Californians know brush grows back after a fire or a thinning, and will need to be cut back again after a few years.
So it is with bad ideas in the Legislature. They just keep coming back.
Almost 10 years ago, the Legislature suspended a $150 annual fee the state imposed on residents of the State Responsibility Area. This is the zone outside of cities and the valley bottoms where CalFire has primary responsibility for responding to wildland fires.
