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San Diego council approves spending plan to draw down long‑held development impact fees
Summary
City planning reported FY2024 DIF collections of about $69.2 million and expenditures of roughly $94.6 million and asked council to appropriate community‑specific funds that have sat idle more than five years; council approved staff recommendations and creation of a Del Mar Mesa trails CIP to comply with state law.
City Council on Oct. 21 approved staff recommendations to appropriate long‑held development impact fee (DIF) balances and create a new trails project in Del Mar Mesa to comply with the Mitigation Fee Act.
Samira Rao, assistant deputy director in City Planning, told the council the FY2024 annual report documents a citywide transition from 43 community‑specific DIFs to four citywide nexus studies for parks, mobility, fire and libraries. Rao said the change has unlocked funds, allowing the city to collect about $69.2 million in DIFs in fiscal 2024 and spend about $94.6 million on infrastructure projects during the year. She said unallocated community DIF balances have decreased roughly 34% since FY2021 — from…
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