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Government

Feb. 11, 2011

Archdiocese Fighting SF Over Big Tax Bill

The Archdiocese of San Francisco is in court fighting the City of San Francisco over a $20 million property tax bill it claims it the church should have been exempt from.


By Amy Yarbrough


Daily Journal Staff Writer


SAN FRANCISCO - Lawyers for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Francisco headed to court this week to fight a $21 million tax bill the church received after transferring ownership of hundreds of its Bay Area properties.


The archdiocese sued the city and county last spring after failing to convince Assessor-Recorder Phil Ting that it didn't owe taxes. Church officials have argued that the trans...

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