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Tax,
Government,
California Courts of Appeal

Feb. 8, 2019

Taxpayer group seeks to get ‘fire fee’ money back from the state in appeal

Rural homeowners could be facing a new fire fee to offset the costs of fighting and suppressing wildfires, even as a taxpayers’ group makes a last-ditch effort to recoup the money already collected by the state.

Rural homeowners could be facing a new fire fee to offset the costs of fighting and suppressing wildfires, even as a taxpayers' group makes a last-ditch effort to recoup the money already collected by the state.

"This appeal takes on a new importance now that State Senator Bob Wieckowski has announced he is considering a bill 'eliminating the suspension of the State Responsibility Area Fire Prevention Fee,'" argued an appellant's r...

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