Berkeley Property Taxable Square Footage for Special Assessments

Berkeley, California property data detailing taxable square footage used to calculate voter-approved special assessments. The dataset is published by the City of Berkeley via data.cityofberkeley.info and was last updated in September 2025. It includes parcel identifiers, building and lot square footage, and address components.

Use Cases

• Calculate special assessment liabilities for properties using the BLDSQFTTAXABLE column.
• Analyze the distribution of taxable building area versus lot size (LOTSQFT) across the city.
• Join with other property datasets using the APN (Assessor's Parcel Number) key for enriched analysis.
• Standardize and validate property addresses using STRFRACT, STRDIRECT, STRNAME, and STRNBR fields.

Strengths

• Contains 8 specific columns for property identification and measurement.
• Data is actively maintained, with a recent update in September 2025.

Limitations

• Sample size and total row count are unknown, limiting scalability assessment.
• Geographic scope is limited to the City of Berkeley, not generalizable to other regions.

Provenance

Source

City of Berkeley, published via data.cityofberkeley.info.

Collection Method

Likely sourced from municipal property assessment and tax records.

Freshness

Updated on 2025-09-18.

Geography

City of Berkeley, Alameda County, California, USA.