Per a article on my local online rag, CA collected more property tax money than expected, so spent it. Tax me more, then per their usual ways, spent it too. I live in a rural area and they are charging me the last two years now for fire protection that the FS provides, not CalFire.
http://www.plumasnews.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12253:feather-river-college-notified-of-418000-windfall&catid=69:-headline-news&Itemid=6
Duane