By: @Mustafa Hessabi On April 12, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled that development impact fees and all similar land-use permit conditions are required to have an "individualized determination" under the Takings Clause and that any fee or condition must have an "essential nexus"...
By @Anthony Tannehill Numerous measures are working through the legislative process that unduly restrict development related fees assessed by local agencies. CSDA is actively engaged on these bills currently being heard in their first policy committees in the State Legislature. ...
By @Anthony Tannehill Several measures are currently working through the legislative process that involve placing restrictions on development related fees assessed by local agencies on new development. These measures will likely get their first policy hearings in April. Development...
By @Kyle Packham The last day for propositions to qualify to appear on the November 5, 2024 Statewide General Election Ballot is June 27, 2024. Below is an overview of the state-of-play and an executive summary of the most significant measures affecting special districts and the...
By @Mustafa Hessabi Last week, the United States Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a case that may significantly affect the standard special districts and other local agencies must follow in order to show that impact fees (also known as "development impact fees" or DIFs) adopted by an...
On March 15, the Senate Governance and Finance Committee held an informational hearing entitled Bridging the Gap - Local Government Infrastructure . The hearing included a number of local government witnesses, including CSDA member Rancho California Water District (Rancho Water), speaking to...
By Rob Anslow and Jeff Hoskinson, Atkinson, Andelson, Loya, Ruud & Romo Beginning January 1, 2023, State law has been amended to alter, slightly, the process by which local agencies will be required to evaluate and impose water and sewer connection fees and capacity charges. ...
The State Assembly and Senate Committees on Appropriations each held their respective suspense file hearings on Thursday, August 11 to decide which bills will be moving forward and which bills will be held in committee on the Suspense File. Among the bills held under submission on the suspense...
CSDA is pleased to report that Assemblymember Tim Grayson amended two bills related to development impact fees to address concerns raised by CSDA. Development impact fees fund the infrastructure necessary to serve new housing developments and represent critical funding for many special districts...
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