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 / October 8, 2020
When working on projects that are guaranteed to create controversy within the community, it’s easy to see the value in finding support from residents. There is no specific amount of time that will guarantee approval, but allowing enough time to complete the public engagement process will result in the community’s…
Featured, Thought Leadership, Research Article, Insights / October 8, 2019
Local agencies in California have the ability to charge a wide range of user and regulatory fees. Common examples of these include: Cities or fire districts have fire prevention programs and charge fees for review of planning entitlement applications for conditions of approval, plan check and inspection of new residential…