1 BEFORE THE CALIFORNIA STATE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION 2 505 VAN NESS AVENUE, AUDITORIUM 3 SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 4 5 6 7 8 REPORTER'S TRANSCRIPT 9 SEPTEMBER 10, 2013 10 11 12 13 14 ITEM P 15 OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS 16 ITEM P4 17 PROPERTY AND SPECIAL TAXES DEPUTY DIRECTOR'S REPORT 18 1. FIRE PREVENTION FEE PROGRAM UPDATE 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 REPORTED BY: Kathleen Skidgel 28 CSR NO. 9039 1 1 P R E S E N T 2 3 For the Board Jerome E. Horton of Equalization: Chairman 4 5 Michelle Steel Vice-Chairwoman 6 7 Betty T. Yee Member 8 9 George Runner Member 10 11 Marcy Jo Mandel Appearing for John 12 Chiang, State Controller (per Government Code 13 Section 7.9) 14 Joann Richmond 15 Chief, Board Proceedings Division 16 17 For the Board of Equalization Staff: David Gau 18 Deputy Director Property and Special 19 Taxes Division 20 21 ---oOo--- 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 2 1 505 VAN NESS AVENUE, AUDITORIUM 2 SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 3 SEPTEMBER 10, 2013 4 ---oOo--- 5 MR. HORTON: Ms. Richmond. 6 MS. RICHMOND: Our next item is P4, 7 Property and Special Taxes Deputy Director's Report; 8 P4.1, Fire Prevention Fee Program Update. 9 MR. GAU: Good evening Chairman, Members. 10 David Gau, Deputy Director of the Property and 11 Special Taxes Department. 12 Quick update on the Fire Prevention Fee 13 Program statistics for the '12/'13 billing cycle. 14 As of last Friday, September 6th, we were completing 15 the mailings of fire fee billings to feepayers that 16 were identified by CalFire located in Placer County. 17 We have mailed about 354,000 billings as of 18 last week, and that's about 50,000 -- excuse me, 50 19 percent of the total billings. We've received 20 revenue in the amount of 15.4 million related to 21 this period and have received about 4100 appeals so 22 far related to the same period. We should complete 23 the billings around November 1st. 24 MR. HORTON: Thank you very much. We will 25 receive and file. We appreciate your 26 presentation. 27 ---oOo--- 28 3 1 REPORTER'S CERTIFICATE 2 3 State of California ) 4 ) ss 5 County of Sacramento ) 6 7 I, KATHLEEN SKIDGEL, Hearing Reporter for 8 the California State Board of Equalization certify 9 that on September 10, 2013 I recorded verbatim, in 10 shorthand, to the best of my ability, the 11 proceedings in the above-entitled hearing; that I 12 transcribed the shorthand writing into typewriting; 13 and that the preceding pages 1 through 3 constitute 14 a complete and accurate transcription of the 15 shorthand writing. 16 17 Dated: October 11, 2013 18 19 20 ____________________________ 21 KATHLEEN SKIDGEL, CSR #9039 22 Hearing Reporter 23 24 25 26 27 28 4