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Supreme Court broadens state’s ability to recoup fire suppression costs from corporate property owners

In Presbyterian Camp and Conference Centers, Inc. v. Superior Court, the Supreme Court today holds that a corporate property owner might have to reimburse the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection for about $12,200,000 in costs CalFire incurred fighting the 2016 Sherpa Fire in Santa Barbara County.