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Governor signs $10 million
Williamson Act bill
Siskiyou Daily News
October 21, 2010
California — In a move rallied by Siskiyou
County’s supervisors and agricultural landowners across the
state, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger Wednesday signed a budget
“trailer” bill that will add $10 million to the state’s
Williamson Act fund.
Counties in California had long been reimbursed for tax revenue
foregone by participation in the Williamson Act, which allows
landowners to be taxed on what they produce rather than on the
total acreage of land they own, as long as they keep their land
preserved from development.
Recent fiscal years saw the statewide budget for the Williamson
Act reimbursements virtually disappear, leading a number of
counties to consider dropping the program altogether, which
would return landowners’ tax rates to a total acreage basis over
a 10-year period.
In 2007, according to the California Department of Conservation
website, Siskiyou County had 410,992 acres of prime and
non-prime lands under Williamson Act contracts.
Out of the $10 million, based on previous divisions of the state
funds, county staff have estimated that Siskiyou County’s
general fund will receive $200,000.
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