On most Development Impact Fee nexus studies I complete, the same question comes up before the study goes to council for adoption:  "Why are the fees so high?" It is a reasonable question. And it points to a distinction worth making explicit, because it shapes how cities should think about the work we deliver: "Our responsibility is to calculate the maximum amount the law allows. The city's responsibility is to determine the appropriate amount to actually adopt." Under California's Mitigation...

AB-602 made one thing clear: for California’s largest jurisdictions, charging development impact fees without a detailed roadmap of...

In the realm of municipal planning and infrastructure funding, Development Impact Fees (DIFs)  serve a crucial purpose: to ensure that...