Garrick Development Co. V. Hayward Unified School District

Plaintiff developers of residential property appeal from an order, in consolidated cases, denying them a petition for writ of mandate by which they sought the return of school facilities fees they had paid under protest (Gov. Code, former § 65913.5 and 66008 (now § 66020)) as conditions to obtaining building permits.*fn1 They urge that defendants Hayward Unified School District (HUSD or the district)  and its governing board of education (the board) imposed  the fees in violation of statutory requirements and constitutional limitations. We affirm.