A surprise veto earlier this month has added new challenges to El Dorado County Recorder-Clerk Janelle Horne's job. She, along with other county recorders who struggle to make ends meet in their departments, had significant support from the California State Legislature for Assembly Bill 1430 only for Gov. Gavin Newsom to opt out.

Authored by Assemblymember Buffy Wicks, D-Oakland, AB 1430 aimed to increase the fees county recorders charge for recording services. The bill would have raised the record and indexing fee for the first page from $10 to $15 and for each additional page from $3 to $4, and the land ownership documents recorder fee from $1 to $3 for each additional page. Funds collected from these increased fees would have been solely dedicated to cover recorder-clerk’s offices' ope

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