Jessica,

The easiest way to get comps to justify your reassessment is to ask the agent you worked with in your purchase to provide them to you. I always welcome an opportunity to re-connect and service my prior clients.

Tara

Tara Steinke
San Diego Real Estate Professional
Residential Sales and Appraisal
619-384-6014
mysandiegoagent@gmail.com

Hi Jessica, Prop 8 allows individual homeowners to submit their own request for property tax reassessment. The form, and supporting information, for Riverside County can be found here:
http://riverside.asrclkrec.com/ACR/INassessment.asp#prop8

An appraisal by the homeowner is NOT required however you are required to show similar property sales. The BEST way to collect this information is to engage a local Realtor to request this information (a good reason to reconnect with the Realtor who sold you the house - if you enjoyed working with that person)

After any Prop 8 reassessment, your property assessment can change upwards at an accelerated rate faster than the CA's constitutional 2% cap normally expected, and will only occur at this accelerated rate until your property has reached the before-prop8 reassessment level.

Best Regards, Steve

You can scour the county records for recent sales. A much easier way is to contact your local agent and ask them to print a few comps for you. If you've worked with them in the past, they'll be happy to help you.