Supervisors fight $150 state fire tax

Two bills recently introduced in the state legislature would provide relief from the fire tax imposed on property owners in state responsibility areas, and on Feb. 25 the San Diego County Board of Supervisors voted 5-0 to endorse both of them.

The supervisors directed the county’s chief administrative officer to draft a letter expressing the supervisors’ support for Assembly Bill 1519 and Senate Bill 832 and also directed the chief administrative officer to add to the county’s legislative program support for legislation which repeals, reduces, or exempts all or specific properties and areas fr...