San Diego County is awash in shades of green. Trees are thicker. Bushes are bigger. Grass is greener. However, all of that could become worrisome when the summer months dry everything out.
“What can we really do?” asked Jamul resident Jesse Jones-Pittman. “There’s nothing really to do other than some preventive maintenance. If a fire wants to burn this area, it’s going to burn this area."
Jones-Pittman stood alongside Proctor Valley Road near his home in Jamul and pointed to the overgrowth of brush underneath some powerlines. He said he was struggling to find who was responsible for managing the brush.Get San Diego local news, weather forecasts, sports and lifestyle stories to your inbox.NBC 7 contacted everyone from Cal Fire and SDG&E to the city of San Diego and San Diego County.
Property owners are responsible for maintaining the brush on their own property. Each government agency uses different reporting methods if the brush is overgrown or poses a danger in the public right-of-way.
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