California says Supreme Court doesn't apply to them

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If crapping in the streets of San Francisco, rampant crime and extreme taxes were not enough to show you what a mess California is...look at Sheetz v. County of El Dorado.

In short - a gentleman purchased a piece of land and wanted to build an 1800' home.  The City of El Dorado approved the build but dropped a $23,000 "Traffic" impact fee on him.  He fought it all the way to the Supreme Court which rules unanimously in his favor.  The California Appeals Court has decided the Supreme Court does not apply to them and reaffirmed their original ruling. 

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Isn't that insurrection? 

[brickhistory]

1 hour ago, ClearedHot said:

If crapping in the streets of San Francisco, rampant crime and extreme taxes were not enough to show you what a mess California is...look at Sheetz v. County of El Dorado.

In short - a gentleman purchased a piece of land and wanted to build an 1800' home.  The City of El Dorado approved the build but dropped a $23,000 "Traffic" impact fee on him.  He fought it all the way to the Supreme Court which rules unanimously in his favor.  The California Appeals Court has decided the Supreme Court does not apply to them and reaffirmed their original ruling. 

Ugh, never mind.  Mis-read your title as "California Supreme Court" telling SCOTUS to pound sand.  Totally stupid on my part.  However, reading the legal synopsis at my link was interesting.

 

Source, please?

Only thing I could find is a California Appeals Court, dated July 29, 2025, saying "yeah, but..." to the 2024 SCOTUS decision.   Moving from appellate to state supreme court in less than a month is pretty high-speed.

California Appellate Court Once Again Upholds “Class-Based” Development Fees and Exactions Despite Reversal by United States Supreme Court - Rutan

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1 hour ago, brickhistory said:

Source, please?

Here is a good synopsis.

 

[brickhistory]

Yep, saw that one which made me realize it hadn't gone to CA Supreme Court, just the appellate.  Again, I goofed.

As did this CA court.

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2 hours ago, brickhistory said:

As did this CA court.

I mean, it is CA after all.  To them, it’s a feature, not a big.