L.A. County Targets Satellites in Out-of-This-World Tax Plan NANCY VOGEL TIMES STAFF WRITER July 10 2001 SACRAMENTO -- Los Angeles County officials, realizing that there is no tax collector in outer space, hope to fill the void. Reaching 22,300 miles above the equator, boldly going where no tax collector has gone before, Los Angeles County Assessor Rick Auerbach is angling to impose property taxes on several satellites. Though never done before in California, the move is legal, say state and county tax attorneys. That's because, they say, nobody else is taxing the satellites and they are valuable property owned by ...