California county bills a man $23k to build an 1,800 sq ft house for a "traffic study" and to repair

Author: Cole (16197 Posts - Joined: Oct 15, 2012)
Posted at 11:57 am on Jan 28, 2024

roads. Man sues and the US Supreme Court agreed to hear the case. The County made zero effort to tie the fee to the size of his house. Instead it's just an arbitrary number that the County will use to raise revenue and repair roads. If you are not building a house, then you don't pay the fee. In reality, it's an unconstitutional taking of his property (and others) because it has the effect of preventing development. The guy was a laborer all his life and now can't build on his land.

I'm surprised the County didn't just settle the case and is incurring legal fees all the way to the Supreme Court to fight this. But if the County can charge an arbitrary fee of $23k, then why not $230,000 or $1,000,000? If the Supreme Court upholds this, then there will be no rational limit on what a County can charge citizens and for what.


Link: https://www.foxnews.com/us/california-county-bills-man-23000-build-house-property-supreme-court-decide-case

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