In 2013, I wrote an article looking at the big picture of contracting. I felt it made sense to contract if your agency was too small to...

I recently came across a few DIF calculation studies where the impact fees were calculated upon the concept of an Equivalent Dwelling...

If you are attending the CSMFO Conference in San Jose next week, please stop by Booth 522 and say Hi. See you there.

Building & Safety fees for new construction have historically been charged based on the construction value of the work being done.  This...

The recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling in the Sheetz v. El Dorado  court case has made the Nollan/Dolan Standards prominent in discussions...

There are many ways to charge fees to recover the costs of providing services.  The only requirement is that you broadly don’t charge...

What many readers think of as a “Fee Study” was created by RCS (née Management Services Institute) back in 1980. We called the “Study” a...

AB-1600 (1989), later Chaptered as Government Code 66000, identified and codified the process and nexus effort required to calculate and...

AB 602 came into effect on January 1, 2022. One of the Assembly Bill's main goals was to create more transparency for development impact...

Building & Safety fees for new construction have historically been charged based on the construction value of the work being done.  This...

As most of you are neck deep in your budget, we thought we would remind you about some budgetary pitfalls that we have experienced over...

Over the many years of calculating development impact fees, RCS has largely worked with cities/public agencies that have had significant...

If you are attending the CSMFO Conference in Anaheim next week, please stop by Booth 426 and say Hi. And if you are coming on Tuesday,...

The Master Facilities Plan (MFP) is a valuable tool for effective urban planning and development. It serves as a comprehensive, long-term...

When reviewing fee recommendations with staff as part of a Cost of Services Study, there are often discussions about what they think the...

Before the passage of Proposition 13 in 1978, I was a finance director in California. Annually, finance directors would calculate the...

In just about every project we work on our client city asks for a fee comparison to neighboring cities. And just about every time we...

1927 - State creates (requires) authority for cities/counties to prepare a General Plan. 1955 - Circulation and Land Use Elements...

An Echo City Buildout is a new type of city structure that we are encountering on the development impact side of RCS. The term Echo City...

So you have just updated your fees and you are justifiably proud of this accomplishment. Now, what’s next? You could just rest on your...