If I file with the standard deduction can I have a tax break on my California taxes as a senior for property taxes. I read you can get 1400.00 adjusted. How?

[DawnC]

Where did you read that?   Your property taxes are already deductible if you itemize.   

The State Controller’s Property Tax Postponement Program allows homeowners who are seniors, are blind, or have a disability to defer current-year property taxes on their principal residence if they meet certain criteria, including at least 40 percent equity in the home and an annual household income of $53,574 or less (among other requirements). The deferment of property taxes is secured by a lien against the property which must eventually be repaid.  So, this is not really a tax break.

[dagburbank]

I read it on AARP