{"id":11729,"date":"2026-06-03T04:04:02","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T04:04:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=11729"},"modified":"2026-06-03T04:04:02","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T04:04:02","slug":"2026-election-results-california-board-of-equalization-district-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=11729","title":{"rendered":"2026 Election Results: California Board of Equalization District 4"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Unofficial election night results posted by the secretary of state Tuesday night showed Denis Bilodeau jumping to an early lead with Tom Umberg and Cody Petterson trailing behind in the race for Board of Equalization.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=11728\">Myles Garrett ready to compete for Super Bowl with Rams<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Five people this year are vying to represent a portion of Southern California residents on a board responsible for overseeing the state\u2019s property tax system. That includes Democrats Mart\u00edn Arias, Petterson and\u00a0Umberg are running for the District 4 spot, along with Republican Bilodeau\u00a0and Libertarian\u00a0Gardner Osborne.<\/p>\n<p>California\u2019s Board of Equalization is a small statewide team \u2014 comprised of four people elected to represent districts encompassing some 10 million constituents each, plus the state controller \u2014 supervising property taxes and the\u00a0Alcoholic Beverage Tax\u00a0and\u00a0Tax on Insurers programs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022 Related: 2026 Board of Equalization District 4 candidates discuss California\u2019s property taxes and how to best use those funds<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>These members hear appeals from taxpayers regarding state-assessed property values, oversee all of the 58 county assessors and set the taxable value of property owned by the state\u2019s public utilities and railroads, among other things.<\/p>\n<p>Voters in Orange, Riverside, San Diego and Imperial counties, as well as some voters in San Bernardino County, get to choose someone new to represent them on the Board of Equalization for the District 4 seat. Mike Schaefer, who has served in the seat since 2019, is prevented from running again due to term limits.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=11726\">Haunted Mansion riders told to fend for themselves during Disneyland ride breakdown<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022 Also see: <\/strong><strong>June 2 Primary Election Results<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Umberg has served in the state Legislature for several years, now representing northern Orange County communities and parts of Los Angeles County in the state Senate. He is a retired U.S. Army colonel, former federal criminal prosecutor, former deputy drug czar for President Bill Clinton and a small business owner. He has been leaning into his background prosecuting public corruption as he runs for the seat.<\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>A San Diego Unified school board trustee, Petterson serves as chief deputy for District 4 and has already \u201cfocused on reducing overhead; maintaining close, constructive relationships with stakeholders; and fulfilling the Board of Equalization\u2019s commitment to fairness, effectiveness and transparency,\u201d his campaign website said.<\/p>\n<p>Osborne is a tax accountant and investment adviser who said he has not heard from an elected Board of Equalization official before \u2014 and the San Diego resident wants the office to do better at showing the inner workings of how tax collection works in California. And when it comes to how the board can better oversee the county assessors, Osborne said it\u2019s all about reviewing.<\/p>\n<p>President of the Orange Taxpayers Association, Bilodeau is a licensed civil engineer and a member of the\u00a0Orange City Council as well as the Orange County Water District. A UC Irvine alumnus, Bilodeau said he\u2019s signed pledges to oppose tax increases and is adept at reading government budgets and spotting wasteful spending.<\/p>\n<p>Arias, a San Ysidro school board trustee, already works as a taxpayer advocate in the San Diego assessor\/recorder\/county clerk office. He has also worked in the San Diego County District Attorney\u2019s Office, where he oversaw resource fairs that helped unhoused people.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=11724\">More cities are pressing pause on data centers as local backlash grows<\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>Continue to check back here as more votes are counted.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Board of Equalization, which is the state\u2019s tax commission, assesses the property of specific public utilities, oversees the state\u2019s 58 county assessors, assesses and collects the alcoholic beverage tax and jointly administers the tax on insurers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7681,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11729","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-based-on-facts-either-observed-and-verified-directly-by-the-reporter-or-reported-and-verified-from-knowledgeable-sources","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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