By Ed Fletcher, Sacramento Bee

Placer County is considering expanding a program that allows the county or local fire districts to step in for negligent property owners by clearing brush and reducing the risk of wildfires.

The county’s hazardous vegetation abatement program has been running as a pilot program for the fire districts north and west of Lake Tahoe since 2007.

Now there’s talk of expanding it to the remainder of the county.

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