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What’s at stake in this race
The Board of Equalization was created to standardize property tax assessments across the state. Today, it has a five-person board consisting of four elected members representing geographic districts and the state controller. It advises county assessors, sets the taxable value of property owned by utilities and railroads and hears some taxpayer appeals. Lawmakers stripped the agency of broader authority in 2017.
District 4, which covers Orange, Riverside, San Diego and Imperial counties, had a crowded primary. Two Orange County lawmakers, Denis Bilodeau, a Republican, and Tom Umberg, a Democrat, emerged in the top two slots to make the November ballot.
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State of California
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The candidates
Denis Bilodeau
Party: Republican
Taxpayer Association president, Orange city council member
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Tom Umberg
Party: Democratic
State senator
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