El Dorado Hills & Cameron Park may see relief from Cal Fire SRA Tax

Thousands of El Dorado County homeowners could get relief from the state Fire Prevention Fee if proposed changes to state responsibility area boundaries are approved by Cal Fire and the State Natural Resources Agency.

If the new maps are fully signed off by July 1, 2013, the relief would begin in 2014.

Proposed changes to State Responsibility Area boundaries in El Dorado Hills, Cameron Park and Rancho Murieta are reflected in draft maps recently distributed to four local fire agencies for approval.

The “2013 Focused Review,” was conceived at Cal Fire headquarters in Sacramento based on the volume of phone calls and appeals for redetermination from property owners in specific areas. It was executed at Cal Fire’s Amador-El Dorado Unit in Camino, according to Unit Forester and Pre-Fire Management Division Chief Tom Tinsley, who led the investigation.

The proposed maps ...

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