BILL ANALYSIS
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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
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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.
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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
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