let's make the city and the county responsible for the money they spend.

Last week, the Beaumont City Council gave its unanimous approval to a $329.7 million budget and a new tax rate for fiscal year 2024, both of which will add financial pressure to already-strained family budgets.   Beginning Oct. 1, the new tax rate is $0.681485 per $100 of value, which represents a very minor decrease over the tax rate currently in effect ($0.695 per $100). The decision to set the tax rate at this level means that the average homeowner’s tax bill “will increase by 6.74%.” In dollar terms, a Beaumont homeowner can expect his or her city tax bill to grow from $1,142.32 this year to $1,219.33 next year.   The reason for the tax hike is that city officials did not lower the rate enough to compensate for rising property values. Local elected officials have discretion on where to set the rate—and when they refuse to reduce it properly, then tax bills grow.   For the city, the higher tax rate will, of course, produce a windfall. According to its 2023 Notice of Public Hearing on Tax Increase, the newly adopted could swell property tax revenue by as much as 15.57% in one year. That’s a big spike in money going to government.   For Beaumont residents, the coming tax increase is a burden to bear; but it won’t be an unfamiliar one. The city has a fairly extensive track record of over-taxing.   Consider that from 2013 to 2022, property taxes levied by the city rose from $43.4 million to $61.7 million, according to its most recently published Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR). That’s a 42% jump in its tax levy, which is notable given the shrinkage in the city’s population. The same CAFR which records the levy growth also shows that Beaumont’s population has fallen from 118,296 in 2013 to 112,556 in 2022, meaning that taxes were on the rise despite there being fewer people to shoulder the cost of city government. How much is property tax on a $300,000 house in California? The property tax on a $300,000 house in California would be approximately $2,310 per year. This is based on the average effective property tax rate of 0.77%. How much are property taxes on a $200,000 house in Texas? The average effective property tax rate in Texas is approximately 1.60%. This means that if your home is worth $200,000, you could expect to pay around $3,200 in property taxes annually. Who determines property tax rates in Texas? Local governments Who sets my property tax bill? Texas has no state property tax. Local governments set tax rates and collect property taxes that they use to provide local services including schools, streets, roads, police, fire protection, and more. big is California they can make it on their 77% Beaumont City waste a lot of money and county and we need to put a stop to it let's put them all out and get new people in.