Williamson Act Land Areas: San Mateo County, California, 2011

Author(s)

County of San Mateo Information Services Department

Description

This polygon shapefile depicts land areas within the County of San Mateo, California that receive tax breaks under the Williamson Act. The California Land Conservation Act, better known as the Williamson Act, has been the California’s agricultural land protection program since its enactmentin1965. The Williamson Act preserves agricultural and open space lands through property tax incentives and voluntary restrictive use contracts. Private landowners voluntarily restrict their land to agricultural and compatible open space uses under minimum ten year rolling term contracts with local governments. In return, restricted parcels are assessed for property tax purposes at a rate consistent with their actual use, rather than potential market value. This layer is part of a collection of GIS data for San Mateo County, California. This coverage can be used for basic applications such as viewing, querying, and map output production, or to provide a basemap to support graphical overlays and analyses of geospatial data. County of San Mateo Information Services Department. (2011). Williamson Act Land Areas: San Mateo County, California, 2011. San Mateo County. Available at: http://purl.stanford.edu/cr983vb4261 The County of San Mateo cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data. This layer is presented in the WGS84 coordinate system for web display purposes. Downloadable data are provided in native coordinate system or projection.

Publisher

County of San Mateo Information Services Department

Collection

San Mateo County, California GIS Maps & Data

Place(s)

San Mateo County (Calif.)

Subject(s)

Williamson Act Program (California), California. California Land Conservation Act of 1965, Law and legislation, Environmental law, Conservation of natural resources, Open spaces, Agriculture, Property tax, Tax assessment, Landowners, Environment, and Planning and Cadastral

Year

1997-2011

Held by

Stanford

More details at

https://purl.stanford.edu/cr983vb4261

Use and reproduction

This item is in the public domain. There are no restrictions on use.

Copyright

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