Los Angeles County’s assessment roll reached a record $2.272 trillion in total net value, an increase of $96 billion (4.42 percent) over the previous year, Assessor Jeff Prang announced July 14.
The increase in California’s most populous county exceeded the assessor’s May forecast of 3.9 percent and extended Los Angeles County’s streak of annual assessment roll growth to 16 consecutive years.
The Assessor’s Office said the roll will generate more than $27 billion in property tax revenue for local government and schools.
Changes in ownership accounted for the largest share of growth, adding $49 billion in assessed value, while the Proposition 13 annual inflation adjustment (the maximum 2 percent this year) added approximately $43 billion, and new construction added more than $12 billion.
All of the counties that have released their 2026-27 assessment roll figures so far this year have reported growth in their property tax base, with average growth of 4.24 percent.
In Orange County, Assessor Claude Parrish reported a 4.65 percent increase in the roll, which reached a total value of $889.6 billion. “Value changes reflect the Orange County real estate market, where sales remain slow despite high prices,” the assessor stated. “New residential and commercial construction continues throughout the county, and office property values appear to have stabilized following post-pandemic declines.”
In San Diego County, Assessor Jordan Marks certified the gross assessed value roll at a record $845 billion, an increase of $39 billion (4.86 percent) from the prior year. The assessor said the roll will generate approximately $8.1 billion in property tax revenue for local government – an increase of more than $366 million from last year. The office also reported record property tax savings of $346 million for homeowners, disabled veterans, seniors, nonprofits, affordable housing, homeless service providers, and other qualifying taxpayers. Proposition 13 protections limited the assessed value increase to 2 percent for approximately 93 percent of San Diego County properties (950,652 properties), but the inflation factor added a record $14.9 billion to the 2026-27 assessment roll.
In Santa Cruz County, Assessor Sheri Thomas announced July 15 that the roll reached a record $67.75 billion, a 4.66 percent increase over last year. The assessor said the growth ranged from 3.37 percent in Scotts Valley to 5.86 percent in Santa Cruz, and was driven primarily by changes in property ownership and new construction. T
Increases reported previously, in alphabetical order by county: Contra Costa County, 3.48 percent; Marin County, 3.62 percent; Nevada County, 4.17 percent; Sacramento County, 4.93 percent; San Bernardino County, 4.4 percent; San Mateo County, 4.85 percent; Santa Clara County, 4.74 percent; Solano County, 3.38 percent; Sonoma County, 3.73 percent; Tulare County, 4.02 percent; Ventura County, 3.95 percent; and Yolo County, 3.98 percent.