California’s rural county residents are currently receiving bills from the state of California for fire services under a 2011 legislative scheme known as State Responsibility Area (SRA) Fees. These new fees are unfair, costly and do not reflect that rural residents (much like urban dwellers) are already paying for local fire services. Unfortunately, efforts to repeal these state-imposed fees have failed in the California legislature. The concept of an SRA fee is not new. One was instituted several years ago but repealed because of pending litigation against it. Last year, Sacramento budget writers left a huge hole in the state’s …