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"despite skipping taxes" From another article: > For at least 17 years, the city's Office of the Treasurer and Tax Collector mailed tax forms to the address of
by halflings 9y ago
"despite skipping taxes"
From another article:
> For at least 17 years, the city's Office of the Treasurer and Tax Collector mailed tax forms to the address of a now deceased bookkeeper, who worked for the homeowners' association before retiring in the 1980s. Over the years, the $14 annual property tax went unpaid by the people who live on Presidio Terrace. (San Francisco taxes the private street as a separate parcel from the homes on it.) The bill racked up hundreds more dollars in penalties and interest.
Presidio Terrace, along with 1,400 other parcels (mostly vacant lots), hit the auction block in 2015. The tax collector's office sent advanced notice to the same outdated address, which was later returned to sender and marked as undeliverable, according to José Cisneros, treasurer of the city and county of San Francisco. Still, the sale went on.
So, this is mostly sensationalist coverage.
- pwinnski 9y agoProperties that don't abut wealthy people's properties are auctioned off for unpaid taxes all the time, and they're never given back after the intervention of a U.S. Senator.
- jimbob21 9y agoI mean I'd argue they probably would be given back if a U.S. Senator argued for them, but that doesn't happen.
- l4yao 9y agoThose 1400 other parcels did not have their sale overturned if/when protested. This parcel did, potentially because of Sen. Feinstein's involvement or affluence of the residents