Bill Text: CA SB561 | 2021-2022 | Regular Session | Chaptered

California Senate Bill 561 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: State surplus property: digital inventory: affordable housing.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2022-09-19 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 446, Statutes of 2022. [SB561 Detail]

Download: California-2021-SB561-Chaptered.html

Senate Bill No. 561

CHAPTER 446

An act to add Section 11011.3 to the Government Code, relating to housing.

[ Approved by Governor September 19, 2022. Filed with Secretary of State September 19, 2022. ]

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

SB 561, Dodd. State surplus property: digital inventory: affordable housing.

Existing law requires each state agency annually to review certain proprietary state lands over which it has jurisdiction to determine what land, if any, is in excess of its foreseeable needs and report this in writing to the Department of General Services. Existing law requires the department to create a database of information on lands identified by a local government as suitable and available for residential development and information regarding the state lands determined or declared excess, as specified. Existing law requires the department to report to the Legislature annually the land declared excess and to request authorization to dispose of the land by sale or otherwise. Existing law authorizes the department to dispose of real property declared surplus by the Legislature, as specified.

This bill would require the department to, by September 1, 2023, develop criteria to evaluate the suitability of state-owned parcels to be used for affordable housing, in consultation with the Department of Housing and Community Development. The bill would require the Department of General Services to conduct a comprehensive survey of all state-owned parcels using that criteria by July 1, 2024, and every 4 years thereafter. The bill would require the department to update its digitized inventory of all state-owned parcels that are in excess of the state’s foreseeable needs and suitable for affordable housing development, as specified.

Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

Section 11011.3 is added to the Government Code, to read:

11011.3.

(a) For purposes of this section, “department” means the Department of General Services.

(b) The department, in consultation with the Department of Housing and Community Development, shall develop criteria to evaluate the suitability of state-owned parcels to be used for affordable housing by September 1, 2023.

(c) Using the criteria established under subdivision (b), the department shall conduct a comprehensive survey of all state-owned parcels, by July 1, 2024, and every four years thereafter.

(d) Upon the conclusion of each comprehensive survey conducted pursuant to subdivision (c), the department shall update its digitized inventory of all state-owned parcels that are determined or declared in excess of the state’s foreseeable needs pursuant to Section 11011 and suitable for affordable housing development.