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Which Way, L.A.?

California's New Way of Not Doing Business

Property values are going down all over California. In Silicon Valley, where high-tech billionaires live, they've dropped for the first time since the Great Depression. Tax assessors are lowering rates, and that means the state and the counties will be getting less money.

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By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

Property values are going down all over California. In Silicon Valley, where high-tech billionaires live, they've dropped for the first time since the Great Depression. Tax assessors are lowering rates, and that means the state and the counties will be getting less money.

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    Warren Olney

    former KCRW broadcaster

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    Christian Bordal

    Managing Producer, Greater LA

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    Producer

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    David Cay Johnston

    Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter and author, Daily Beast, Investipedia, DC Report

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    national political reporter, New York Times

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    St John's Well Child and Family Center

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