https://www.siliconvalley.com/2024/07/21/builders-say-city-impact-fees-hinder-new-housing-a-recent-supreme-court-ruling-may-give-them-more-power-to-fight-them/

Jonathon Yu is not a professional developer, but he is interested in building new housing.

In 2023, the 29-year-old product manager submitted plans to Sunnyvale to raze the modest 1,000-square-foot bungalow he bought a year earlier and replace it with a three-story, five-unit multifamily building.