you and i as the homeowner.ou buy into an hoa community, ask that they provide you with the last 12 months of meeting minutes. if at all possible, try to attend an hoa meeting before you purchase. and talk to some of the neighbors. get an idea. how is the board? are they cooperative? are they trying to help homeowners? or is there a lot of politics involved? we all know that can happen. don't just look at the maintenance fees or the monthly dues before deciding to sign on. look at things like what is the condition of the community you're buying into? have they been skimping on maintenance and not making capital improvements? those things are not likely to suddenly get better. ask for a copy of the insurance declaration page. this will drive them crazy. look at what the hoa's paying for. look at the cc&rs. what do they say? ask your own insurance agent for their opinion on what the hoa's responsible for and what you're responsible for. buying a property in an hoa, add into your offer that the owner warrants that

fo for the homeowners and the h.o.a., they fully accept responsibility for not updating the homeowner's address. this board, and me in particular, i owe a share of the blame as we approved the sale back in 2015, but to remind everyone what we did approve and we as the board of supervisors get these committee packets and i made photocopies of everything that we do approve, over 20 pages of single spaced lines that don't even identify the street address or supervisorial district. block and lot to me, until today didn't mean much. i couldn't tell you the block and lot that i live on, but i think it's something, certainly in 2015, that i relied upon, that these issues were being adjudicated, the numbers that were on here, because they didn't say hey, mark, supervisor farrell, this is one that's in your district, this is a little bit different. you should take a look at it. i thought they were all taken care of and handled appropriately, and i don't think that was the case. in terms of our treasurer's and tax collectors office, first of all, i need to say, i am in the beginning -- and he nee

the homeowners association wants you to put mr. cisneros to that onerous task of doing more due diligence than these homeowners themselves did in selling their property or buying their property or conducting their own internal audit, and that's on the heels of having already failed to pay their taxes in the 70's, leading up to losing the property in 1983, when it was deeded to the state, and then, they finally redeemed it two years later. so i would agree with the comments made by supervisor peskin that that is a form of historical notice that the -- not only the individual homeowners who then lived there, but also the homeowners association as an entity, because that entity has, should have some historical knowledge and should be charged with that historical knowledge that when you don't pay your taxes, when you don't keep an address that is current on file with the tax assessor, guess what? you might lose your property. it also provides historical notice to the homeowners association as if anything else was needed that they were

but many homeowners in california will lose valuable deductions. it puts a $10,000 cap on homeowner deductions. >> it's hurting us in places like california where prices are higher. p 1.5, so then you're talking 16,000 with your bonds for property taxes every year and you can only write off 10,000. >> reporter: she says the change will scare some buyers out of the market. >> some people in the community are starting to ask questions about what the impact will be. >> reporter: she says, homeowners should consider paying their second installment before the end of the year to get the full deduction. >> you can't prepare 2018, but 2017 and you're going to the itemize, but this may be an opportunity for you to get a deduction this year. >> chavez is urging homeowners to get help navigating the new rules. >>> it's just more than a week since the untimely death of mayor ed lee, and they continues. a candlelight vigil will be held tomorrow. lee died last tuesday from cardiac arrest. the next mayor race is heating up. the acting mayor hasn't said if she's g

i'm the president of the presidio terrace homeowners association. when i received the letter from miss lamb and mr. cheng's representative on may 30th of this year, i was shocked to learn that unbeknownst to me and all of our neighbors, the city had sold our streets on-line two years prior. i have spent six months determining how this could have happened and tried to resolve this directly with the tax collector and new owners. more than 20 years ago, a simple but critical over sight during an accountant transition was perp waited because nobody was aware of the tax obligation. we accept responsibility of this delinquency and we are making institutional changes to ensure that it never happens again, but we're here today to ask you to rescind the sale of the property which was unconstitutional because the tax collector proceeded with the auction, knowing he had not notified the interested party of the sale, in this case, 31 homeowners. we reached out on a number of occasions to miss lamb and mr. chang. i want to be clear that we do not have a personal

and current homeowners are grandfathered in to $1 million. the deduction on property taxes is still there. but now capped at $10,000 in tapaid. 95% of homeowners pay less than that so it wouldn't affect them, according to t realtor. certain states, though, will be hard hit. in new jersey, 30% of homeowners pay more than $10,000 in property taxes. 20% do in new york. and 9% in illinois. in areas like river forest, just outside chicago, that will be felt. >> of the 45 on the market, 41 have property taxes in excess of 10,000. between 10,000 and 63,000. if you're going to cap those at 10, that's going to have a huge impact in terms of incentives. >> reporter: also with a higher standard deduction, fewer people will itemize overall, leaving no tax incentives to become a homeowner. so the rent versus buy equation could tip more toward renting, especially with home prices still soaring. on the other hand, it could help buyers. >> we have to wait and see whether this impacts home ownership over the long haul. in the meantime, it's a tax cut for many

