California ADU fees seem way too high

[Toby Auer]

I bought a property in January and have been going through the process of getting an ADU built in the back. I have paid about 7k in fees already and just got my last bill for fees for 21k, for a grand total of over 28k. I was told some of these fees were unavoidable because my ADU is 796 sq ft which is above 750. Also because the existing house is only 1,000 sq ft.

I thought Newsom’s new law was making these ADUs more affordable to build but that’s not the case for me. Is there any way to fight these and get the fees lowered?