Three wildfire committees in San Diego County (Regional Fire Protection Committee (RFPC), San Diego Regional Fire Safety Forum, and Ad Hoc Committee on Fire Prevention and Recovery) have been brainstorming on ways to prepare for future wildfires. Funding remains an impediment, but committees expect that local support will provide them with the funds. Ultimately, the goal is to become less dependent on the state’s response agency, Cal Fire. One way that the RFPC expects to raise the revenue is through “a quarter-cent sales tax for fire protection is one of the funding options [County Supervisor] Roberts said the committee would consider. It would generate about $110 million a year.”
Link: http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20080203-9999-1m3fire.html
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