League of Women Voters of California Education Fund
Los Angeles County, CA June 8, 2010 Election
	John "Lower Taxes" Loew Answers Questions Candidate for Assessor; County of Los Angeles

The questions were prepared by the League of Women Voters of Los Angeles County and asked of all candidates for this office.
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Questions & Answers

1. Please provide a brief list of your qualifications in bullet format, using an asterisk (*) to represent a bullet. (No more than 25 words for this section.)

*Over twenty years as a Deputy Assessor, appraising all types of real estate

2. What qualities, skills, and experiences make you well-qualified to be an effective Assessor in L A. County? (no more than 125 words total for questions 2 and 3)

I am the first and so far only candidate for Assessor pledging to reduce my salary ten percent and forego a county owned vehicle. Leadership by example starts at the top. I am aware of the many layoffs in our community and am willing to sacrifice as well, by taking a pay cut and lessening the burden of taxpayers in a small but symbolic way.

3. What strategies will you employ to mitigate the effects of foreclosures and the depressed real estate market, so that property may be reassessed in a timely fashion and tax revenues may be maintained? No more than 125 words total for questions 2 and 3)

The function of the Assesor is NOT to generate or maintain tax revenue! The Assessor is required by statute to identify and value all legally assessable property only! The only way the Assessor can decrease the effects of foreclosure and the depressed real estate market is to rapidly process value declines at values that reflect the reality of the market.

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Responses to questions asked of each candidate are reproduced as submitted to the League.  Until 5:00 p.m. on April 5, 2010, candidates for Assessor must limit their answers to 150 words total for all questions so that a paper Voters Guide may be published. After 5:00 p.m. on April 5, 2010, word limits will no longer apply.

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