Nevada County resident Barbara Brown is fed up. She is elderly and living on the modest income she receives from Social Security checks. “I am supporting my grandchildren and this just really hurts,” Brown said of the bill she received in the mail on Tuesday for $115. Brown said the California Department of Fire and Forestry is unfairly targeting rural areas in an attempt to balance its dwindling budget. “Property taxes already go into the general fund to fund Cal Fire, so this fire fee is really double taxation,” Brown said. The bill Brown and others living within the State …












