Featured, Thought Leadership, Research Article, Insights / July 23, 2025
Neighbors, property owners, business folks and staff celebrated the approval of the renewal of the Ocean Avenue Community Benefit District, a Property and Business Improvement District (PBID) in San Francisco. It took a couple of years to get to this successful outcome, given many competing factors and lengthy community engagement….
Featured, Thought Leadership, Research Article, Insights / March 13, 2025
Last call for Medicare Ground Ambulance Data Collection System (GADCS) survey reporting! Is your GADCS survey due on or before April 30, 2025? NBS is here to help! The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is requiring that all providers of ground ambulance services collect and report expenditures, revenues, utilization,…
Featured, Thought Leadership, Research Article, Insights / March 10, 2025
Community Facilities Districts (CFDs) represent a tremendous opportunity, as the so-called “Designer Tax,” for financing facilities and funding ongoing services. CFDs are known for having financed billions of dollars of California infrastructure over the past few decades, and for funding many essential public services. Cities, counties, schools, and many special…
Featured, Thought Leadership, Research Article, Insights / March 7, 2025
What’s so important about a Fiscal Impact Analysis (FIA)? New developments or annexations of land to existing municipal boundaries can provide multiple advantages to a public agency, such as: Increased revenue: New development often leads to an increase in property tax revenue, sales tax, and other fees. This additional funding…
Featured, Thought Leadership, Research Article, Insights / April 22, 2022
As we celebrate the Year of the Tiger, the Water Tiger to be more specific, we hope for success and good fortune! Let’s hope it brings a solid recovery to all our communities. Business Improvement Districts (BIDs, PBIDs, CBDs, TIDs, etc.) in many communities can support fiscal recovery and positive…
Featured, Thought Leadership, Research Article, Insights / April 22, 2022
Effective January 1, 2022, local agencies in the Golden State are required to allow the separate sale or conveyance of Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) under certain circumstances as a result of the passage of Assembly Bill 345. In addition, Senate Bill 9 became effective January 1 also, which requires all…