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…