The Housing Chronicles Blog: Looking for homeowners to interview who have used Props. 60, 90 or 110

Friday, March 21, 2008

Looking for homeowners to interview who have used Props. 60, 90 or 110

I'm working on a story for the L.A. Times on the use of California Props. 60 and 90, which allow homeowners over age 55 a one-time opportunity to transfer their existing property tax base to a new property of the same or lesser value, and I'm looking for people to interview.

In the case of Prop. 60, the law covers property within the same county. In the case of Prop. 90, although the law in theory allows homeowners to transfer their existing tax base to another California county, since each county gets to choose if they want to participate, only a few actually do so (including several in Southern California).

But for those who want to use this law to move to the counties of Riverside (i.e., Palm Springs) or San Bernardino (i.e., the High Desert) or most of the Bay Area and Central California, they're out of luck. Consequently, I'm looking for people who would consider moving to these areas but haven't because they don't want their property taxes to rise exponentially.

Finally, Prop. 110 is similar to Prop. 60 but allows severely disabled people of any age to use this one-time opportunity to transfer their existing tax base within the same county, and I'll also be including that in the story.

If you'd like to get an idea of my writing style and how I cover subjects, click here for a story I wrote on reverse mortgages last month.

Please send any potential interview subjects to me directly at psduffy@sbcglobal.net.

Thanks!

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