Manhattan Beach Property Taxes

When buying a home here, be aware of the property tax rates for Manhattan Beach.

For fiscal year 2025-26, the property tax rate is 1.108359%. 

The property tax rate typically is applied to the assessed value of a home. The most common starting value will be the sale price of a recently purchased home.

Under California law (Proposition 13), the assessed value of a property may increase by 2.0% per year. When property values decline, the assessed value can be challenged by a homeowner appeal, or may be reduced by the LA County Assessor automatically without such an appeal. There is no regular, separate appraisal or assessment performed by the county. (There can be limited exceptions.) This makes property taxes somewhat stable over time.

Here is where the various charges on your Manhattan Beach property tax bill come from:

• State of California: 1.0%
• County of Los Angeles: 0%
• City of Manhattan Beach: 0%
• MB Unified School District: 0.079571%
• Community Colleges: 0.021788%
• Metropolitan Water District: 0.007%

As you can see, neither Los Angeles County nor the City of Manhattan Beach imposes additional property taxes.

The greatest local charge is for local schools managed by the Manhattan Beach Unified School District. (Also one of the greatest assets for Manhattan Beach!) It comes to about $796 per year per million dollars in assessed value.

The rate is fairly stable, down almost 1/100th of a percent since FY 2024-25 (-0.0095%).

Additional Local Charges

Local voters have approved a small range of assessments for local schools. These will add to the overall property tax bill beyond the base rate.

These school measures, detailed below, include:

• Measure C (approx. $220 per million dollars in assessed value)
• Measure EE (approx. $80 per million)
• Measure MB ($225 per parcel, unless exempted)
• Measure RLS (approx. $320 per million)

A small number of areas may also include a charge for utility undergrounding. Some areas performed this work decades ago, while others only recently completed the work.

Estimating Property Tax for a New Purchase in Manhattan Beach

On a sample purchase of $2,000,000, this tax rate would result in base property taxes of $22,167.18 per year, or about $1,847.27 per month.

These figures, from the LA County Auditor-Controller, do not reflect additional charges expected for the repayment of bonds approved by the voters of Manhattan Beach, such as the recent bonds for school facilities (see below). These charges may add about $1,465 on a sample purchase of $2,000,000.

Manhattan Beach is not subject to the Measure ULA "mansion tax" that was enacted by the voters of the city of Los Angeles. ULA applies only to the city of L.A., not the county. 

To find updated figures from the Auditor-Controller directly, go to this web page. This allows you to look up current rates and those for the prior year. You will need to input one of the Tax Rate Areas (TRA) for Manhattan Beach, such as 3716. (You can use any TRA for MB, from 3716-3724, 3731, 6154-6156, or 6168-6175 [except 6171].)

On November 8, 2016, the voters of Manhattan Beach approved two bond measures:

• Measure C is a $114 million measure that will be used primarily to improve infrastructure at elementary schools (including completing air conditioning for all classrooms), replace the Ladera campus at Grand View, and make improvements to each elementary site. Measure C received 71.4% of votes in favor, with 55% required for passage.  It is estimated to add $22.00 per $100,000 in assessed value to a typical homeowner's tax bill, though this may change slightly.

• Measure EE is a $39 million measure to replace the outdated and undersized gymnasium at Mira Costa High School. Measure EE received 67.4% of votes in favor, with 55% required for passage. It is estimated to add $8.00 per $100,000 in assessed value to a typical homeowner's tax bill, though this may change slightly.

On June 5, 2018, the voters of Manhattan Beach approved Measure MB, a parcel tax dedicated to school funding. Measure MB levied a $225 per year per parcel tax for 6 years. The parcel tax was expected to raise about $2.6 million per year for local schools at a time of declining state funding. The measure received 69.25% support from the voters. In March 2024, voters supported a renewal of the parcel tax with a new Measure MB, which got 68.23% support. 

On November 4, 2024, city voters approved Measure RLS, which renewed an assessment averaging $320 per million dollars in assessed value to create a new $200 million bond to repair local schools. The measure was presented not as a tax increase, but as a continuation of existing, expiring bond measures that had been paid off. In November 2025, MBUSD announced a detailed plan for how all of that money will be spent.

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