[bearishgurl]

[quote=pemeliza]Right now you can probably get just as good a deal if not better from a regular motivated seller.[/quote]

I wholeheartedly agree, pemeliza.

[quote=pemeliza]Definitely try to buy something where the current assessed value is lower than your purchase price.[/quote](emphasis added)

Excellent advice!

[bearishgurl]

[quote=pemeliza]Right now you can probably get just as good a deal if not better from a regular motivated seller.[/quote]

I wholeheartedly agree, pemeliza.

[quote=pemeliza]Definitely try to buy something where the current assessed value is lower than your purchase price.[/quote](emphasis added)

Excellent advice!

[bearishgurl]

[quote=pemeliza]Right now you can probably get just as good a deal if not better from a regular motivated seller.[/quote]

I wholeheartedly agree, pemeliza.

[quote=pemeliza]Definitely try to buy something where the current assessed value is lower than your purchase price.[/quote](emphasis added)

Excellent advice!

[bearishgurl]

[quote=CDMA ENG]To the south you have Colorado Springs… Small population of right wing religious gun tottin’ conservatives…

To the North, Boulder… Nano Nano Mork and Mindy spaced out pot smoking tree hugging liberals…

And in between it all… and representative of the population of the US… Good ole moderate tolerant Denver. . .

But seriously… Denver is a good place to live but you are a slave to the I25 and I originally got out because I never thought I could afford a home there. Remember Denver had a housing market crash shortly before the last one.

Also as for the skiing… It Sucks! Try getting back from the slopes on the I70 during the weekend. 4 hour trip minimum.

Plently of good Mexican food. Downtown is fun. And you have to eat at Carboni’s on 38th Ave. Best Italian sandwich shop in the world. Two little old married Calabresi run it and yell at each other constantly. I would go eat there just to watch them bounce of each other . . .[/quote]

LOL, luv your characterizations, CDMA 🙂

I don’t recall CO Sprs as being ultra-religious back in the day. Is this a more recent phenomenon? Always loved Boulder, though . . . hiking and floating on the reservior. I don’t consider Boulder part of Denver, but maybe they’re more “grown together” now, like everywhere else.

Funny you should mention (West) 38th Ave, CDMA. That was near my mom’s old ‘hood. I’ll have to try that place out next time I go.

Hijack: Hey CDMA, as I stated before, you were going the WRONG WAY to ski. Take US 40 off I-80 just north of Park City, UT. You will pass Dinosaur, Craig and Hayden, CO to Steamboat Springs, CO. This is an 18.5 hr. stress-free drive from SD (w/o snowstorm). You will check into your underground parking garage at the hotel/condo on the slopes. It’s ski-in, ski-out (literally ski to the front door), unlike Lake Tahoe resorts.

Take a person with you to help drive and you can do it in one day 🙂

OR Cont’l Airlines has svc from CA airports to Hayden, CO, where a hotel shuttle will come and get you. There is a free bus from the slopes to the town if you want to go out at night. No throngs of skiers to fight on the road and no veh needed 🙂

You can also take I-70 to CO 131 thru Walden, CO, turn north and then turn back a little west on US 40 to Steamboat Sprs. There is more traffic this way, though, due to the turnoff proximity to Vail and Beaver Creek and CO 131 is prone to intermittent closure.

This is an awesome winter vacation if you approach it from the proper direction.

[bearishgurl]

[quote=CDMA ENG]To the south you have Colorado Springs… Small population of right wing religious gun tottin’ conservatives…

To the North, Boulder… Nano Nano Mork and Mindy spaced out pot smoking tree hugging liberals…

And in between it all… and representative of the population of the US… Good ole moderate tolerant Denver. . .

But seriously… Denver is a good place to live but you are a slave to the I25 and I originally got out because I never thought I could afford a home there. Remember Denver had a housing market crash shortly before the last one.

Also as for the skiing… It Sucks! Try getting back from the slopes on the I70 during the weekend. 4 hour trip minimum.

