“All of us are at a breaking point,” said Bexar County Commissioner Tommy Calvert,...
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Michael Amezquita, chief appraiser for the Bexar County Appraisal District, said this year’s average increase of 23.2 percent in home values is the highest he’s seen in his 18 years in the job. “Until the target is right on the lieutenant governor and governor and the Legislature, you’re going to have these appraisals continue,” Calvert said. “From a county perspective, the policy that we have to pass in our intergovernmental affairs is in the Legislature. That’s where the pain is created. Until we get that story out, we’re never going to solve the problem. And it’s a big problem.”
North Side Councilman John Courage, representing District 9, said the city’s homestead exemption should be increased to 20 percent — the maximum allowed by state law. He’d also like to see a flat $100,000 exemption for people with disabilities. That exemption currently shaves $12,500 off the value of a home, for purposes of the city property tax.
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