The State - News from June 5, 1989

The King of Morocco, Hassan II, is appealing a recent property tax assessment on his sprawling central California ranch. The monarch owns more than 16,000 acres of ranchland with an assessed value of nearly $3.7 million, but the king’s lawyer said the property was only worth about half that much. The difference boosts the monarch’s tax bill about $20,000 a year, said attorney Robin Baggett. San Luis Obispo County’s property tax appeals board could be called on to settle the matter early next year, said county Assessor Dick Frank.