Plently of good Mexican food. Downtown is fun. And you have to eat at Carboni’s on 38th Ave. Best Italian sandwich shop in the world. Two little old married Calabresi run it and yell at each other constantly. I would go eat there just to watch them bounce of each other . . .[/quote]

LOL, luv your characterizations, CDMA 🙂

I don’t recall CO Sprs as being ultra-religious back in the day. Is this a more recent phenomenon? Always loved Boulder, though . . . hiking and floating on the reservior. I don’t consider Boulder part of Denver, but maybe they’re more “grown together” now, like everywhere else.

Funny you should mention (West) 38th Ave, CDMA. That was near my mom’s old ‘hood. I’ll have to try that place out next time I go.

Hijack: Hey CDMA, as I stated before, you were going the WRONG WAY to ski. Take US 40 off I-80 just north of Park City, UT. You will pass Dinosaur, Craig and Hayden, CO to Steamboat Springs, CO. This is an 18.5 hr. stress-free drive from SD (w/o snowstorm). You will check into your underground parking garage at the hotel/condo on the slopes. It’s ski-in, ski-out (literally ski to the front door), unlike Lake Tahoe resorts.

Take a person with you to help drive and you can do it in one day 🙂

OR Cont’l Airlines has svc from CA airports to Hayden, CO, where a hotel shuttle will come and get you. There is a free bus from the slopes to the town if you want to go out at night. No throngs of skiers to fight on the road and no veh needed 🙂

You can also take I-70 to CO 131 thru Walden, CO, turn north and then turn back a little west on US 40 to Steamboat Sprs. There is more traffic this way, though, due to the turnoff proximity to Vail and Beaver Creek and CO 131 is prone to intermittent closure.

This is an awesome winter vacation if you approach it from the proper direction.

[bearishgurl]

[quote=CDMA ENG]To the south you have Colorado Springs… Small population of right wing religious gun tottin’ conservatives…

To the North, Boulder… Nano Nano Mork and Mindy spaced out pot smoking tree hugging liberals…

And in between it all… and representative of the population of the US… Good ole moderate tolerant Denver. . .

But seriously… Denver is a good place to live but you are a slave to the I25 and I originally got out because I never thought I could afford a home there. Remember Denver had a housing market crash shortly before the last one.

Also as for the skiing… It Sucks! Try getting back from the slopes on the I70 during the weekend. 4 hour trip minimum.

Plently of good Mexican food. Downtown is fun. And you have to eat at Carboni’s on 38th Ave. Best Italian sandwich shop in the world. Two little old married Calabresi run it and yell at each other constantly. I would go eat there just to watch them bounce of each other . . .[/quote]

LOL, luv your characterizations, CDMA 🙂

I don’t recall CO Sprs as being ultra-religious back in the day. Is this a more recent phenomenon? Always loved Boulder, though . . . hiking and floating on the reservior. I don’t consider Boulder part of Denver, but maybe they’re more “grown together” now, like everywhere else.

Funny you should mention (West) 38th Ave, CDMA. That was near my mom’s old ‘hood. I’ll have to try that place out next time I go.

Hijack: Hey CDMA, as I stated before, you were going the WRONG WAY to ski. Take US 40 off I-80 just north of Park City, UT. You will pass Dinosaur, Craig and Hayden, CO to Steamboat Springs, CO. This is an 18.5 hr. stress-free drive from SD (w/o snowstorm). You will check into your underground parking garage at the hotel/condo on the slopes. It’s ski-in, ski-out (literally ski to the front door), unlike Lake Tahoe resorts.

Take a person with you to help drive and you can do it in one day 🙂

OR Cont’l Airlines has svc from CA airports to Hayden, CO, where a hotel shuttle will come and get you. There is a free bus from the slopes to the town if you want to go out at night. No throngs of skiers to fight on the road and no veh needed 🙂

You can also take I-70 to CO 131 thru Walden, CO, turn north and then turn back a little west on US 40 to Steamboat Sprs. There is more traffic this way, though, due to the turnoff proximity to Vail and Beaver Creek and CO 131 is prone to intermittent closure.

This is an awesome winter vacation if you approach it from the proper direction.

