It looks like San Francisco is looking for a bailout by attacking the Church. A year-long conflict over whether the Archdiocese of San Francisco should face a tax bill of as much as $15 million for its property reorganization will soon come to a key moment in a June 16 appeals hearing.
The Archdiocese had moved 232 San Francisco properties from one Catholic non-profit organization to another. And why should that incur $15 million in taxes? The properties included empty lots and commercial land but also famous churches such as Mission Dolores, Old St. Mary’s Cathedral and St. Francis of Assisi.
The city tax assessor has argued that this move was a transfer of assets to a separate entity, while the archdiocese said the action was simply an internal reorganization.
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