June 2020 update on the City Quimby Fee Program
Developers of non-exempt residential units in the City of Los Angeles pay development
fees or “exactions” for parks when seeking tentative tract approval for a project.
The Trust for Public Land describes creating public parks and capital improvements to
existing public parks by exacting Quimby Park Fees as an “inexact science” and “a
controversial policy opposed by developers,” “Who’s Going to Pay for This Park?,” Peter
Harnik, The Trust for Public Land.