>> most homeowners recognize they are purchasing.margin come as some people look at the tax analysis, but over the long haul of 80%, 90% of americans believe owning property in america is part of the american dream. a vast number of people will be purchasing for that purpose. some will be influenced by the financial aspect of the tax changes but we have to wait and see how it all plays out over time. even though people do not take the mortgage interest adoption, people feel comfortable knowing they could if their financial circumstances change. >> a long way to go on this. i wish i was as optimistic as you are. thanks for coming on today. >> thank you. gerri: two words being used in the same sentence a lot. one word chipotle, the other sickness. tracee carrasco, what's that all about him utter the other headlines will discussed this morning. tracee: yes, that's right to send and referred all too often. health officials with the outbreak under outbreak of illness from the chipotle restaurant in los angeles. people reported on the webs

homeowner patrick shannon argued he should get more time to talk. he said town leaders have tried to squash public input on 16 proposed cell tower. >> do we really need to tell you that 50-foot size industrial towers are fundamentally incompatible with rural living? >> a company called crown castle wants to build the towers for verizon among the homes of hillsborough. some would be new. some would be existing power poles. that's the case in front of karen wong's house. >> the plan is to replace the pole and add another 15 feet. >> no towers near our home! >> at the meeting the neighbors said they would be too tall, too ugly and a major problem for homeowners. >> castle tower denies that. >> it adds value to the property. >> homeowners also argue the towers are unnecessary. that cell service in hillsborough is just fine. >> when i say i will fight this, i would physically fight it. >> the town manager has the power to approve or deny the towers. kathy larue told me on the phone she has not yet made a decision. she is scheduled to take action on decem

. >> why some homeowners say they have been singled out and forced to pay thousands more in fees even as the government gets a big break. >> signs of progress in california, but growing fears that things will get worse with those fires in the week ahead. >> gratitude, not grief for an ashburn family of five who lost their home and their belongings in a fire. but neighbors step up to help them start over. and you'll be amazed to he arab >>> that was too much fun to have our first snow of the season come on friday night or saturday morning. >> yep. >> whew. >> saturday morning? happen for us on a weekday. then we're talking about a bad rush hour and ends upcoming right after that morning rush. timing was a little delayed on the storm but we did pretty well in accumulations, 2 to 4 inches. >> it was beautiful, really nice. >> it really was. >> makes it feel more like the holiday season. >> and that's the part that was the prettiest. we went to the 4 inches, d.c. saw 2 inches at the airport, dulles saw 4 inches. 5 inches in places like damascus. most of it has been melting. it's on the co

a los angeles homeowner captured the man with a hat and scarf burglarizing the family's home.ou can clearly see his face as he sifts through the family's belongings. a different video from a neighbor appears to show the same thief hopping her fence and stealing her valuables. police say a total of four burglaries happened the same night. they are hoping someone recognizes the suspect. >>> also caught on camera, a mountain lion ask her cub dodging the north bay wildfires. take a look at this. researchers have been tracking them. you can see the tracking collar on mom. they were happy to see that the two survived. they posted the video on facebook last week saying mountain lions were feasting on a deer and that it is first time they have been spotted in months. >>> [music playing] around here we had some haze at a distons a day. north bay -- distance today. fifth consecutive spare of the air day. around sunset it was a smoky sunset. low level winds are carrying the smoke from all the southern california wildfires out to sea. that smoke is getting an opportunity to rise to about

homeowner patrick shannon argued he should get more time to talk.n leaders have tried to squash public input on 16 proposed cell tower. >> do we really need to tell you that 50-foot size industrial towers are fundamentally incompatible with rural living? >> a company called crown castle wants to build the towers for verizon among the homes of hillsborough. some would be new. some would be existing power poles. that's the case in front of karen wong's house. >> the plan is to replace the pole and add another 15 feet. >> no towers near our home! >> at the meeting the neighbors said they would be too tall, too ugly and a major problem for homeowners. >> castle tower denies that. >> it adds value to the property. >> homeowners also argue the towers are unnecessary. that cell service in hillsborough is just fine. >> when i say i will fight this, i would physically fight it. >> the town manager has the power to approve or deny the towers. kathy larue told me on the phone she has not yet made a decision. she is scheduled to take action on december 21st. ab

