The Los Angeles County Assessor is the assessor and officer of the government of Los Angeles County responsible for discovering all taxable property in Los Angeles County, except for state-assessed property, to inventory and list all the taxable property, to value the property, and to enroll the property on the local assessment roll.
[2] In 2021, there were 2.6 million assessed properties for a total Los Angeles County property assessment value of US$1.8 trillion.
[4][5] The most recent assessors have been John Noguez, Robert Quon, who served for the last year of Rick Auerbach's term, and Kenneth P. Hahn.
[2] It is then the responsibility of the Los Angeles County Treasurer and Tax Collector to bill and collect these taxes, and the responsibility of the Los Angeles County Auditor-Controller to allocate the taxes to the appropriate taxing jurisdictions such as the County, cities, schools and special districts within the County.
[6] The Assessor sells the following cadastral electronic documents and databases pursuant to Article 1 of the Constitution (the "Sunshine Amendment") and the California Public Records Act:[7] In mid-2012, Noguez took a leave of absence because of an investigation concerning influence peddling at his office,[8] and on October 17, 2012, he was arrested and charged with 24 felonies relating to corruption.