STATE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION PROPERTY AND SPECIAL TAXES DEPARTMENT

STATE OF CALIFORNIA
BETTY T. YEE
First District, San Francisco
STATE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION
PROPERTY AND SPECIAL TAXES DEPARTMENT
BILL LEONARD
Second District, Ontario/Sacramento
450 N STREET, SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA
PO BOX 942879, SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA 94279-0064
916 445-4982 z FAX 916 323-8765
MICHELLE STEEL
Third District, Rolling Hills Estates
www.boe.ca.gov
August 22, 2008
JUDY CHU, Ph.D.
Fourth District, Los Angeles
JOHN CHIANG
State Controller
RAMON J. HIRSIG
Executive Director
No. 2008/051
TO COUNTY ASSESSORS:
PROPERTY TAX
INFORMATION DIRECTORY
Enclosed is a directory of staff of the State Board of Equalization that should be of assistance to
those in the property tax arena. We hope that you will find this information helpful.
Sincerely,
/s/ David J. Gau
David J. Gau
Deputy Director
Property and Special Taxes Department
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Enclosure
BOARD OF EQUALIZATION STAFF
Property Taxes
August 2008
E-MAIL ADDRESS
TELEPHONE/FAX
MIC
COMMENTS
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Ramon J. Hirsig
[email protected]
916-327-4975
Fax
916-324-2586
73
916-445-1516
Fax
916-323-8765
916-322-9755
Fax
916-323-8765
63
PROPERTY AND SPECIAL TAXES DEPARTMENT
David J. Gau
Deputy Director
[email protected]
Teresa Goehring
Administrative Assistant
[email protected]
Kathie Newton
Executive Assistant
[email protected]
916-445-1517
Fax
916-323-8765
63
David McKillip
Operations Manager
[email protected]
916-323-9369
Fax
916-323-8765
63
63
Requests for roll extensions should be directed
to this office (Revenue and Taxation Code
Section 155)
E-MAIL ADDRESS
TELEPHONE/FAX
MIC
COMMENTS
COUNTY-ASSESSED PROPERTIES DIVISION (Property Taxes)
Dean R. Kinnee
Chief
[email protected]
Terry Leung
Division Secretary
[email protected]
Reception
Cost Unit
Welfare Exemption
Legal Entity Ownership
Program
Policy Development and
Property Tax Exemptions
Surveys
Technical Services
Training and Certification
Surveys
Arnold Fong
Principal Property Appraiser
916-322-3822
Fax
916-323-8765
916-445-4982
Fax
916-323-8765
64
64
916-445-4982
916-445-3524
916-323-5685
916-445-4982
916-324-5827
916-445-4982
916-323-2129
[email protected]
916-324-2791
Fax
916-323-5689
62
Assessment Practices Survey Section
Sally Boeck
Supervising Property Appraiser
[email protected]
916-322-2523
Fax
916-323-5689
62
Assessment Practices Surveys
David Dodson
Supervising Property Appraiser
[email protected]
562-466-1604
Fax
562-466-1599
N/A
Assessment Practices Surveys
Norwalk Office
P. O. Box 1150
Norwalk 90651-1150
E-MAIL ADDRESS
TELEPHONE/FAX
MIC
COMMENTS
916-324-2306
Fax
916-323-8765
64
Valuation Factors Studies; Assessment Services
Unit; Cost Unit; Welfare and Veterans'
Exemptions Section
[email protected]
916-322-2921
Fax
916-323-8765
64
Assessment Services Unit; Cost Unit
Isaac Cruz
Senior Specialist Property
Auditor-Appraiser
[email protected]
64
Valuation Factors Studies
Ladeena Ford
Business Taxes Specialist II
(Property Taxes)
[email protected]
916-323-2146
Fax
916-323-8765
916-445-0208
Fax
916-322-2839
64
Property tax exemptions; special projects;
Assessors' Handbook Sections
Larry Gee
Senior Specialist Property
Auditor-Appraiser
[email protected]
64
Special projects; Assessors' Handbook Sections
Ken King
Senior Specialist Property
Appraiser
[email protected]
64
Residential building cost studies; manufactured
homes
Russ Kovanda
Associate Property Appraiser
[email protected]
64
Rural building cost studies
Glenna Schultz
Senior Specialist Property
Appraiser
[email protected]
916-327-5030
Fax
916-323-8765
916-324-2742
Fax
916-323-8765
916-322-2612
Fax
916-323-8765
916-324-5836
Fax
916-323-8765
64
