BILL ANALYSIS
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UNFINISHED BUSINESS
Bill No: SB 679
Author: Johnston (D), et al
Amended: 9/7/99
Vote: 21
SENATE VOTES NOT RELEVANT
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : Not available
SUBJECT : Education: California State University
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This bill appropriates a total of $1.6 million
for support of the California State University, Stanislaus
Stockton Center.
Assembly Amendments delete the prior version. As it left
the Senate, the bill required the State Controller to
propose a method for reimbursing school districts for the
cost of desegregation magnet school programs, as specified.
ANALYSIS : This bill appropriates a total of $1.6 million
for support of the California State University (CSU)
Stanislaus Stockton Center (formerly the Stockton
Developmental Center). Specifically, this bill
1.Appropriates $1.3 million to CSU to support the
operations and maintenance of the Stockton Center.
2.States the intent of the Legislature to provide
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additional funding for the Stockton Center in the next
fiscal year.
3.Requires CSU to conduct a study, in conjunction with the
Department of General Services, the Department of Finance
and the City of Stockton, to develop a long-term
feasibility study and strategic plan for the Stockton
Center site.
4.Appropriates $300,000 to CSU to conduct the
above-referenced study.
Comments
In 1997-98, the former Stockton Developmental Center site
was conveyed to the CSU for use as "off campus center" by
the CSU Stanislaus campus. Since the Stockton
Developmental Center had been slated for closure for a
number of years, the site had accrued a great deal of
deferred maintenance and was in a state of disrepair when
CSU took ownership. As part of the original reuse plan,
the CSU planed for an ongoing revenue stream, which was to
come from commercial leases of space at the site; since
that time, the lease revenue projections have failed to
materialize and the aging Stockton facility continues to
need substantial repair and upgrading before being viable
on the commercial market.
In order to address this unmet need, this bill appropriates
$1.3 million to support operations at the Stockton Center.
Specifically, the funds will be used to support public
safety for the site, central plant operation and
maintenance, utilities, and site administration.
Furthermore, this bill calls on CSU to conduct a
feasibility study of the site with other interested
parties, including the Department of General Services,
Department of Finance and the City of Stockton, and
appropriates $300,000 for this purpose. Since development
of the site has not met original expectations, staff notes
that it is appropriate for the feasibility and viability of
the site, as an educational center, to be reviewed by all
interested parties.
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FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: Yes Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: No
$300,000 General Fund (one-time) to conduct the feasibility
study for the site and $1.3 million General Fund (one-time)
to support the operations of the Stockton site during the
1999-2000 fiscal year.
NC:sl 9/9/99 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: NONE RECEIVED
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