Overview of Court Rulings on Impact Fees
The recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling in the Sheetz v. El Dorado court case has made the Nollan/Dolan Standards prominent in discussions...
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Eric Johnson
Jul 203 min read
What is a Defensible Impact Fee Nexus?
AB-1600 (1989), later Chaptered as Government Code 66000, identified and codified the process and nexus effort required to calculate and...
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Eric Johnson
Jun 112 min read
California Development Impact Fee AB 602 Website Requirements
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...
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Eric Johnson
Feb 144 min read
Negative Development Impact - It was bound to happen
Over the many years of calculating development impact fees, RCS has largely worked with cities/public agencies that have had significant...
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Eric Johnson
Dec 12, 20232 min read
Every City needs a Master Facility Plan
The Master Facilities Plan (MFP) is a valuable tool for effective urban planning and development. It serves as a comprehensive, long-term...
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Eric Johnson
Jul 13, 20234 min read
Where is the General Plan Financial Element?
1927 - State creates (requires) authority for cities/counties to prepare a General Plan. 1955 - Circulation and Land Use Elements...
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Eric Johnson
Jun 14, 20233 min read
The Echo City
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...
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Eric Johnson
Mar 14, 20233 min read
Independent Audits of Impact Fee Receipts
Your public agency is experiencing development, so, to get out in front of it: 1. You have a development impact fee calculation and...
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Eric Johnson
Nov 15, 20222 min read
Can Impact Fees Cover Operational Costs?
Can Development Impact Fees (DIFs) cover operational costs? This question eventually comes up in every DIF meeting I have ever attended...
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Eric Johnson
Oct 11, 20223 min read
A Discussion of Development Impact Fees
On September 8th of this year, I had the opportunity to attend the League of California Cities annual conference as a speaker. I’m kind...
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Eric Johnson
Jun 12, 20223 min read
How not to calculate Development Impact Fees - How AB 602 may affect you
2022 brought into law a new effort to standardize Development Impact Fees with the passage of AB 602, which, among other things, requires...
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Eric Johnson
May 15, 20222 min read
How often is enough? When should you update your fees
As a fee consultant, the question that I get asked most often is, “How often should we be updating our fees?” Once I dispose of the...
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Eric Johnson
Aug 15, 20212 min read
The Effect of Time on Saved Money
I’m going to keep this short, but I think it’s powerful. It’s about what happens to your saved money over time. I was recently contacted...
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Eric Johnson
Dec 15, 20205 min read
RCS Impact Fees are Battle Tested
The last thing I ever needed to hear from one of my clients was “We are being sued over our impact fees”. Never fun. But that is just...
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Eric Johnson
Jun 21, 20203 min read
Accessory Dwelling Unit Impact Fee Calculation
In July of 2017, I wrote my first RCS article about Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) in which I merely identified the differing types of...
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Eric Johnson
May 11, 20206 min read
Development’s Winners and Losers
There are four players in the development game: developers, contractors, landowners and residents. Each plays a critical role, and each...
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Eric Johnson
Dec 8, 20193 min read
The Five Findings for Development Impact Fees
Most every municipal finance officer is aware of the five findings (in Government Code §66000) required to adopt development impact...
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Aug 12, 20192 min read
Do Development Fees Affect Home Sales?
At about every other Council or town-hall meeting I attend there is the question about whether development fees (planning fees, permit...
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Eric Johnson
Jul 15, 20194 min read
Determining Development Impact Fee Land-Use Categories
The land-use database inventory is the spine of any Development Impact Fee (henceforth DIF) calculation effort. It is a data table that...
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Eric Johnson
May 12, 20193 min read
Framing the Case for Fees
As the typical reader of the RCS blog articles, you are a technically skilled government finance professional and can make a strong...
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