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Bakersfield council asked to direct staff to prepare opposition letter to AB 130 VMT provision
Summary
A Home Builders Association representative urged the city to oppose section 58 of AB 130, a provision that would create vehicle miles traveled (VMT) fees for new housing; councilmembers asked staff to prepare a letter seeking repeal and bring it back for formal consideration.
Dave Dummyhowski, with the Home Builders Association of Kern County, urged the Bakersfield City Council on Aug. 27 to oppose a provision in the governor’s budget trailer bill that would impose vehicle-miles-traveled fees on new housing. Council members asked staff to prepare a letter calling for repeal of the provision and bring it back for the council’s vote.
Dummyhowski told the council the trailer bill “included an onerous provision, which puts in a vehicle miles travel tax” on single-family…
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