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Devonwood Apartments infrastructure contribution

The affordable apartment complex's owner handed the city $579,415 it otherwise couldn't collect, in exchange for skipping fifteen years of annual CFD tax exemption paperwork.

2 mentions (1 this month)Last discussed Nov 2, 2026

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VST Development Infrastructure Financing via JPA/CFD

The city and county office of education are exploring a joint powers authority to form a CFD that would fund a charter school and infrastructure for the Virginia Smith Trust development near UC Merced. Roughly $86.6 million could be funded at a 1.7% tax rate, but neighbors worry about fairness to competing developments along Lake Road.

4 mentions (1 this month)Last discussed Oct 19, 2026