BILL ANALYSIS Ó
SENATE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION
Senator Isadore Hall, III
Chair
2015 - 2016 Regular
Bill No: AB 2904 Hearing Date: 6/14/2016
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|Author: |Committee on Accountability and Administrative |
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|Version: |3/29/2016 Amended |
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|Urgency: |No |Fiscal: |Yes |
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|Consultant:|Felipe Lopez |
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SUBJECT: State real property: disposition
DIGEST: This bill authorizes the Director of the Department
of General Services (DGS) to dispose of a specified surplus
property, known as the California Highway Patrol field office in
Stockton, California, and rescinds the prior surplus
authorization of a specified parcel, known as the Employment
Development Department's (EDD) Vallejo Building in Vallejo,
California.
ANALYSIS:
Existing law:
1)Provides that DGS may acquire and dispose of surplus state
real property where that property is not needed by another
state agency and the Legislature has authorized disposal of
the property.
2)Authorizes DGS to sell, exchange, sell combined with an
exchange, or lease for fair market value, upon those terms and
conditions as the Director determines are in the best
interests of the state, all or any part of a parcel consisting
of approximately 0.90 acres and improvements, known as the
Employment Development Department's Vallejo Office building,
located at 1440 Marin Street, in Vallejo, Solano County.
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3)Requires that the proceeds from the sale of surplus state
property be used to pay the principal and interest on bonds
issued pursuant to the Economic Recovery Bond Act, until the
principal and interest on those bonds are fully paid, the
final payment of which was made in the 2015-16 fiscal year,
after which these proceeds are required to be deposited into
the Special Fund for Economic Uncertainties, a continuously
appropriated Fund.
This bill:
1)Authorizes DGS to sell, exchange, sell combined with an
exchange, or lease for fair market value, upon terms and
conditions determined to be in the state's best interest, all
or any part of a former California Highway Patrol field office
in Stockton, California.
2)Rescinds the surplus authorizations for the Employment
Development Department's office building in Vallejo,
California, due to continued need for its use.
Background
Purpose of the bill. According to the author, "legislative
authorization is needed to declare real properties as surplus
and to authorize their disposal by DGS. If a state agency
identifies a continued need for a property that was previously
declared surplus, legislative approval is needed to remove the
surplus authorization."
Prior/Related Legislation
AB 1880 (Irwin, 2016) would authorize DGS to revert a specified
parcel of state real property to the City of Buenaventura.
(Pending in Senate Governmental Organization Committee)
AB 2174 (Accountability and Administrative Review Committee,
Chapter 337, Statutes of 2014) authorized DGS to dispose of
seven surplus state properties.
AB 826 (Jones-Sawyer, Chapter 505, Statutes of 2013) authorized
DGS to dispose of eight surplus state properties including the
EDD's office building in Vallejo, California.
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FISCAL EFFECT: Appropriation: Yes Fiscal
Com.: Yes Local: No
SUPPORT:
Department of General Services (Source)
OPPOSITION:
None received
ARGUMENTS IN SUPPORT: According to DGS, "the surplus parcel
located in Stockton is the result of a statewide upgrading of
outdated and small existing field offices of the CHP. A new
office is under construction nearby. According to the CHP,
these locations no longer meet modern building codes, are not in
compliance with ADA, and lack women's locker room facilities."
In addition, DGS specifies that, "this bill also rescinds the
surplus authorization for the Employment Development
Department's Vallejo Office Building. Previously, an EDD
Partner and major building tenant intended to end the
partnership and seek a separate location. After the property
was declared surplus, the partner notified EDD that it no longer
intended to end the partnership and move out, so for the long
term, EDD will likely remain co-located with this partner."