[bearishgurl]

[quote=CDMA ENG]To the south you have Colorado Springs… Small population of right wing religious gun tottin’ conservatives…

To the North, Boulder… Nano Nano Mork and Mindy spaced out pot smoking tree hugging liberals…

And in between it all… and representative of the population of the US… Good ole moderate tolerant Denver. . .

But seriously… Denver is a good place to live but you are a slave to the I25 and I originally got out because I never thought I could afford a home there. Remember Denver had a housing market crash shortly before the last one.

Also as for the skiing… It Sucks! Try getting back from the slopes on the I70 during the weekend. 4 hour trip minimum.

Plently of good Mexican food. Downtown is fun. And you have to eat at Carboni’s on 38th Ave. Best Italian sandwich shop in the world. Two little old married Calabresi run it and yell at each other constantly. I would go eat there just to watch them bounce of each other . . .[/quote]

LOL, luv your characterizations, CDMA 🙂

I don’t recall CO Sprs as being ultra-religious back in the day. Is this a more recent phenomenon? Always loved Boulder, though . . . hiking and floating on the reservior. I don’t consider Boulder part of Denver, but maybe they’re more “grown together” now, like everywhere else.

Funny you should mention (West) 38th Ave, CDMA. That was near my mom’s old ‘hood. I’ll have to try that place out next time I go.

Hijack: Hey CDMA, as I stated before, you were going the WRONG WAY to ski. Take US 40 off I-80 just north of Park City, UT. You will pass Dinosaur, Craig and Hayden, CO to Steamboat Springs, CO. This is an 18.5 hr. stress-free drive from SD (w/o snowstorm). You will check into your underground parking garage at the hotel/condo on the slopes. It’s ski-in, ski-out (literally ski to the front door), unlike Lake Tahoe resorts.

Take a person with you to help drive and you can do it in one day 🙂

OR Cont’l Airlines has svc from CA airports to Hayden, CO, where a hotel shuttle will come and get you. There is a free bus from the slopes to the town if you want to go out at night. No throngs of skiers to fight on the road and no veh needed 🙂

You can also take I-70 to CO 131 thru Walden, CO, turn north and then turn back a little west on US 40 to Steamboat Sprs. There is more traffic this way, though, due to the turnoff proximity to Vail and Beaver Creek and CO 131 is prone to intermittent closure.

This is an awesome winter vacation if you approach it from the proper direction.

[bearishgurl]

[quote=CDMA ENG]To the south you have Colorado Springs… Small population of right wing religious gun tottin’ conservatives…

To the North, Boulder… Nano Nano Mork and Mindy spaced out pot smoking tree hugging liberals…

And in between it all… and representative of the population of the US… Good ole moderate tolerant Denver. . .

But seriously… Denver is a good place to live but you are a slave to the I25 and I originally got out because I never thought I could afford a home there. Remember Denver had a housing market crash shortly before the last one.

Also as for the skiing… It Sucks! Try getting back from the slopes on the I70 during the weekend. 4 hour trip minimum.

Plently of good Mexican food. Downtown is fun. And you have to eat at Carboni’s on 38th Ave. Best Italian sandwich shop in the world. Two little old married Calabresi run it and yell at each other constantly. I would go eat there just to watch them bounce of each other . . .[/quote]

LOL, luv your characterizations, CDMA 🙂

I don’t recall CO Sprs as being ultra-religious back in the day. Is this a more recent phenomenon? Always loved Boulder, though . . . hiking and floating on the reservior. I don’t consider Boulder part of Denver, but maybe they’re more “grown together” now, like everywhere else.

Funny you should mention (West) 38th Ave, CDMA. That was near my mom’s old ‘hood. I’ll have to try that place out next time I go.

Hijack: Hey CDMA, as I stated before, you were going the WRONG WAY to ski. Take US 40 off I-80 just north of Park City, UT. You will pass Dinosaur, Craig and Hayden, CO to Steamboat Springs, CO. This is an 18.5 hr. stress-free drive from SD (w/o snowstorm). You will check into your underground parking garage at the hotel/condo on the slopes. It’s ski-in, ski-out (literally ski to the front door), unlike Lake Tahoe resorts.

