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Orange County · Board of Equalization & Review
Wednesday, November 19, 2025

Regular meeting Housing and affordabilityTax rate and revaluation

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What's on this agenda

The Orange County Board of Equalization and Review hears appeals from 16 property owners contesting their 2025 real estate assessments, plus a business asking to reduce penalties from a personal-property tax discovery. It also acts on an eight-parcel consent agenda of value corrections and exemption requests.

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Meeting recap

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

The board reduced ten of the sixteen contested assessments, left five unchanged and raised one by $100. County site visits and sales analyses drove most of the changes, adjusting grade, condition or land factors. Combined, the sixteen properties' assessed value fell from about $9.9 million to about $9.42 million, a drop of roughly $479,000, with individual reductions ranging from $1,400 to $110,900. The board cut a parcel near Mafolie Court for a power-line easement and Interstate 40 noise. It left a Macrae Court home and a Dove Street property near a flood plain at the county's value.

The board also granted a $230.18 penalty compromise to a veterinary business over unlisted equipment. It revised five individually owned parcels on the consent agenda and granted or reduced property-tax exemptions for three companies: ECP CH West End LLC, FBRT 86 North Owner LLC and West Village Acquisition LLC.

How the votes went

All board actions, including the consent-agenda rescission, the 17 individually heard appeals, and the eight-parcel consent agenda, passed unanimously among the three-member panel of Barbara Levine, Saru Salvi and Richal Vanhook, with no votes recorded against.

From the published minutes.

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Agenda items (1)

Other · 1
  1. II Appeals Hearings
    Other Housing and affordabilityTax rate and revaluation
    The board heard appeals from 16 property owners contesting their 2025 assessments, plus a business asking to reduce personal-property tax penalties. Owners or their representatives appeared in person for five of the sixteen valuation appeals; the business appeared remotely, and the rest were decided on written submissions alone. Site visits and sales analyses led the board to reduce ten assessments, leave five unchanged and raise one by $100, moving the sixteen properties' combined value from about $9.9 million to about $9.42 million. The board also revised five individually owned parcels and three companies' exemptions on an eight-parcel consent agenda.
    Ten reduced, four unchanged, one increased

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