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Live primary election results tonight: LA County assessor
What’s at stake in this race
If you own real estate in Los Angeles County, this race is all about your property tax bill.
The current assessor, Jeffrey Prang, is facing four challengers. The assessor’s job is massive in scale. The 1,400-employee office places a value on all the homes, commercial buildings and other properties in the nation’s most populous county.
Last year, the Assessor’s Office reported that L.A. County was home to a total of nearly 2.4 million parcels of property, collectively valued at about $2.18 trillion.
What it takes to win
Any candidate who gets more than 50% of the vote in the June primary will win office outright. If none reaches that threshold, the top two vote-getters will advance to the November ballot.
Why this race matters
Counties in California depend on property taxes for nearly one-fifth of their total revenue. That money gets put toward schools, police, healthcare, parks and other programs.
Even though they are bound by strict rules and pre-existing policies, assessors retain enormous power. In past scandals, L.A. County assessors have been accused of lowering tax assessments for politically connected property owners. Former L.A. County Assessor John Noguez was accused in 2012 of accepting bribes leading to lower tax assessments. The long-running case remains ongoing and could go to trial soon.
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On the agenda next term
One big question facing the Assessor’s Office in the near future is how to value all the properties rebuilt following the Palisades and Eaton fires, which destroyed more than 16,000 structures.
The Assessor’s Office has said that rebuilt homes will retain their former tax base but with some caveats. The rebuilt property must be “substantially equivalent” to the lost home, and the Assessor’s Office has said: If a property owner uses the rebuilding process as an opportunity to build beyond the substantial equivalent of the original property, those additions will be assessed at market value and will be added to the reinstated original tax base.
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Guide to the L.A. County assessor’s race (LAist)
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About the vote count
For LAist's charts showing vote counts, we get numbers directly from the L.A. County and Orange County registrars of voters for local races. Totals are updated on our site as soon as possible after the registrars provide new tallies. For statewide races, counts come from the California Secretary of State's Office.
Keep in mind that, in tight races particularly, the winner may not be determined for days or weeks after election day. That's because early voting and mail-in ballots have fundamentally reshaped how votes are counted and when election results are known. In L.A. County, for example, updates on the counting are expected to continue through June 26. After the polls close on election night, expect updates every 15 minutes or so through the early morning hours Wednesday. After that, expect updated counts around 5 p.m. on the following days: June 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 16, 18, 24 and 26. Final results must be certified by July 10.
Our priority during the vote count will be sharing outcomes and election calls only when they have been thoroughly checked and vetted by journalists. To that end, we will report when candidates concede and otherwise rely on NPR and the Associated Press for race calls (before official results). We will not report the calls or projections of other news outlets. You can find more about NPR's and the AP's process for counting votes and calling races here, here and here.
Tracking your ballot
You can track the status of your ballot through California's BallotTrax website.
If your mail-in ballot has any problems (like a missing or mismatched signature), your county registrar must contact you to give you a chance to fix it.
Official results
The California Secretary of State's Office is required to certify the final vote tallies by July 10, marking the official end of the 2026 primary election.
LAist's Voter Game Plan will be back in the fall to help you prepare for the Nov. 3 general election.
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