With no discussion about the impacts, the Union City City Council directed staff on April 11, 2017, to draft and bring back ordinance language that would impose an affordable housing impact fee on new rental homes starting at $10 per sq. ft. and increase by $1 per sq. ft. per year for the next three years to $14 per sq. ft. The council also gave the go-ahead for revisions to the city's affordable housing fee program for market-rate homes.  Full Story

Based on BIA|Bay Area and its members' input during the past six weeks, Oakley's revised park impact fee nexus study now reflects a recommended 8.8 percent decrease in the city's proposed fee for single and multi-family housing units. The previous version of the study called for a 15 percent increase in the fee. The Oakley City Council is scheduled to vote on the park fee adjustment along with a reduction in the traffic fee at a public hearing on April 25, 2017. Full Story

At its April 18th meeting, the Fremont City Council will conduct a public hearing to consider adoption of a resolution to authorize a 6% increase in development fees and to establish a process to annually adjust the development impact fees. The affected development impact fees include: capital facilities, fire facilities, park facilities, parkland, and traffic. To review the staff report for this item  click here .  To read the BIA Bay Area letter in opposition to the fee increases  click here .