A U.S. Supreme Court ruling earlier this year in favor of an El Dorado County landowner has thrown into question the proportionality of the impact fees California municipalities impose on new housing projects.
Impact fees routinely are imposed on projects, ostensibly to offset the cost of roads and other public infrastructure that need to be upgraded to make way for development.
California municipalities have levied some of the highest impact fees in the country for decades, dating back to 1978, when Proposition 13 limited the property taxes that local jurisdictions could collect.
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