Legal questions and notice failures cloud Tehama County fee plan
Speakers raised Garst-related precedents, questioned consultant data and the notice/mailing process; legal input received by staff prompted consideration of billing cities directly and possibly exempting de minimis domestic users.
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Multiple speakers and Farm Bureau representatives told the board that mailed notices and protest forms were confusing or did not reach many property owners; staff replied that mailings used assessor/tax-roll APN and address data and invited owners to update their records. Farm Bureau and individual speakers said forms sent to some parcels were inconsistent and that some mailed protest forms could be ineligible depending on which fee they targeted.
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