Commercial developments in San Jose just got a little more expensive to build, but the extra costs will go to new affordable homes.

The linkage fee on commercial developments—offices, warehouses, hotels and retail shops—would fund affordable housing in the city.

The estimation is approximately 16 times higher than the average number of evictions filed each year, according to analysts.

Locally, however, the only controversy over the treaty involved how, exactly, to divvy up the money once it starts pouring into city coffers.

An unprecedented surge of new development in San Jose has sped up plans to raise the limits of the historically low-lying cityscape.