Propositions 58/60/90/110; change in
ownership; technical services
COUNTY-ASSESSED PROPERTIES DIVISION (Cont)
Assessment Services, Exemptions, and Costs
Mike Harris
[email protected]
Principal Property Appraiser
Assessment Services and Costs
Sherrie Kinkle
Supervising Property Appraiser
E-MAIL ADDRESS
TELEPHONE/FAX
MIC
COMMENTS
COUNTY-ASSESSED PROPERTIES DIVISION (Cont)
Margie Wing
Senior Specialist Property
Appraiser
[email protected]
916-324-0028
Fax
916-323-8765
64
Disabled veterans' and other property tax
exemptions; special projects; Assessors'
Handbook Sections
Nick Winters
Senior Specialist Property
Appraiser
[email protected]
64
Special projects; Assessors' Handbook Sections
Michael McDade
Property Appraiser
[email protected]
64
Special projects; Assessors' Handbook Sections
Bryan Bagood
Property Appraiser
[email protected]
916-324-5827
Fax
916-323-8765
916-445-3150
Fax
916-323-8765
916-322-3815
Fax
916-323-8765
64
Property tax forms coordinator; eminent domain
clearinghouse coordinator
Michael Saunders
Property Appraiser
[email protected]
916-322-1840
Fax
916-323-8765
64
Homeowners' exemption; technical services
[email protected]
916-323-5688
Fax
916-322-2839
64
Welfare and Veterans' Exemption Section
Maureen Spurlock
Property Auditor-Appraiser
[email protected]
64
Welfare and Veterans' Exemption Section
Chandra Williams
Property Auditor-Appraiser
[email protected]
916-445-2674
Fax
916-322-2839
916-445-2598
Fax
916-322-2839
916-324-2811
Fax
916-322-2839
64
Welfare and Veterans' Exemption Section
64
Welfare and Veterans' Exemption Section
Exemptions
James Anderson
Supervising Property Appraiser
Vacant
Property Auditor-Appraiser
E-MAIL ADDRESS
TELEPHONE/FAX
MIC
COMMENTS
916-324-2701
Fax
916-322-2839
64
Legal Entity Ownership Program; Training and
Certification Section
916-445-0363
Fax
916-322-8565
916-327-7326
Fax
916-322-2839
916-324-5833
Fax
916-322-2839
64
Training and Certification Section
64
Legal Entity Ownership Program
64
Legal Entity Ownership Program
[email protected]
916-324-2682
Fax
916-324-2757
916-445-6964
60
Timber Tax Section
Mitchell Cari
Senior Forest Property
Appraiser
[email protected]
60
Timber and timberland values—Sacramento
Office
Peter Murphy
Senior Forest Property
Appraiser
[email protected]
916-322-2158
Fax
916-324-2757
530-226-3420
Fax
530-226-3415
COUNTY-ASSESSED PROPERTIES DIVISION (Cont)
LEOP and Training and Certification
Lisa Thompson
[email protected]
Principal Property Appraiser
Bob Reinhard
Supervising Property Appraiser
[email protected]
Teresa Quento
Senior Specialist Property
Appraiser
Diane Yasui
Senior Specialist Property
Appraiser
[email protected]
Timber Tax
Benjamin Tang
Principal Property Appraiser
[email protected]
Reception
N/A
Timber and timberland values—Redding Office
E-MAIL ADDRESS
TELEPHONE/FAX
MIC
COMMENTS
STATE-ASSESSED PROPERTIES DIVISION (Property Taxes)
Vacant
Chief
916-327-5184
Fax
916-324-2787
Reception
61
916-322-2323
Don Jackson
Principal Property Appraiser
[email protected]
916-323-6940
Fax
916-324-2787
61
Unitary value indicators, audits, and special
studies of energy and telecommunications
companies
Ken Thompson
Principal Property Appraiser
[email protected]
916-323-6941
Fax
916-324-2787
61
Value indicators and audits of transportation
companies, Board Roll preparation and field
appraisals
David Yeung
Supervising Property Appraiser
[email protected]
916-324-0032
Fax
916-324-2787
61
Unitary value indicators, audits, and special
studies of interexchange telephone companies,
local exchange telephone companies, wireless
telephone companies, and radio telephone
companies
Adrienne Harris
Supervising Property Appraiser
[email protected]
916-323-0414
Fax
916-324-2787
61
Field appraisals; Board Roll preparation
Brandi Blasi-Hebbard
Senior Specialist Property
Auditor-Appraiser
[email protected]
916-324-2747
Fax
916-324-2787
