"Fligor, a former attorney for Santa Clara County, has represented the assessor's office in contentious appeals over property values. Last year, after nine years in the private sector as a senior attorney for HP, she went to work for Stone serving as special assistant to the assessor and, since he retired, assistant assessor. Currently second in command, Fligor is responsible for the 250-person office's day-to-day operations. including its annual assessment roll process and the office's multi-million-dollar replacement of its 40-year-old software system."
"Determining the values of properties isn't about politics. Instead, this job requires pure adherence to the strict calculus of property assessment and the letter of state laws, including Proposition 13, California's 1978 voter-approved tax-cutting initiative. Moreover, Santa Clara County is not your typical county. It is home not only to the most valuable companies on the planet but also its most technologically sophisticated."
Larry Stone retired after 30 years as Santa Clara County assessor, triggering a Nov. 4 special election. Neysa Fligor is the most qualified of four candidates to lead the office that sets tax values for hundreds of thousands of properties. Fligor served as a county attorney, spent nine years as a senior attorney at HP, then became special assistant and now assistant assessor. She manages day-to-day operations of the 250-person office, the annual assessment roll and a multi-million-dollar software replacement, and serves as vice mayor of Los Altos. Her performance earned endorsements from Stone and local unions. The assessor's role requires strict adherence to state laws, including Proposition 13. Santa Clara County houses major technology companies, and $142 billion of assessed value is in dispute.
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