Tax Status Exempt and Parcel Status on Assessor Portal

[Kevin Kozicki]

Hello!

I'm in Los Angeles and stumbled upon 2 run down seemingly uninhabbited houses in a really nice area. So naturally I start trying to look in to owner info. In CA you can't get owner names from the appraisaler's/assessor portal online. I haven't done it yet but I think you can go get them at a physical office.... but I wanted to see if anyone has some info on what some of the indicators mean that I'm seeing.

For example, on two of them it comes up with a Tax Status of exempt. Does that mean it's government owned? And not worth looking further in to? I can find nothing on the property on google, which is strange considering almost all address pop up in Redfin or some other listing site.

It's really strange, considering there are 2 normal properties between the two that are listed with exempt status.

Another question I have is when the parcel status says deleted. Any clue on what that might mean on a property?