"County assessors in California have one job: assess the value of taxable property. They don't set tax rates. They don't collect property taxes. Their job is to apply state law to their appraisals of real and business properties. And in Santa Clara County, the job leading the 250 people in the Assessor's Office is especially complex. It's not just the most-populous county in northern California, it's also home to the world's largest, most sophisticated companies, like Apple, Nvidia, Alphabet and Adobe,"
"We asked the two remaining candidates to articulate why they deserve your vote. Here are their commentaries: Neysa Fligor: Ensuring the Assessor's Office keeps working for taxpayers and residents. Rishi Kumar: The Assessor's Office needs an outsider as leader a changemaker. The Mercury News editorial board endorsed Fligor. Here is our recommendation: Fligor is ready to be Santa Clara County assessor. Her opponent is not. For official voting information about the Dec. 30 runoff, visit the Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters website here."
None of the four candidates received a majority in the November special election, so the race proceeds to a Dec. 30 runoff between Neysa Fligor and Rishi Kumar. Fligor is an assistant assessor and former corporate and county lawyer based in Los Altos. Kumar is a Saratoga-based mechanical engineer and tech executive. The county assessor's role is to assess taxable property values and apply state law; assessors do not set tax rates or collect taxes. Santa Clara County includes about 500,000 taxable properties with an assessed value near $750 billion and requires complex valuation of major technology companies. Fligor emphasizes continuity in service for taxpayers while Kumar promotes outsider-led change.
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