Obtaining property owner's mailing address

[William Klawitter]

I'm currently 'driving for dollars' in Los Angeles, CA to put together a distressed property mailing list. I have a long list of names, but the next step is to track down the owners' mailing addresses (may or may not be the same as the distressed property) & I'm running into some difficulty.

I've seen (on BP and elsewhere) that it's possible to use the county/tax assessor/clerk of court websites to get this info, but can't figure it out. Can anyone break this part down for me? Feel free to use an example from a city you're familiar with.