61
Unitary value indicators; audits and special
studies of railroads and pipelines; assessment of
private railroad cars
Steven Hieb
Senior Specialist Property
Auditor-Appraiser
[email protected]
916-324-2745
Fax
916-324-2787
61
Unitary value indicators, audits and special
studies of telephone companies
Richard Reisinger
Senior Specialist Property
Auditor-Appraiser
[email protected]
916-324-2803
Fax
916-324-2787
61
Unitary value indicators; audits and special
studies of electric generation facilities
E-MAIL ADDRESS
TELEPHONE/FAX
MIC
COMMENTS
STATE-ASSESSED PROPERTIES DIVISION (Cont)
Mary Tunstall
Senior Specialist Property
Auditor-Appraiser
[email protected]
916-327-2739
Fax
916-324-2787
61
Quality control
Facilitates resolution of taxpayer complaints
and problems; monitors Board tax programs;
reviews and reports on taxation issues
TAXPAYERS' RIGHTS ADVOCATE
Todd C. Gilman
Chief and Taxpayers' Rights
Advocate
[email protected]
916-324-2796
Fax
916-323-3319
70
Mark Sutter
Property Taxes Technical
Advisor
[email protected]
916-324-2797
Fax
916-323-3319
70
Laura Bowman-Dirrim
Assistant Property Taxes
Technical Advisor
[email protected]
916-445-8267
Fax
916-323-3319
70
Facilitates resolution of taxpayer complaints
and problems; monitors, reviews, and reports on
property tax issues and programs
LEGISLATIVE AND RESEARCH DIVISION
Margaret S. Shedd
Legislative Counsel
[email protected]
916-322-2376
Fax
916-445-1813
66
Legislation and bill analysis
Rose Marie Kinnee
Property Taxes Legislative
Analyst
[email protected]
916-445-6777
Fax
916-445-1813
66
Tracks and analyzes legislation impacting
property taxes
916-445-0840
Fax
916-445-7119
67
Vacant
Manager, Research and
Statistics Section
E-MAIL ADDRESS
TELEPHONE/FAX
MIC
COMMENTS
LEGAL DEPARTMENT
Kristine Cazadd
Chief Counsel
[email protected]
916-445-4380
Fax
916-323-3387
83
TAX AND FEE PROGRAM DIVISION: PROPERTY TAXES SECTION (Legal Department)
Randy Ferris
Assistant Chief Counsel, Tax
and Fee Programs Division
[email protected]
916-324-6593
Fax
916-323-3387
82
Pattie Bastian
Cynthia Esbona
Support Services
Matthew Burke
Tax Counsel
Change in ownership; state assessment; taxable
possessory interests; taxable government-owned
property
916-324-2184
916-445-6142
82
82
[email protected]
916-327-0050
Fax
916-323-3387
82
Change in ownership; state assessment;
exemptions
Carla Caruso
Tax Counsel III (Supervisor)
[email protected]
916-324-2816
Fax
916-323-3387
82
Property tax supervisor
Kiren Chohan
Tax Counsel III (Specialist)
[email protected]
916-324-2605
Fax
916-323-3387
82
Change in ownership; surveys; legislation; state
assessment
Bradley Heller
Tax Counsel III (Specialist)
[email protected]
916-324-2657
Fax
916-323-3387
82
Change in ownership; state assessment;
exemptions
Andrew Jacobson
Tax Counsel
[email protected]
916-324-2579
Fax
916-323-3387
82
Exemptions; taxable possessory interests;
change in ownership
E-MAIL ADDRESS
TELEPHONE/FAX
MIC
COMMENTS
TAX AND FEE PROGRAM DIVISION: PROPERTY TAXES SECTION (Cont)
Ken McManigal
Tax Counsel III (Specialist)
[email protected]
Richard Moon
Tax Counsel IV
[email protected]
Daniel Paul
Tax Counsel
[email protected]
Denise Riley
Tax Counsel
[email protected]
Carole Ruwart
Tax Counsel III (Specialist)
[email protected]
Charles Taylor
Tax Counsel
[email protected]
916-255-2148
Fax
916-323-3387
949-440-3486
Fax
949-724-2915
916-324-2646
Fax
916-323-3387
916-445-3540
Fax
916-323-3387
916-322-3682
Fax
916-323-3387
949-724-2577
Fax
949-724-2915
82
Exemptions; change in ownership
EA
Change in ownership; statement assessment;
exemptions
82
Change in ownership; statement assessment;
exemptions
82
Exemptions; surveys; statement assessment;
legislation; change in ownership
82
Change in ownership; domestic partners;
aircraft assessment; timber tax; state assessment
EA
Change in ownership; state assessment;
exemptions