In this case of first impression, we hold that a true sale and leaseback of real property — one that is not a financing transaction — constitutes a change in ownership within the meaning of Proposition 13, triggering reassessment of the property. (See Cal. Const., art. XIII A, § 2, subd. (a).)
I. FACTS
In 1984, appellant Industrial Indemnity Company owned real property and...
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