Grand jury: San Jose, surrounding cities should levy new commercial development fees to subsidize housing


San Jose's City Council just rejected so-called "commercial linkage fees." Enacting such fees — which are charged to new commercial developments — is “overdue" and would substantially boost below market-rate housing in San Jose, Campbell, Milpitas, Los Gatos and Los Altos, the grand jury said.

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