BOE – Fire Fee

[Camp Con]

I support fire services here locally and throughout the state. As a part time resident of the Arnold area I pay property taxes and a regular property tax assessment to the Ebbetts Pass Fire District. However, I agree that the states so called fee is an illegal tax.

I am a firefighter in a Bay Area city, and I know for a fact that local Bay Area fire service taxes, fees and benefit assessments(whatever name gets attached to them) for additional funding must be voted on. Also, a 2/3s majority vote is required to get a new fee/tax approved. I’ve seen numerous fire departments throughout the Bay Area attempt to get additional funding that way. Whatever the State calls it, it’s still a tax.

[mr ellis]

I agree with “allen”. It’s a sneaky “tax” and as such should be nullified. As I understand the law, any new/additional taxes must be approved by the voters!

[allen]

Either way, it’s a “tax,” not a fee. That makes it illegal no matter what it is used for.

[bigtreestechman]

That seems a little silly… it’s a fire PREVENTION fee, not a fire confrontation fee. The real question should not be whether any funds went toward putting out fires but rather, did any funds go toward preventing fires?

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