CA AB1820

Development proponents submitting preliminary applications for housing projects may request a preliminary fee and exaction estimate from cities/counties within 30 business days, and from other agencies upon request for their fee schedules.

Upon final approval of a housing development project, cities/counties must provide development proponents with an itemized list and good faith estimate of all applicable fees and exactions within 30 business days.

Preliminary fee estimates and good faith estimates are for informational purposes only and do not legally bind agencies or affect the scope, amount, or timing of actual fees or exactions.

Cities, counties, and special districts must clarify on their websites that requests for fee information do not obligate development proponents to respond and impose no consequences for non-response.

The bill applies to all cities, including charter cities, and sunsets January 1, 2030; no state reimbursement is required as local agencies have authority to levy fees to cover mandated costs.