Neysa Fligor*
Running for:
Santa Clara County Assessor
Campaign Website:
1) Do you believe the Assessor's office can play a role in building a culture of historic and environmental preservation in Santa Clara County? If so, what initiatives will you support or champion?
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2) How do you think historic preservation and open space/agricultural land conservation can help create and sustain a vibrant and culturally diverse future for Santa Clara County? Is there a particular project or effort you have undertaken--either professionally or personally-- that best highlights the community benefits you see from preservation of historic sites and cultural landscapes? ​
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3) What steps will you take to ensure Mills Act historic properties are assessed consistently and fairly, and are communicated to the public? Can you commit to working with Mills Act property owners to improve consistent communications on county-wide guidelines and assessment calculations?
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4) How will you support the Williamson Land Conservation Act, valuation based on income capability rather than market value, giving tax relief to property owners who agree to restrict their land to agricultural and compatible open space uses?
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5) Are there other tools you are aware of to help landowners of heritage cultural landscapes (including farms/orchards, open space, ranches, and environmentally sensitive grounds and resources) with their conservation, to allow these heritage lands to be utilized and recognized in line with their historic and cultural significance to Santa Clara County?
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6) Santa Clara County has yet to receive final approval for its State-mandated Housing Element, and is therefore currently subject to the “Builder’s Remedy” law requiring streamlined approval of otherwise non-conforming residential development projects in unincorporated areas of the County. How would you help ensure that citizens continue to have a voice in developments that might threaten the character and livability of their neighborhoods, particularly if there are historic resources at risk?​
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7) The County has long acknowledged that our Heritage Resource Inventory-- a county-wide survey of historic sites intended to proactively guide development decisions–is incomplete, as it now only covers unincorporated regions, and is out-of-date. Although as Assessor you would not be directly responsible, do you support increased County funding and county-wide integration to ensure that the SCC HRI is up-to-date, and ties together with City HRI databases to use as an effective planning and assessment tool?
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