Take a person with you to help drive and you can do it in one day 🙂

OR Cont’l Airlines has svc from CA airports to Hayden, CO, where a hotel shuttle will come and get you. There is a free bus from the slopes to the town if you want to go out at night. No throngs of skiers to fight on the road and no veh needed 🙂

You can also take I-70 to CO 131 thru Walden, CO, turn north and then turn back a little west on US 40 to Steamboat Sprs. There is more traffic this way, though, due to the turnoff proximity to Vail and Beaver Creek and CO 131 is prone to intermittent closure.

This is an awesome winter vacation if you approach it from the proper direction.

[bearishgurl]

[quote=svelte] . . . I don’t think anyone but you thought that all houses in the cities listed had property taxes exactly at those rates. Some homes have mello-roos in each of those cities. Some areas of those cities have assessed themselves a wee bit more for a new school.

But the base rates are as listed.[/quote]

svelte, I just checked a tax bill on a property in the “Windingwalk” community of Otay Ranch to determine how the Mello Roos Bonds are billed.

http://www.sdlookup.com/MLS-090058506-1575_Whisper_Dr_Chula_Vista_CA_91915

This property is “back on the market” listed at $300K (short sale?) after a successful reassessment from $383K to $310K. It is 1491 sf and has a $107 mo. HOA Fee – “lot” size unk. Along with the heretofore mentioned 18 voter-passed school bonds, there is $53.02 of common fixed assessments.

The MR Bonds are NOT part of the tax rate but identified separately under the fixed assessments as CFD [description]. On this property, there are six Community Facilities Districts (CFD’s) totaling $3,115.46 annually.

Naturally, these owners have not pd. either installment for F/Y 09/10 and are not taking the HOEX (moved out?). What do you want to bet the bank is asking the next buyer to “cure the back taxes?” After falling out of escrow, it’s been on the market 235 days – LOL.

The total tax bill on this smallish nondescript cracker box on a tiny lot is $7,315.50, AFTER it was successfully appealed (or reassessed) to $310K! Total “effective tax rate” after MR is added on is 2.359% . . . and don’t forget to add the mo. HOA dues of $107.

So-o-o-o-o-o not worth it. For the life of me, I don’t know what the “draw” was for these thousands of owners that bought down there in recent years.

[bearishgurl]

[quote=svelte] . . . I don’t think anyone but you thought that all houses in the cities listed had property taxes exactly at those rates. Some homes have mello-roos in each of those cities. Some areas of those cities have assessed themselves a wee bit more for a new school.

But the base rates are as listed.[/quote]

svelte, I just checked a tax bill on a property in the “Windingwalk” community of Otay Ranch to determine how the Mello Roos Bonds are billed.

http://www.sdlookup.com/MLS-090058506-1575_Whisper_Dr_Chula_Vista_CA_91915

This property is “back on the market” listed at $300K (short sale?) after a successful reassessment from $383K to $310K. It is 1491 sf and has a $107 mo. HOA Fee – “lot” size unk. Along with the heretofore mentioned 18 voter-passed school bonds, there is $53.02 of common fixed assessments.

The MR Bonds are NOT part of the tax rate but identified separately under the fixed assessments as CFD [description]. On this property, there are six Community Facilities Districts (CFD’s) totaling $3,115.46 annually.

Naturally, these owners have not pd. either installment for F/Y 09/10 and are not taking the HOEX (moved out?). What do you want to bet the bank is asking the next buyer to “cure the back taxes?” After falling out of escrow, it’s been on the market 235 days – LOL.

The total tax bill on this smallish nondescript cracker box on a tiny lot is $7,315.50, AFTER it was successfully appealed (or reassessed) to $310K! Total “effective tax rate” after MR is added on is 2.359% . . . and don’t forget to add the mo. HOA dues of $107.

So-o-o-o-o-o not worth it. For the life of me, I don’t know what the “draw” was for these thousands of owners that bought down there in recent years.

