California Legislature—2015–16 Regular Session

Assembly Bill No. 2050

Introduced by Assembly Member Steinorth

February 17, 2016

An act to amend Section 33334.5 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to redevelopment.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 2050, as introduced, Steinorth. Redevelopment.

The Community Redevelopment Law authorizes the establishment of redevelopment agencies in communities to address the effects of blight, as defined, and requires that not less than 20% of taxes allocated to an agency be dedicated for the provision of low- and moderate-income housing. Existing law requires that every redevelopment plan adopted or amended after January 1, 1977, to expand a project area contain a provision that affordable housing units destroyed or removed from the low- and moderate-income housing market as part of a redevelopment project be replaced with dwelling units at affordable cost, as described.

Existing law dissolved redevelopment agencies as of February 1, 2012, and designates successor agencies to act as successor entities to the dissolved redevelopment agencies. Existing law provides for the continued application of specified provisions of the Community Redevelopment Law under certain circumstances.

This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to the provision of the Community Redevelopment Law requiring the replacement of affordable housing units.

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.  

Section 33334.5 of the Health and Safety Code
is amended to read:

33334.5.  

begin delete Every end delete begin insert A end insert redevelopment plan adopted or amended to
expand the project area after January 1, 1977, shall contain a
provision that whenever dwelling units housing persons and
families of low or moderate income are destroyed or removed from
the low- and moderate-income housing market as part of a
redevelopment project, the agency shall, within four years of begin delete such end delete
begin insert that end insert destruction or removal, rehabilitate, develop, or construct, or
cause to be rehabilitated, developed, or constructed, for rental or
sale to persons and families of low or moderate income an equal
number of replacement dwelling units at affordable housing costs,
as defined by Section 50052.5, within the project area or within
the territorial jurisdiction of the agency, in accordance with begin delete all of
the provisions of end delete Sections 33413 and 33413.5.