BILL NUMBER: AB 812	CHAPTERED  07/22/03

	CHAPTER  99
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  JULY 22, 2003
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  JULY 22, 2003
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  JULY 7, 2003
	PASSED THE SENATE  JUNE 16, 2003
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 2, 2003
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 12, 2003
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 2, 2003

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Yee

                        FEBRUARY 20, 2003

   An act to add Section 5027.1 to the Public Resources Code,
relating to historic places.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 812, Yee.  Historic places:  Transbay Terminal:  demolition:
housing.
   (1) Existing law requires the Legislature to approve by statute a
change, as specified, to a building or structure that is listed on
the National Register of Historic Places and is transferred from
state ownership to another public agency after January 1, 1987.
   This bill would provide legislative approval for the demolition of
the Transbay Terminal building in the City and County of San
Francisco, including its associated vehicle ramps, for construction
of a new terminal.  The bill would also provide that the Transbay
Joint Powers Authority shall have primary jurisdiction with respect
to specified matters concerning the new terminal.
   (2) The existing Community Redevelopment Law establishes
requirements for a redevelopment project implemented through a
redevelopment plan, including certain requirements to increase,
improve, and preserve the supply of low- and moderate-income housing.

   This bill would require that any redevelopment plan adopted to
finance the demolition of the Transbay Terminal building and
construction of a new terminal shall ensure that at least 25% of the
dwelling units developed within the project be available at
affordable housing cost to, and occupied by, persons and families
whose incomes do not exceed 60% of the area median income, and that
at least an additional 10% be available at affordable housing cost
to, and occupied by, persons and families whose incomes do not exceed
120% of the area median income.  The bill would further require the
redevelopment agency to ensure that dwelling units made affordable
pursuant to these requirements remain available at affordable housing
cost to, and occupied by, persons and families of the respective
income categories consistent with certain time requirements of the
Community Redevelopment Law.
   (3) This bill would make legislative findings and declarations
regarding the necessity of a special statute.


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


  SECTION 1.  Section 5027.1 is added to the Public Resources Code,
to read:
   5027.1.  (a) As required by Section 5027, the Legislature hereby
approves demolition of the Transbay Terminal building at First and
Mission Streets in the City and County of San Francisco, including
its associated vehicle ramps, for construction of a new terminal at
the same location, designed to serve Caltrain in addition to local,
regional, and intercity buslines, and designed to accommodate
high-speed passenger rail service.  The Transbay Joint Powers
Authority shall have primary jurisdiction with respect to all matters
concerning the financing, design, development, construction, and
operation of the new terminal.
   (b) Notwithstanding any other law, any redevelopment plan adopted
to finance, in whole or in part, the demolition of the Transbay
Terminal building and the construction of a new terminal, including
its associated vehicle ramps, shall ensure that at least 25 percent
of all dwelling units developed within the project area shall be
available at affordable housing cost to, and occupied by, persons and
families whose incomes do not exceed 60 percent of the area median
income, and that at least an additional 10 percent of all dwelling
units developed within the project area shall be available at
affordable housing cost to, and occupied by, persons and families
whose incomes do not exceed 120 percent of the area median income.
The redevelopment agency shall ensure that dwelling units made
affordable pursuant to this subdivision remain available at
affordable housing cost to, and occupied by, persons and families of
the respective income categories consistent with the time
requirements contained in subdivision (f) of Section 33334.3 of, and
subparagraph (C) of paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 33413
of, the Health and Safety Code.
  SEC. 2.  The Legislature finds and declares that a special law is
necessary and that a general law cannot be made applicable within the
meaning of Section 16 of Article IV of the California Constitution
because of unique circumstances applicable only to the Transbay
Terminal building.