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County adopts land-development cost-recovery ordinance after staff cites $2.7 million in annual savings
Summary
The San Diego County Board of Supervisors unanimously adopted an ordinance adjusting land-development fees for fiscal years 2025–26, with staff saying process improvements have produced roughly $2.7 million in annualized cost containment and new online tools intended to speed housing permits.
The San Diego County Board of Supervisors on May 21 adopted an ordinance to recover costs for land-development fees and deposits for fiscal years 2025–26, and approved a related CEQA exemption.
The action follows a staff report that said recent process improvements and technology changes produced about $2,700,000 in annualized cost containment that would otherwise have been part of fee increases. A county staff member told the board that changes include online permit processing for more than half of building permits, a six-permit…
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