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CCC levies a $4.2m fine for blocking nonexistent staircase

December 09, 2016 | By JEREMY TALCOTT

  Dear Californians, this is your California Coastal Commission: willing to fine property owners over four MILLION dollars for blocking “public access” that doesn’t exist. Even to those who have spent years following (and fighting) the Coastal Commission’s brazen overreaching, this is downright appalling. Two years ago, ...

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When does a $8.41 tax bill cost you $24,215?

October 27, 2017 | By CHRISTINA MARTIN

In January 2013, Uri Rafaeli’s business—Rafaeli, LLC—tried to pay the overdue taxes for a modest rental home in Southfield, Michigan.  Rafaeli miscalculated the interest due for the delinquent 2011 taxes and underpaid by $8.41. A year later, Oakland County foreclosed on the property. The County then auctioned the property for $24,500 and ...