Budget adjustments to help with Lilac fire response expenses

The mid-year budget adjustments approved May 8 by the San Diego County Board of Supervisors included appropriating funding for activities in response to December's Lilac fire and the 2017 rainstorms, the county's financial absorption of plan check review, building permit fee waivers to rebuild structures lost or damaged in the Lilac fire, and a larger generator at the Rainbow Heights radio facility.

The county supervisors' 5-0 vote appropriated $1,883,493 for Lilac fire response activities, $605,243 to repair the storm damage at various county parks including Live Oak Park and the Fallbrook Co...