[bearishgurl]

[quote=svelte] . . . I don’t think anyone but you thought that all houses in the cities listed had property taxes exactly at those rates. Some homes have mello-roos in each of those cities. Some areas of those cities have assessed themselves a wee bit more for a new school.

But the base rates are as listed.[/quote]

svelte, I just checked a tax bill on a property in the “Windingwalk” community of Otay Ranch to determine how the Mello Roos Bonds are billed.

http://www.sdlookup.com/MLS-090058506-1575_Whisper_Dr_Chula_Vista_CA_91915

This property is “back on the market” listed at $300K (short sale?) after a successful reassessment from $383K to $310K. It is 1491 sf and has a $107 mo. HOA Fee – “lot” size unk. Along with the heretofore mentioned 18 voter-passed school bonds, there is $53.02 of common fixed assessments.

The MR Bonds are NOT part of the tax rate but identified separately under the fixed assessments as CFD [description]. On this property, there are six Community Facilities Districts (CFD’s) totaling $3,115.46 annually.

Naturally, these owners have not pd. either installment for F/Y 09/10 and are not taking the HOEX (moved out?). What do you want to bet the bank is asking the next buyer to “cure the back taxes?” After falling out of escrow, it’s been on the market 235 days – LOL.

The total tax bill on this smallish nondescript cracker box on a tiny lot is $7,315.50, AFTER it was successfully appealed (or reassessed) to $310K! Total “effective tax rate” after MR is added on is 2.359% . . . and don’t forget to add the mo. HOA dues of $107.

So-o-o-o-o-o not worth it. For the life of me, I don’t know what the “draw” was for these thousands of owners that bought down there in recent years.

[bearishgurl]

[quote=svelte] . . . I don’t think anyone but you thought that all houses in the cities listed had property taxes exactly at those rates. Some homes have mello-roos in each of those cities. Some areas of those cities have assessed themselves a wee bit more for a new school.

But the base rates are as listed.[/quote]

svelte, I just checked a tax bill on a property in the “Windingwalk” community of Otay Ranch to determine how the Mello Roos Bonds are billed.

http://www.sdlookup.com/MLS-090058506-1575_Whisper_Dr_Chula_Vista_CA_91915

This property is “back on the market” listed at $300K (short sale?) after a successful reassessment from $383K to $310K. It is 1491 sf and has a $107 mo. HOA Fee – “lot” size unk. Along with the heretofore mentioned 18 voter-passed school bonds, there is $53.02 of common fixed assessments.

The MR Bonds are NOT part of the tax rate but identified separately under the fixed assessments as CFD [description]. On this property, there are six Community Facilities Districts (CFD’s) totaling $3,115.46 annually.

Naturally, these owners have not pd. either installment for F/Y 09/10 and are not taking the HOEX (moved out?). What do you want to bet the bank is asking the next buyer to “cure the back taxes?” After falling out of escrow, it’s been on the market 235 days – LOL.

The total tax bill on this smallish nondescript cracker box on a tiny lot is $7,315.50, AFTER it was successfully appealed (or reassessed) to $310K! Total “effective tax rate” after MR is added on is 2.359% . . . and don’t forget to add the mo. HOA dues of $107.

So-o-o-o-o-o not worth it. For the life of me, I don’t know what the “draw” was for these thousands of owners that bought down there in recent years.

[bearishgurl]

[quote=svelte] . . . I don’t think anyone but you thought that all houses in the cities listed had property taxes exactly at those rates. Some homes have mello-roos in each of those cities. Some areas of those cities have assessed themselves a wee bit more for a new school.

But the base rates are as listed.[/quote]

svelte, I just checked a tax bill on a property in the “Windingwalk” community of Otay Ranch to determine how the Mello Roos Bonds are billed.

http://www.sdlookup.com/MLS-090058506-1575_Whisper_Dr_Chula_Vista_CA_91915

This property is “back on the market” listed at $300K (short sale?) after a successful reassessment from $383K to $310K. It is 1491 sf and has a $107 mo. HOA Fee – “lot” size unk. Along with the heretofore mentioned 18 voter-passed school bonds, there is $53.02 of common fixed assessments.

