Auerbach to retire

Los Angeles County Assessor Rick Auerbach is to announce today he will not seek re-election to his $180,000- a year job this June.
Auerbach, who was first appointed assessor in 2000 and has won easy election since then, has been with the assessor's office for 40 years and believes it is time to move on, aides said.
The Los Angeles assessor's office is the largest of its kind in the nation, overseeing 2.3 million parcels of property.