Editorial: Traffic-fee hike too high all at once
San Benito County's Board of Supervisors recently increased traffic impact fees for developers from $20,400 per residential building permit to $23,853 – a hefty raise that should have been phased in over several years rather than dumped on builders' laps all at once.
Marty: A Catch-22 for the US Housing Bailout
Saving the housing market is a Catch-22. The phrase defines a no-win situation; someone is going to have to pay more for the distressed mortgages than the homes are currently worth.
Safety silliness in Calif. – If it moves, then just ban it
For the last six months, California has had a law that bans









