BILL ANALYSIS ------------------------------------------------------------ |SENATE RULES COMMITTEE | SB 977| |Office of Senate Floor Analyses | | |1020 N Street, Suite 524 | | |(916) 651-1520 Fax: (916) | | |327-4478 | | ------------------------------------------------------------ CONSENT Bill No: SB 977 Author: Hollingsworth (R) Amended: 4/14/10 Vote: 21 SENATE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE : 5-0, 4/19/10 AYES: Cox, Aanestad, Kehoe, DeSaulnier, Price SUBJECT : Redevelopment: Redevelopment Agency of the County of Riverside SOURCE : Redevelopment Agency of the County of Riverside DIGEST : This bill declares that the territorial jurisdiction of the Redevelopment Agency of the County of Riverside includes territory that is now within the City of Menifee or the City of Wildomar if, before incorporation, the Agency (1) entered a binding agreement with a third party for affordable housing, and (2) acquired land or spent money from its Low and Moderate Income Housing Fund. This bill allows the Redevelopment Agency of the County of Riverside to count the housing units that it supports within Menifee and Wildomar towards its statutory obligations to support affordable housing. ANALYSIS : The Community Redevelopment Law provides that a county redevelopment agency's territorial jurisdiction is the county's unincorporated area. The territorial jurisdiction of a county redevelopment agency includes all CONTINUED SB 977 Page 2 of the unincorporated territory that was in a county's redevelopment project area, even if a city subsequently annexes the territory or a new city incorporates on top of the county's redevelopment project area. There are procedures for counties to transfer control over their project areas to the annexing city or the new city. This bill declares that the territorial jurisdiction of the Redevelopment Agency of the County of Riverside includes territory that is now within the City of Menifee or the City of Wildomar if, before incorporation, the Agency (1) entered a binding agreement with a third party for affordable housing, and (2) acquired land or spent money from its Low and Moderate Income Housing Fund. This bill allows the Redevelopment Agency of the County of Riverside County to count the housing units that it supports within Menifee and Wildomar towards its statutory obligations to support affordable housing. This bill declares that it applies retroactively and prospectively, and it contains legislative declarations to support its special provisions. Comments The Redevelopment Agency of the County of Riverside has five project areas. In 2008, the new cities of Menifee and Wildomar incorporated on top of parts of the County's existing project areas. Before these incorporations, however, County redevelopment officials acquired land outside of their project areas and signed agreements with a developer to build senior low-income apartments in Menifee (Vineyards) and Wildomar (Tres Lagos). County officials approved the apartment developments before the incorporations took effect. Because the properties are inside the new cities, but outside of the County's redevelopment project areas, County redevelopment officials lack the authority to continue with the apartment developments. They want a legislative declaration that the County Redevelopment Agency's territory still includes those properties, so that they can finish the apartments. SB 977 Page 3 FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: No Local: No SUPPORT : (Verified 4/20/10) Cities of Menifee and Wildomar County of Riverside AGB:mw 4/20/10 Senate Floor Analyses SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE **** END ****