Santa Clara County Assessor Lawrence Stone announced that his right-hand-man, David Ginsborg, will retire on July 1 after 24 years, just as Stone gears up for a contested reelection campaign.

Santa Clara County Assessor Larry Stone’s affinity for antiquated colloquialisms has turned into a hog-wild debacle.

Businesses must file property statement filings, due April 1, and no later than May 7, to avoid a late penalty.

The measure coming up on the Nov. 3 ballot is the closest anyone’s gotten to touching the “third rail” of California politics.

The roll shows that the net assessed value of all property in the county grew by $35.5 billion to a total of $551.5 billion from the year prior.

For a scheme with such potentially devastating consequences on schools and local governments, it’s garnered surprisingly little attention.

We get a little more time to pay federal and state taxes, but the due date for local property taxes is what it is. And it’s still April 10.