Carol Banner, a homeowner in Deer Lodge Park, poses for a photograph in a valley near her home where a wildfire ripped through in 2007, in Deer Lodge Park, Calif., Friday, Aug. 10, 2012. Banner opposes a new bill sought by Gov. Jerry Brown that requires some 850,000 Californians who live in wildfire country to pay a fee to help fund their protection efforts. (AP Photo/Grant Hindsley)