# Tucked Behind Public Storage: An Investigative Audit of Burbank’s Elks Lodge, Fraternal Land Holdings, and the Self-Storage Economy

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Forensic land-use, ArcGIS assessment, and tax investigation into Burbank Elks Lodge #1497 (AIN 2463-010-021), the 2.24-acre Public Storage facility (AIN 2463-010-020) sharing Parcel Map 295, pages 56-57, the economics of self-storage in the media capital, and the city’s historic fraternal property network. Features ArcGIS assessment data: $17.67M storage assessment vs. $242.9K lodge assessment (72.7x tax disparity), $0 welfare exemptions under Cal. Rev. & Tax Code § 214 across all Burbank lodges (American Legion, VFW, Masons), and the municipal finance paradox of low-employment, zero-sales-tax commercial storage.

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