Assessment Appeals Board 1 Meeting (Closed Session)

Under the California Constitution and applicable statutes, hearings of the Assessment Appeals Board are judicial proceedings. The decisions of Assessment Appeals Boards must be based exclusively on properly admitted evidence. Assessment Appeals Boards may not base any factual determinations necessary for their decisions on anything other than the aforementioned evidence. Information presented through public comment, unless properly admitted into evidence in compliance with the Revenue and Taxation code and the Property Tax Rules of the State Board of Equalization, is not evidence upon which Assessment Appeals Boards may base findings.

The Assessment Appeals Board Agenda packet and documents are available for review in Room 405 at City Hall. Each item on the Agenda may include the following documents: (1) An Application for Changed Assessment (2) Comparable Sale Information (3) Department or Agency Correspondence (4) Public Correspondence.

Public comment will be taken for items on the agenda, as well as items not on the agenda but under the jurisdiction of the Board. Each person wishing to speak on an item before the Board shall be permitted to be heard once for up to three minutes.

Government's duty is to serve the public, reaching its decision in full view of the public. Commissions, boards, councils and other agencies of the City and County exist to conduct the people's business. This ordinance assures that deliberations are conducted before the people and the City operations are open to the people's review.
For more information on your rights under the Sunshine Ordinance (San Francisco Administrative Code, Chapter 67) or to report a violation of the ordinance, contact by mail Sunshine Ordinance Task Force, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, Room 244, San Francisco, CA 94102-4689; by phone at 415.554.7724, by fax at 415.554.5163, or by e-mail at sotf@sfgov.org.
Citizens may obtain a free copy of the Sunshine Ordinance by printing the San Francisco Administrative Code, Chapter 67 on the Internet, at http://www.sfgov.org/sunshine/.

Individuals and entities that influence or attempt to influence local legislative or administrative action may be required by the San Francisco Lobbyist Ordinance [SF Campaign & Governmental Conduct Code § 2.100] to register and report lobbying activity. For more information about the Lobbyist Ordinance, please contact the San Francisco Ethics Commission at 25 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 220, San Francisco, CA 94102; telephone (415) 252-3100; fax (415) 252- 3112; Web Site www.sfgov.org/ethics.

Under Campaign and Governmental Conduct Code, Section 1.127, no person or entity with a financial interest in a land use matter pending before the Board of Appeals, Board of Supervisors, Building Inspection Commission, Commission on Community Investment and Infrastructure, Historic Preservation Commission, Planning Commission, Port Commission, or the Treasure Island Development Authority Board of Directors, may make a campaign contribution to a member of the Board of Supervisors, the Mayor, the City Attorney, or a candidate for any of those offices, from the date the land use matter commenced until 12 months after the board or commission has made a final decision, or any appeal to another City agency from that decision has been resolved. For more information about this restriction, visit sfethics.org.

Assessment appeal hearings are usually held in Room 406 at City Hall, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, in San Francisco. City Hall is accessible to persons using wheelchairs and other assistive mobility devices. Ramps are available at the Grove, Van Ness and McAllister. Assistive listening devices are available upon request at the Clerk of the Board's Office, Room 244.

To request sign language interpreters, readers, large print agendas or other accommodations, please contact (415) 554- 5184 or (415) 554-5227 (TTY). Requests made at least 48 hours in advance of the meeting will help to ensure availability.

The ringing of and use of cell phones, pagers and similar sound-producing electronic devices are prohibited at this meeting. Please be advised that the Chair may order the removal from the meeting room of any person(s) responsible for the ringing or use of a cell phone, pager, or other similar sound-producing electronic devices. (Chapter 67A of the San Francisco Administrative Code).

Language services are available in Spanish, Chinese and Filipino for requests made at least two (2) business days in advance of the meeting, to help ensure availability. For more information or to request services, contact bos@sfgov.org or call (415) 554-5184.

傳譯服務: 所有常規及特別市參事會會議和常務委員會會議將提供西班牙文, 中文以及菲律賓文的傳譯服 務, 但必須在會議前最少兩 (2) 個工作日作出請求, 以確保能獲取到傳譯服務. 將因應請求提供交替傳 譯服務, 以便公眾向有關政府機構發表意見. 如需更多資訊或請求有關服務, 請發電郵至 bos@sfgov.org 或致電 (415) 554-5184 聯絡我們.

INTÉRPRETES DE IDIOMAS: Para asegurar la disponibilidad de los servicios de interpretación en chino, filipino y español, presente su petición por lo menos con dos (2) días hábiles de antelación previo a la reunión. Para más información o para solicitar los servicios, envíe su mensaje a bos@sfgov.org o llame al (415) 554-5184.

TAGA SALIN-WIKA: Ipaabot sa amin ang mga kahilingan sa pag salin-wika sa Kastila, Tsino at Pilipino ng hindi bababa sa dalawang araw bago ang pulong. Makakatulong ito upang tiyakin na ang mga serbisyo ay nakalaan at nakahanda. Para sa dagdag kaalaman o para humiling ng serbisyo, maki pagugnayan po sa bos@sfgov.org o tumawag sa (415) 554-5184.

To ensure all applicants are afforded due process and given opportunity for a timely and meaningful hearing, the Assessment Appeals Board will continue to conduct virtual hearings. Applicants and Members of the public are encouraged to participate remotely. Please see below for each hearing’s participation/call-in information.

Members of the Assessment Appeals Board will be attending hearings remotely through videoconferencing (and by telephone if the infrastructure fails).

DIAL the Toll-Free Number listed for the meeting.

Enter the Access Code then press ‘#’.

Once you have joined the meeting, the meeting organizer will admit you from the lobby.

Place yourself on mute and wait for Public Comment to be announced (by Item # or for General Public Comment)

When the Clerk calls Public Comment, WAIT for your turn to speak.

The Clerk will identify you by the last 4-digits of your phone number-THIS IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT.

You will have the standard 2 minutes to provide your comments.

Once your 2 minutes have ended, we will move onto the next individual providing Public Comment.

Interpretation services are available for Assessment Appeals Board hearings. If you require interpretation services for a hearing, please contact the Assessment Appeals Board, email aab@sfgov.org, or call (415) 554-6778 at least 48 hours in advance of the meeting.

BEST PRACTICES

Call from a Quiet location

Speak slowly and clearly

Turn down any televisions or radios around you