There’s a push to start charging property owners who have vacant buildings or undeveloped land in Sacramento, but some are concerned that new fees could discourage development. It’s a debate that is now in the hands of Sacramento city leaders.
Jeff Kessler, founder of the Vacancy Fee Project, says boarded-up buildings and vacant lots are a blight on Sacramento neighborhoods.
He lives by a fire-damaged home on F Street and said it’s looked that way for years…