BILL NUMBER: SB 1472	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senators Pavley and DeSaulnier
   (Coauthors: Senators Hancock and Leno)

                        FEBRUARY 24, 2012

   An act relating to real property.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1472, as introduced, Pavley. Real property: blight.
   Existing law authorizes local government entities to impose civil
fines on specified property owners when the condition of their
property constitutes a nuisance.
   This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation to amend the Civil Code and the Health and Safety Code to
provide communities throughout California with additional tools to
fight blight.
   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.  It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation to amend the Civil Code and the Health and Safety Code to
provide communities throughout California with additional tools to
fight blight.