“To clarify, it’s our understanding that the city of Laguna Beach is understaffed in the Community Development Department, which impacts planning projects,” Mark Orgill, spokesman for Honarkar’s Laguna Beach Co., said in a statement Wednesday morning. “Given this, we offered to advance a portion of our expected developer fees while the city refines its development fee program. The word ‘donation’ was used on the City Council agenda incorrectly, and it’s understandably created some concern among community members.”
Source: latimes.com – Los Angeles Times