League of Women Voters of California Education Fund
Los Angeles County, CA June 8, 2010 Election
	Yolanda T. Salazar 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.)

• Deputy Assessor - 20 years * University of Southern California (USC) Graduate 1989 * BS, Business Administration, Finance* Taxbill Unraveller * State Certified Appraiser * International Association of Assessing Officers (IAAO) - Los Angeles County Chapter, President 2010*

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)

• Deputy Assessor - 20 years * USC Graduate (1989) * BS,Business Administration, Finance*

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)

Institute a new dynamic in HOW WE WORK (Thomas Edison's - THERE I$ ALWAY$ A BETTER WAY TO DO IT....FIND IT!) This Post 2007 Housing Bubble Proposition 8 Cycle (3rd year and counting) may last longer than the last Prop 8 Cycle (mid - 1990s lasted seven years). The Assessor's Business Model is rooted in the 1950s (Pyramidical/ Topdown). We 'caught up' with Information & Technology upgrades, and centralized our plants to four acessible 'Big Box' sites in 2002. However, we did not follow up those achievements with "How We Work" Enhancements. The Assessor is the Keeper of the Public$ Pur$e and should follow the lead of our greatest inventor, Thomas Edison.

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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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