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Sometimes the market value of a property on January 1 has fallen below the adjusted base year value. The assessor is obligated to enroll the lesser of the adjusted base year value or market value. (This is sometimes referred to as a “Proposition 8” assessment, after the November 1978 proposition that amended Article XIII A to allow these reductions in value.
