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Real Estate/Development

Oct. 28, 2003

'2 Percent' Decision May Worsen State Deficit

BY ROBERT C. BARNES Just when Californians thought that the state's fiscal health couldn't get any worse, a case working its way through the appellate system - County of Orange v. Bezaire - could wreak further havoc on the deficit-ridden state budget.

BY ROBERT C. BARNES

Just when Californians thought that the state's fiscal health couldn't get any worse, a case working its way through the appellate system - County of Orange v. Bezaire - could wreak further havoc on the deficit-ridden state budget.

People call Bezaire the "2 percent" case because it deals with the 2 percent annual limit on increases in the assessed value of real property mandated by Proposition 13.

Nearly everyone knows...

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