The MR Bonds are NOT part of the tax rate but identified separately under the fixed assessments as CFD [description]. On this property, there are six Community Facilities Districts (CFD’s) totaling $3,115.46 annually.

Naturally, these owners have not pd. either installment for F/Y 09/10 and are not taking the HOEX (moved out?). What do you want to bet the bank is asking the next buyer to “cure the back taxes?” After falling out of escrow, it’s been on the market 235 days – LOL.

The total tax bill on this smallish nondescript cracker box on a tiny lot is $7,315.50, AFTER it was successfully appealed (or reassessed) to $310K! Total “effective tax rate” after MR is added on is 2.359% . . . and don’t forget to add the mo. HOA dues of $107.

So-o-o-o-o-o not worth it. For the life of me, I don’t know what the “draw” was for these thousands of owners that bought down there in recent years.

[bearishgurl]

[quote=briansd1]. . . I believe that the actual tax rates, inclusive of the fixed charges, have to do with how old the developments are rather than what city they’re located in.[/quote]

briansd1, some fixed charges are common thruout the county and some have *everything* to do with the jurisdiction of the property.

I checked the tax bill from the link you provided for the Solana Beach property. The bill is correct. The County DID figure it out at the 1.00430% base rate for SB. If the property closed 12/5/06 at an $843K selling price, the assessments are as follows:

F/Y 06/07 Supp. Bill for $7 for 5 days portion of prev. owner’s low prop. 13 bill (12/5 – 12/10)

F/Y 07/08 $843,000

F/Y 08/09 $859,859

F/Y 09/10 $877,055 (the bill shows this as the Net Taxable Value)

Subtract $7,000 for HOEX and you have an assessment of $870,055. Then add the voter-approved MWD D/S Remainder of SDCWA for the .00430% and that is $37.41, making the Total on Net Value $8,737.96.

briansd1, you are confusing the Fixed Charge Assessments as part of the 1.00430% tax rate. In SB, these charges include $143.62 in nine provided public services attached to that area and $559.28 in sewer fee (which comes to $46.60 per month). When you add these fixed chg. assessments to the Total on Net Value, the total tax for that property $9,440.86.

When the sewer fee is paid on the tax bill, the lighter water users subsidize the heavy water users because every homeowner pays the same fixed rate. In my jurisdiction (City of CV), the sewer bill is mailed bimonthly and is NOT on the tax bill. It is reset every July 1 to the property’s water usage in the last six winter months. However, I have lived in Bonita where the sewer chg. is on the tax bill and also the City of SD where the sewer charge is combined with the water bill.

Here is a sampling of the proprietary public svcs that your sample Solana Beach property owner pays for:

Coastal Rail Trail (maint. on Coaster rails??) $19.50

Vector Disease Control (for swamp areas – valuable svc) $5.92

CSA 17 Emergency Ambulance Svc. (it costs $$ to keep them on standby every day with no hospitals nearby) $26.12

CWA Water Availability $10.00

Fire Benefit Fee (for substation??) $50.00

MWD Water Standby Chg. (storage tank maint??) $11.50

CSA Radio Equip ZN H (prob. for emergency notification) $5.66

Hwy 101 Railroad Maint. $3.12

Solana Beach Ltg. Zn A $8.80

Mosquito Surveillance $3.00

Total fixed chgs. $143.62 + $559.28 sewer fee, making total tax bill $9,440.86

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A sample (uninc) Bonita property I just ran an 09/10 tax bill on is as follows:

Assessed value: $374,872 minus HOEX of 7,000 = Net Taxable Value of $367,872.

Base Rate for uninc. Bonita is 1.11959. This includes 18 different school construction bonds voted in since 2000.

8 CVESD Bonds totaling $92.20
4 SUHSD Bonds totaling $205.25
5 Southwestern CC Bonds totaling $126.59
MWD D/S Remainder of SDCWA $15.81

The .11959 = $439.85 making the Total on Net Value $4,118.57.

