BILL NUMBER: AB 1358	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 3, 2003
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 21, 2003

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Simitian

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2003

   An act to add Section 33213.5 to the Health and Safety Code,
relating to redevelopment.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1358, as amended, Simitian.  Redevelopment:  cities:  housing.
   The Community Redevelopment Law authorizes a redevelopment agency
to expend certain tax-increment revenues for low and moderate income
inside or outside of a project area.  The agency may only use those
funds outside the project area upon a resolution of the agency and
the legislative body that the use will be of benefit to the project,
as prescribed.  Also, the legislative body of a community may
authorize the redevelopment of an area within its territorial limits
by another community, as prescribed, and contiguous agencies within
adjoining cities may form a joint powers agency to pool housing
funds.
   This bill would authorize  an   a
redevelopment  agency  located in a city with a population
of 100,000 persons or less in San Mateo, Santa Clara, or Santa Cruz
Counties  to expend tax-increment revenues for the construction
of housing  that is commenced prior to January 1, 2009, and 
that is located within 5 miles outside of the exterior boundary of a
project area.  The bill would authorize 2 or more agencies
located in adjacent cities to jointly fund the construction of
housing that is located within 5 miles outside the exterior boundary
of a project area established by any participating agency using
revenues derived pursuant to the act.  Each participating agency
would receive credit for providing housing in proportion to the
contribution made by the agency.  In addition, the bill would
authorize a city or a county to jointly fund with an adjacent
jurisdiction, including a city, county, or agency, the construction
of housing that is located within 5 miles outside of the exterior
boundary of the city or county and within 5 miles outside of the
exterior boundary of any participating redevelopment agency.  Each
participating entity and the community in which any participating
redevelopment agency is located would receive credit for providing
housing in proportion to the contribution made by the entity or
agency.
   The bill would authorize a city that is built out, as defined, or
an agency in that city, to provide funding to an adjacent city or an
agency within that adjacent city for the construction of housing
within 5 miles outside the exterior boundary of the built out city,
or in the case of an agency, within 5 miles of the exterior boundary
of a project area established by that agency. 
   Vote:  majority.  Appropriation:  no.  Fiscal committee:  no.
State-mandated local program:  no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  This act shall be known and may be cited as the Housing
Efficiency Act.
  SEC. 2.  Section 33213.5 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to
read:
   33213.5.   (a)  An agency may expend
tax-increment revenues pursuant to this division for the construction
of housing that is  commenced prior to January 1, 2009, and that
is  located within five miles outside of the exterior boundary
of a project area  .
   (b) (1) Two or more agencies located in adjacent cities, counties,
or a city and an adjacent county may jointly fund the construction
of housing that is located within five miles outside the exterior
boundary of a project area established by any participating agency
using revenues derived pursuant to this division.  Each participating
agency and the community in which the agency is located shall
receive credit for providing housing in proportion to the
contribution made by the agency.
   (2) In addition, a city or a county may jointly fund with an
adjacent jurisdiction, including a city, a county, or an agency, the
construction of housing that is located within five miles outside of
the exterior boundary of the city or county and within five miles
outside of the exterior boundary of any participating redevelopment
agency.  Each participating entity and the community in which any
participating redevelopment agency is located shall receive credit
for providing housing in proportion to the contribution made by the
entity or agency.
   (c) For purposes of this section, a city is "built out" if at
least 85 percent of all residentially zoned parcels within the city
contain housing at or above the minimum allowed density.  A city that
is built out, or an agency in that city, may provide funding to an
adjacent city or county or an agency within that adjacent city or
county for the construction of housing within five miles outside the
exterior boundary of the built out city, or in the case of an agency,
within five miles of the exterior boundary of a project area
established by that agency.   if the agency is located
in a city that has a population of 100,000 or less according to the
most recent census information, as determined by the Department of
Finance, and is located within the County of San Mateo, Santa Clara,
or Santa Cruz, and the housing is located within the same county.
  SEC. 2.  The Legislature finds and declares that, because of the
unique circumstances applicable only to the Counties of San Mateo,
Santa Clara, and Santa Cruz, a statute of general applicability
cannot be enacted within the meaning of subdivision (b) of Section 16
of Article IV of the California Constitution.  Therefore, this
special statute is necessary.