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Orange County · Board of Equalization & Review
Thursday, January 29, 2026

Regular meeting Tax rate and revaluation

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What's on this agenda

Orange County's board of equalization and review heard eighteen property value appeals on January 29, one of its longest sittings of the season. The assessments ranged from $173,100 to $103.3 million, so a single docket covered both a modest house and a major commercial holding.

This was among the board's first meetings of the 2026 appeal year, which it had formally opened the previous spring.

Summarized from the published agenda. Read the agenda itself before acting on it.

Meeting recap

What happened, drawn from the records published after the meeting. Minutes

Eight assessments came down, eight held and two went up. That split, with more than half either unchanged or increased, held across the board's winter dockets: the February 11 commercial sitting produced six reductions, seven no-changes and two increases out of fifteen.

The pattern is worth noting for anyone weighing an appeal here. Bringing one to this board does not reliably reduce a value, and in a small number of cases the county's review has come back with a higher figure than the one being appealed.

How the votes went

Eighteen appeals decided: eight assessments reduced, eight held unchanged, two increased.

From the published minutes.

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Agenda items (1)

Other · 1
  1. 1 Hearing of Appeals
    Other Tax rate and revaluation
    Eighteen property value appeals, with assessments running from $173,100 to $103.3 million. Eight values were reduced, eight held and two increased.
    Eight reduced, eight unchanged, two increased

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