Residents in Nevada and Placer Counties are beginning to see the realities of the Fire Bill that was signed into law last year by Governor Brown. The $150 fee, to increase fire protection services in rural areas of California with high fire risks, began arriving in mailboxes earlier this month (October). One mobile home owner in a Colfax mobile home park thinks properties that are already cleared should be exempt from the bill.
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Mobilehome owner, Richard Miller, also feels the fee is being used to replace funds that were previoulsy covered by state taxes.
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The fire fee is assessed to owners of any habitable structure on a property including mobile home parks. CAL FIRE spokesperson Daniel Berlant sympathaizes with residents, but also supports the fee because of funding cuts as a result of reduced tax revenue in recent years.
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