CAMPHORA, Monterey County — October 2026. The first Monterey County disclosure under California’s new housing-fee transparency requirement identifies $5,543 for a “Camphora Farm Labor Camp Redevelopment Feasibility Study.” The figure is an expenditure listed in a historical accounting of inclusionary housing fees, not an announcement that a $5,543 construction project is starting now.
Why is this information public in 2026?
The county’s Housing Programs page explains that starting January 1, 2026, AB 2663 requires agencies collecting inclusionary housing in-lieu fees to post annual information about collections and intended uses, plus periodic historical summaries. Monterey County says its first report covers fiscal years 2010 through 2025. The Camphora feasibility study appears among the historical expenditure line items.
What does a feasibility study prove?
A feasibility study explores whether and how a potential redevelopment might work. The posted fee table does not itself identify a newly approved building plan, a construction contract, an environmental clearance, a start date, or money available today for the Camphora Farm Labor Camp. The county would need to provide separate permits, budgets and meeting decisions before a current redevelopment claim could be supported.
How large is the broader county disclosure?
The county lists $582,257 in total inclusionary in-lieu fee collections and $607,533 in listed expenditures across its first historical report. Those are countywide account figures, not allocations exclusively earmarked for Camphora. Readers should not compare the $5,543 Camphora study to those totals as though they measure the full cost or status of a redevelopment.
What questions remain for the community?
Residents and farmworker advocates can ask county Housing and Community Development whether the original feasibility study is available for review, when it was commissioned, what alternatives it assessed, and whether any subsequent plan is active. The county’s posted contact number is (831) 755-5025. Until further records establish a current decision, this report is about transparency in past spending.
Primary source: County of Monterey — Housing Programs, first AB 2663 in-lieu fee report.
Editorial note: The disclosed spending figure is historical. California58 has not established an active construction project or an approved redevelopment budget from this table alone.
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