Ballot Designation
Property Assessment Specialist
Candidate's Political Party
Democrat
1) Root out waste, mismanagement, and misappropriation of public funds. I work for the Office, I’ve seen it first hand. I know what the problems are and I know how to fix them. We are losing millions of dollars, year over year, because the Assessor is unwilling to follow the law.
2) Treat all taxpayers the same: with respect, compassion, and honesty. It’s incredible how connected and influential property owners get special treatment aka tax breaks. It’s gross and not fair. I am not in this for myself. I am not looking to boost my profile. I am wholly concerned with doing the right thing by all taxpayers.
3) Improve the lives of employees. For example, I will institute full-time telework. The Office currently refuses to allow its employees full-time telework. This refusal not only lowers morale, increases needless stress, wastes taxpayer money, and it disproportionately impacts women in the workplace. Working from home will increase family time, more family time means a better community. Additionally, telework allows women to do both, be a professional in the workplace and become a mother. Women shouldn’t have to choose between work and motherhood. Additionally, telework will reduce sexual harassment against women or other forms of discrimination: the Assessor’s Office is very much a ‘boys club’, very patriarchal, women are not treated with respect or appreciation. I was raised by a single mother, I’ve seen how hard the work place can be on women. I also have three daughters, I want them to enter a work force that will support them and lift them, not expose them to unfair career choices, harassment, or discrimination. If I can lead an organization such as the Assessor’s Office, I can implement my vision for a fair and equitable workplace that will hopefully spill over into other Office in the County and in the Private sector.
I am a licensed California Attorney. I have been working for the Assessor’s Office for 14 years. I am an expert on Proposition 13. I am an expert on the Los Angeles County Assessment Appeals process. During my time in the Office, I worked almost exclusively with Proposition 13’s change in ownership provisions (probably the most important aspect of our property tax system) and conducted dozens and dozens of hearing before the Assessment Appeals Board as an advocate for the Assessor. I am also successfully sued Assessor Prang for whistleblower retaliation. I won after a multi-week jury trial. I am the only candidate on the ballot wholly concerned with ethics and conscientious behavior.
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