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          Bill No:  SB 1217
          Author:   Dutton (R)
          Amended:  8/6/12 
          Vote:     21

           
           SENATE GOVERNMENTAL ORG. COMMITTEE  :  11-0, 4/10/12
          AYES:  Wright, Anderson, Berryhill, Calderon, Cannella, 
            Corbett, De León, Hernandez, Padilla, Walters, Yee
          NO VOTE RECORDED:  Evans, Wyland

           SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE  :  Senate Rule 28.8

           SENATE FLOOR  :  35-0, 5/3/12 (Consent) 
          AYES:  Alquist, Berryhill, Blakeslee, Calderon, Corbett, 
            Correa, De León, DeSaulnier, Dutton, Emmerson, Evans, 
            Fuller, Gaines, Hancock, Harman, Hernandez, Huff, Kehoe, 
            La Malfa, Leno, Lieu, Liu, Lowenthal, Negrete McLeod, 
            Pavley, Price, Rubio, Steinberg, Strickland, Vargas, 
            Walters, Wolk, Wright, Wyland, Yee
          NO VOTE RECORDED:  Anderson, Cannella, Padilla, Runner, 
            Simitian

           ASSEMBLY FLOOR :  79-0, 8/16/12 (Consent) - See last page 
            for vote


           SUBJECT  :    Patton State Hospital:  lease of buildings

           SOURCE  :     Highland Senior Center


           DIGEST  :    This bill reauthorizes a statute that expressly 
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          allows the Director of the Department of General Services 
          (DGS), with the consent of the Department of State 
          Hospitals, to lease a building located at Patton State 
          Hospital to a nonprofit corporation or local government, 
          for a period not to exceed 20 years, for the purpose of 
          providing services to elderly persons.

           Assembly Amendments  change the reference to Department of 
          Mental Health to the Department of State Hospitals.

           ANALYSIS  :    

           Existing Law
           
          1. Among other things, authorizes DGS to lease any state 
             real or personal property for a period of time not to 
             exceed five years, the leasing of which is not expressly 
             prohibited by law, if the Director of DGS deems the 
             letting to be in the best interests of the state. 
             (Government Code Section 14670)

          2. A statute enacted in 1986 expressly authorizes DGS to 
             lease a building located at Patton State Hospital to a 
             private nonprofit corporation or local government, for a 
             period not to exceed 20 years, for the purpose of 
             providing services to elderly persons.
           
          Background
          
           In 1986, the Senior Center at Patton State Hospital entered 
          into a 20-year lease agreement, pursuant to a statute that 
          expressly authorized this long term lease.  When the lease 
          expired in 2006, the Highland Senior Center signed a 
          five-year lease with DGS.  This lease expires on November 
          30, 2013.  

          According to the author's office, the Highland Senior 
          Center needs a long term lease in order to secure financing 
          and grants.  The author's office states that, without the 
          commitment of a long term lease, financial institutions 
          will not loan the funds needed to make various repairs to 
          the subject property. 
          This bill re-enacts the 1986 law authorizing a 20-year 
          lease term for the Senior Center. 

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          The Senior Center at Patton State Hospital is located on 
          the grounds of Patton State Hospital and is a private, 
          non-profit senior adult recreational and social facility 
          which was incorporated on April 27, 1979.  The purpose of 
          the Center is to improve the quality of life for seniors 
          through educational classes, social interaction and special 
          outreach programs.  Current membership is approximately 
          2,000.  The Center has served approximately 80,000 seniors 
          in the past.

           FISCAL EFFECT  :    Appropriation:  No   Fiscal Com.:  Yes   
          Local:  No

           SUPPORT  :   (Verified  8/15/12)

          Highland Senior Center (source)

           ARGUMENTS IN SUPPORT  :    Writing in support, the executive 
          director of the Highland Senior Center states that, "by 
          obtaining a long term lease, the Center will have the 
          opportunity to secure funding for much needed programs and 
          activities, such as our daily hot lunch nutritional on-site 
          program, over 20 physical fitness classes, 30 weekly social 
          and recreational activities, and over 20 educational 
          classes.  The Center hosts over 3600 seniors of the 
          Highland, San Bernardino and surrounding communities."


           ASSEMBLY FLOOR  :  79-0, 8/16/12
          AYES:  Achadjian, Alejo, Allen, Ammiano, Atkins, Beall, 
            Bill Berryhill, Block, Blumenfield, Bonilla, Bradford, 
            Brownley, Buchanan, Butler, Charles Calderon, Campos, 
            Carter, Cedillo, Chesbro, Conway, Cook, Davis, Dickinson, 
            Donnelly, Eng, Feuer, Fletcher, Fong, Fuentes, Furutani, 
            Beth Gaines, Galgiani, Garrick, Gatto, Gordon, Gorell, 
            Grove, Hagman, Halderman, Hall, Harkey, Hayashi, Roger 
            Hernández, Hill, Huber, Hueso, Huffman, Jeffries, Jones, 
            Knight, Logue, Bonnie Lowenthal, Ma, Mansoor, Mendoza, 
            Miller, Mitchell, Monning, Morrell, Nestande, Nielsen, 
            Norby, Olsen, Pan, Perea, V. Manuel Pérez, Portantino, 
            Silva, Skinner, Smyth, Solorio, Swanson, Torres, Valadao, 
            Wagner, Wieckowski, Williams, Yamada, John A. Pérez
          NO VOTE RECORDED:  Lara

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          DLW:m  8/17/12   Senate Floor Analyses 

                         SUPPORT/OPPOSITION:  SEE ABOVE

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