The fixed charge assessments are as follows:

MWD Water Standby Chg. (2 tanks) $11.50
Mosquito Surveillance $2.28
CWA Water Availability $10.00
Fire Suppression Assessment $41.20
Vector Disease Control $5.92
Sewer Svc. Charge $336.00
SD Co St. Ltg. Zone A $6.48

Total Fixed Chgs. $413.45, making total tax bill $4,532.02.

It appears here that Solana Beach voters shot down all bond issues before them in the last ten years, but there’s still no free lunch, anywhere.

[bearishgurl]

[quote=briansd1]. . . I believe that the actual tax rates, inclusive of the fixed charges, have to do with how old the developments are rather than what city they’re located in.[/quote]

briansd1, some fixed charges are common thruout the county and some have *everything* to do with the jurisdiction of the property.

I checked the tax bill from the link you provided for the Solana Beach property. The bill is correct. The County DID figure it out at the 1.00430% base rate for SB. If the property closed 12/5/06 at an $843K selling price, the assessments are as follows:

F/Y 06/07 Supp. Bill for $7 for 5 days portion of prev. owner’s low prop. 13 bill (12/5 – 12/10)

F/Y 07/08 $843,000

F/Y 08/09 $859,859

F/Y 09/10 $877,055 (the bill shows this as the Net Taxable Value)

Subtract $7,000 for HOEX and you have an assessment of $870,055. Then add the voter-approved MWD D/S Remainder of SDCWA for the .00430% and that is $37.41, making the Total on Net Value $8,737.96.

briansd1, you are confusing the Fixed Charge Assessments as part of the 1.00430% tax rate. In SB, these charges include $143.62 in nine provided public services attached to that area and $559.28 in sewer fee (which comes to $46.60 per month). When you add these fixed chg. assessments to the Total on Net Value, the total tax for that property $9,440.86.

When the sewer fee is paid on the tax bill, the lighter water users subsidize the heavy water users because every homeowner pays the same fixed rate. In my jurisdiction (City of CV), the sewer bill is mailed bimonthly and is NOT on the tax bill. It is reset every July 1 to the property’s water usage in the last six winter months. However, I have lived in Bonita where the sewer chg. is on the tax bill and also the City of SD where the sewer charge is combined with the water bill.

Here is a sampling of the proprietary public svcs that your sample Solana Beach property owner pays for:

Coastal Rail Trail (maint. on Coaster rails??) $19.50

Vector Disease Control (for swamp areas – valuable svc) $5.92

CSA 17 Emergency Ambulance Svc. (it costs $$ to keep them on standby every day with no hospitals nearby) $26.12

CWA Water Availability $10.00

Fire Benefit Fee (for substation??) $50.00

MWD Water Standby Chg. (storage tank maint??) $11.50

CSA Radio Equip ZN H (prob. for emergency notification) $5.66

Hwy 101 Railroad Maint. $3.12

Solana Beach Ltg. Zn A $8.80

Mosquito Surveillance $3.00

Total fixed chgs. $143.62 + $559.28 sewer fee, making total tax bill $9,440.86

************************************************
A sample (uninc) Bonita property I just ran an 09/10 tax bill on is as follows:

Assessed value: $374,872 minus HOEX of 7,000 = Net Taxable Value of $367,872.

Base Rate for uninc. Bonita is 1.11959. This includes 18 different school construction bonds voted in since 2000.

8 CVESD Bonds totaling $92.20
4 SUHSD Bonds totaling $205.25
5 Southwestern CC Bonds totaling $126.59
MWD D/S Remainder of SDCWA $15.81

The .11959 = $439.85 making the Total on Net Value $4,118.57.

The fixed charge assessments are as follows:

MWD Water Standby Chg. (2 tanks) $11.50
Mosquito Surveillance $2.28
CWA Water Availability $10.00
Fire Suppression Assessment $41.20
Vector Disease Control $5.92
Sewer Svc. Charge $336.00
SD Co St. Ltg. Zone A $6.48

Total Fixed Chgs. $413.45, making total tax bill $4,532.02.

It appears here that Solana Beach voters shot down all bond issues before them in the last ten years, but there’s still no free lunch, anywhere.

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