they're in business to make money. >> reporter: but as a homeowner, are you okay with that? >> how can i fight it? it's like fighting the government. how could you physically fight it? >> reporter: it's important to know all hope is not lost in a situation like that. if you cannot find commercial insurance or a company to insure you through the commercial market, there is an insure are of last resort -- insurer of last resort through the state of california, the fair plan. no matter what your fire risk, they have to insure you no matter what and they have about 115,000 to 120,000 people enrolled now, but after this the state said that number is likely to climb. >>> state regulators approved new rules aimed at trying to prevent wildfires. kpix5's anne makovec explains they're intended to keep utility lines from sparking fires. >> reporter: these rules have been in the works actually for almost 10 years, but obviously taking on new urgency with california's continued wildfire threat. the exact cause of the wine country wildfires in october has not yet been determined, but ther

and it was caused be a problem that homeowners probably wouldn't notice. homeowner was able to get out safely. but that missing brick allowed the fire to spread. fire officials say the homeowner did get a chimney inspection this year. but they say there are three different levels of inspection. and it's possible she needed a higher level. taking a look at the day ahead -- the nominations for this year's golden globes. the first announcements are due out at eight-15 a-m. the golden globes honor work on the big and small screens. this is the 75th year for those awards. and this just in to the abc7 newsroom... saudi arabia saying it's going to let movie theaters open there -- for the first time in more than 35 years. a resolution passed this morning clearing the way for theaters to open next year. crown prince's push to socially reform that nation. there is much more coming up on good morning washington. john gonzalez .. following breaking news for 5 0-clock. john? one person dead as fire tears through a loudoun county home. we're live at the scene. a montgom

s state this green area exists solely for the benefit of the homeowners. it's their green space, and also it says easements exist to protect those homeowners. every homeowners in the c.c. and r.'s has an easement leading to the common space. so this led to a mistake 40 years ago. the taxes apparently had not been paid, and the presidio terrace association at that time hired an accountant to clear things up. he did. he got things back on track. his name was samuel mendelssohn and did the taxed from 1985 to 1996. the second accountant somehow didn't get the message that hey, you might not believe this, but you've got to pay property taxes of about 13 bucks a year on that street. he didn't know that. neither did subsequent accountants, neither did subsequent property managers hired by the association, and most importantly, neither did any of the members of the presidio terrace association. that got us here only because it was compounded by mistakes by the tax collector. the tax collector sent bills to the -- to an old invalid address for 20 years. what happen

and new video of a suspected t happened when a local homeowner found this man standing in the kitchen. and authorities rush to save an injured man from an island surrounded by icy water in south jersey. >>> and a shooting in phoenixville, chester county. the gunman wounded the teenager in a dunkin' donuts parking lot st night and sources tell us that the 14-year-old victim has died. and john rawlins following the six for a suspect this noon. >> reporter: the gunshot victim is identified as jason ortiz cameron this is a homicide investigation but they are not saying a lot. it's not a random act but it's unclear how the shooter came be with the 14-year-old in the parking lot.s were available at the high school at 10:00 this orning. the superintendant explained why it was important to open the doors today in the wake of last night's violent event that took the life of a freshman student. >> we opened up for students to comeou nsine together. grief counseling taking place over thereking with the student to understan their cahe tragedy that took place. >> it was early evening when the fata

this could hurt homeowners. the plan caps the deduction for state, local and property taxes at $10,000. many homeowners in the garden state pay far more than that in property taxes. one cpa says if you can pay part of next year's property taxes before 2017 comes to an end. we did some checking. not all counties allow you to prepay. check with your county's tax office. stay tuned for "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. he'll be breaking down the impact of the tax overhaul. that's coming up at 6:30. >>> new at 6:00, the south jersey choir teach er is accuse of preying on one of his students for years. police think there could be more victi victims. new jersey state police say he abused a boy he taught at the public elementary school. state police want to hear from anyone else who may have had inappropriate interactions with that suspect. >>> developing now, police in three counties in two states are on the hunt for this man. he is stealing credit cards from places ranging from office parks to hospitals by pretend

it will cost homeowners extra time and money to rebuild. we spoke with two homeowners. one kept his foundation. the home passed safety inspections and he moved in this summer. the other, they took out the foundation. that led to a costly fight with his insurance company. he's only now starting to rebuild. we sat down with the engineer who developed the plan. he says there are exceptions to the rule, but he's confident homeowners will be safer if they have the foundations removed and replaced. we'll have the break down and how much taxpayers have paid for the clean up. see that at www.nbcbayarea.com/we investigate. >>> if you have a story, give us a call. that number, 888-996-tips or send an e-mail to the unit at www.nbcbayarea.com. >>> more troubles for uber. they are dealing with new sexual misconduct allegations against an early investor. multiple women are accusing him of sexual misconduct. he made an unwanted advance on a colleague at a holiday party. the investor used his position to make more sexual advances. >>> if you have a dog, listen up here. bone treats can

