investigation found that all but Benderson Development Co. had active Greenbelt sites during the most recent tax year. Together, the other four builders own at least 20 square miles – larger than ...