BILL ANALYSIS �
Bill No: SB
1217
SENATE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION
Senator Roderick D. Wright, Chair
2011-2012 Regular Session
Staff Analysis
SB 1217 Author: Dutton
As Introduced: February 23, 2012
Hearing Date: April 10, 2012
Consultant: Paul Donahue
SUBJECT
Patton State Hospital; Lease to Highland Senior Center
DESCRIPTION
This bill reauthorizes a statute that expressly allows the
director of the Department of General Services (DGS), with
the consent of the State Department of Mental Health, 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.
EXISTING LAW
1)Among other things, authorizes DGS to lease any state
real or personal property for a period of time not to
exceed 5 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. (Govt.
Code � 14670)
2)A statute enacted in 1986<1> 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
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<1> Stats. 1986, ch. 224, � 4, effective June 30, 1986
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1)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.
2)According to the author, the Highland Senior Center needs
a long term lease in order to secure financing and
grants. The author 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 would re-enact the 1986 law authorizing a
20-year lease term for the Senior Center.
3)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 2000. The center has served approximately
80,000 seniors in the past.
4)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."
SUPPORT:
Highland Senior Center
OPPOSE:
None on file
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FISCAL COMMITTEE: Senate Appropriations Committee
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