homeowners scramble to get around the new tax law by pg >> it hit my friend. he is not moving. >> quijano: a driver is hit byw. nofour teens faceurder charges. and president obama tells prince harry what's changed since he left the white >> you know, the fact that i didn't experience traffic. i used toause traffic. this is the "cbs evening news" with jeff glor. >> quijano: good evening. jeff is off. i'm elaine quijano. the next few days could bring some of the coldest weather in years for much of the country. subzero temperatures in minneapolis have already turned waterfalls into ice caves. in morley, michigan, a skier che behind an amish buggy. freezing arctic winds have turned the great lakes into massive snow machines. demarco morgan begins our coverage in erie, pesylvania, where a snow emergency remains in effect with more than fiv >> reporter: the snowfall in erie, pennsylvania, doesn't seem to want to sp for anything. >> around here we love-- we love snow. >> reporter: the relentless sn had resident dave wander working 36 hours straight clearing snow in

there is a wanted for homeowners who have christmas displays with lasers. they should be pointed towards homes and not up in the sky.>>> a holiday rush is on as people begin to the annual scramble to get to their destinations around the country before christmas. the international airport is bracing for their busiest travel days of the year. officials tell us they expect as many as 167,000 passengers per day. aaa is predict more than 100 -- 107 million americans will travel between now and january 1. the highest number on record and it is a 3% increase compared to last year. aaa says congestion on bay area roads will peak today and tomorrow. plenty of last-minute shoppers were out trying to beat the christmas deadline. the national retail federation says 55% of people surveyed expected to finish their holiday shopping today.>> i've been doing some rough online.>> the survey found 53% of people -- 126 million to shop this weekend on super saturday. the last saturday before christmas.>>> eight members of a gang have been arrested and charged with violent crime

detectives believe he was trying to steal a car when the homeowner opened fire from inside the house and shot him in the leg. officers think a second person ran from the scene. investigators are now trying to determine if the homeowner's actions were justified. >>> a virginia house race for november's election was originally scheduled to select a winner today by drawing a name from a hat in light of a tie vote. but the democrat's decision to push forward with legal action caused the drawing cancelled and the district to continue on without an elected representative. political reporter ronica cleary live with more on this. ronica? . >> reporter: sarah, it's amazing that it was going to come down to the drawing of a name from a hat. how did we get there? well, it goes back to november's election, the 9th house district in virginia, now, shelly simons is the democrat was declared the loser by ten votes to david yancy, the republican, now, there was a recount, the recount showed that the democrat won by one vote. now, i want to show you this ballot, this is the reported ballot that the o

critics say it's a one-size fits all approach that costs more for homeown homeowners in time and money to rebuild. >> they hadn't seen anything like that done before. >> these two neighbors say their experience could serve as a cautionary tail. two years ago the valley fire destroyed nearly two dozen homes, the state offered to remove debris from everyone's lot but the plan required foundations to be removed too. it's the same program offered to people who lost their home in october's devastating fire storms in the north bay. >> at the time we did not know removing the foundation would have such an impact. >> rob goodman opted in and they took out his foundation. his lot remains empty two years later. >> do you think you saved money going with the debris removal freshm program? >> no. costs went from approximately 54 to $78,000. we have to replace the driveway, sidewalk, pretty much everything that's being done now is because of what was removed. >> reporter: goodman said he had to fight with his insurance company to pay for the additional costs which delayed construction. >> looks jus

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if you are a homeowner you can still deduct all of the interest.he bill limits state and local tax deductions to $10,000, hitting taxpayers in high-tax states like california, new jersey and new york. in chicago some are rushing to prepay next year's taxes. about the promise the tax code will be so simple you will be able to file on a form like a post card -- many experts say it is unlikely with this 500-page tax cut bill. >> the prd repeatedly called this bill a middle class miracle. analysts say in 10 years 80% of the benefits go to the top 1%. americans will see more money in their paychecks in february. >> thanks, peter alexander. >>> new details in the deadly bus crash in mexico. officials confirming eight americans were over killed in the tour bus that overturned on the highway. three from the same family. >> it was a holiday cruise that ended tragically, mom and 11-year-old son killed in the bus crash. in all, eight americans with among the dozen who died. another 18 hurt when a bus taking tourists to visit mayan ruins overturned, leaving so

>> quijano: while some homeowners scramble to get around the new tax law by paying early. >> it hit my friend. he is not moving. >> quijano: a driver is hit by a sandbag on a highway. now four teens face murder charges. and president obama tells prince left the white house. >> you know, the fact that i didn't experience traffic. i used to cause traffic. this is the "cbs evening news" with jeff glor. >> quijano: good evening. jeff is off. i'm elaine quijano. the next few days could bring some of the coldest weather in years for much of the country. subzero temperatures in minneapolis have already turned waterfalls into ice caves. in morley, michigan, a skier hitched a christmas-w