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FROM: Phil Batchelor
Executive Director
DATE: March 9, 1992 \
SUBJECT: Redevelopment Reform Legislation
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATIONS(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATIONS
ACCEPT REPORT on reform legislation initiated by the California
Redevelopment Association.
FISCAL IMPACT
No effect at this time.
BACKGROUND/REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATIONS
A series of redevelopment reform measures are being developed by the
California Redevelopment Association (CRA) (of which the Contra Costa
County Redevelopment Agency is a member) , to curtail several of the
perceived and actual abuses of the redevelopment process. These
reforms are being offered as a means to develop added revenue for the
state and other local governments while still retaining the basic
integrity of existing redevelopment law and funding.
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Contact: Jim Kennedy
646-4076 ATTESTED March 9 , 1993
orig: Redevelopment Agency PHIL BATCHELOR
cc: County Counsel AGENCY SECRETARY
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Community Development
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The initial draft of the CRA-sponsored reform legislation is not
yet in print. Assemblyman Isenberg will author the bill. The
initial bill will provide a starting point for discussions with the
legislature. Elements of the reform legislation include:
1. The lack of adequate infrastructure alone will not constitute
sufficient blight to justify the formation of a project area.
There must also be other blighting influences.
2 . The existence of areas with hazardous substances will be added
as a blighting condition.
3 . In the annual report to the legislative body, the agency must
describe its plans and programs to increase, improve and
preserve the community's supply of low and moderate income
housing for the coming two years.
4 . When an agency sells property, it must add to its 33433 report
an explanation of why the sale of the property will assist in
the elimination of blight.
5. When an agency plans to use RDA funds for the acquisition of
land for a public facility or to pay the cost of a building,
facility, structure or improvement, it must determine that the
expenditure of these funds will assist in the elimination of
blight.
6. It must clarify that an agency may establish a program
pursuant to which an agency may loan funds to owners or
tenants for the purpose of rehabilitating commercial buildings
or structures within the project area.
In addition to these provisions that are already included in the
initial draft of the bill, work is being done on language to
address the Statement of Indebtedness, limiting competition for
large sales tax generators between cities, tightening the
definition of blight and expanding the authority of RDAs to spend
funds on economic development activities such as industrial
retention and attraction, job training, commercial loan guarantees
and payment for pollution control devices.