Bill Text: CA SB7 | 2019-2020 | Regular Session | Amended
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Bill Title: Surplus nonresidential property and State Highway Route 710.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-10-12 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 835, Statutes of 2019. [SB7 Detail]
Download: California-2019-SB7-Amended.html
(a)The Department of Transportation shall not increase the rent of a tenant who resides in a surplus residential property located within the State Route 710 corridor in the County of Los Angeles and who participates in the Affordable Rent Program administered by the department pursuant to Article 1 of Chapter 24 of Division 2 of Title 21 of the California Code of Regulations, Sections 2653 to 2658, inclusive.
Bill Title: Surplus nonresidential property and State Highway Route 710.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-10-12 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 835, Statutes of 2019. [SB7 Detail]
Download: California-2019-SB7-Amended.html
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CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
2019–2020 REGULAR SESSION
| Senate Bill | No. 7 |
| Introduced by Senator Portantino (Coauthor: Senator Beall) (Coauthors: Assembly Members Carrillo and Blanca Rubio) |
December 03, 2018 |
An act to amend Sections 54237 and 54238.9 of the Government Code, and to add Section 622.2 to the Streets and Highways Code, relating to highways.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 7, as amended, Portantino.
State Highway Route 710: surplus residential and nonresidential property.
(1) Existing law establishes priorities and procedures that any state agency disposing of that surplus residential property is required to follow. Under existing law, specified single-family residences must first be offered to their former owners or present occupants, as specified. Existing law also provides that tenants in good standing of nonresidential properties are given priority to purchase, at fair market value, the property they rent, lease, or otherwise legally occupy.
This bill would require, for surplus nonresidential properties for located within the State Route 710
corridor in the County of Los Angeles, that purchases of those properties by tenants in good standing be offered at fair market value as determined relative to the current use of the property if the tenant is a nonprofit organization or a city.
(2) Existing law prohibits the Department of Transportation, until January 1, 2020, from increasing the rent of tenants who reside in surplus residential property located within the State Route 710 corridor in the County of Los Angeles and who participate in the Affordable Rent Program administered by the department.
This bill would extend make this prohibition to January 1, 2025.
permanent.
(3) Existing law vests the Department of Transportation with full possession and control of all state highways and associated property. Existing law designates and describes state highway routes, and also describes the state highway routes in the California freeway and expressway system, including all of State Highway Route 710 in the County of Los Angeles.
Existing law also requires specified proceeds from the sale of surplus residential property from the department to a new owner to be deposited into the SR-710 Rehabilitation Account, a continuously appropriated fund, and requires funds in excess of $500,000 to be transferred to the State Highway Account in the State Transportation Fund to be used for allocation by the California Transportation Commission exclusively to fund projects located in Pasadena, South Pasadena, and other specified areas. Existing
law prohibits these funds from being used to advance or construct any proposed North State Route 710 tunnel.
This bill would prohibit the department from implementing a freeway tunnel or surface freeway or expressway for Route 710 between Route 10 and Route 210.
Digest Key
Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NOBill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 54237 of the Government Code is amended to read:54237.
(a) Notwithstanding Section 11011.1, an agency of the state disposing of surplus residential property shall do so in accordance with the following priorities and procedures:(1) First, all single-family residences presently occupied by their former owners shall be offered to those former owners at the appraised fair market value.
(2) Second, all single-family residences shall be offered, pursuant to this article, to their present occupants who have occupied the property for two years or more and who are persons and families of low or
moderate income.
(3) Third, all single-family residences shall be offered, pursuant to this article, to their present occupants who have occupied the property for five years or more and whose household income does not exceed 150 percent of the area median income.
(4) Fourth, a single-family residence shall not be offered, pursuant to this article, to present occupants who are not the former owners of the property if the present occupants have had an ownership interest in real property in the last three years.
(b) Single-family residences offered to their present occupants pursuant to paragraphs (2) and (3) of subdivision (a) shall be offered
to those present occupants at an affordable price. The price shall not be less than the price paid by the agency for original acquisition, unless the acquisition price was greater than the current fair market value, and shall not be greater than fair market value. When a single-family residence is offered to present occupants at a price that is less than fair market value, the selling agency shall impose terms, conditions, and restrictions to ensure that the housing will remain available to persons and families of low or moderate income and households with incomes no greater than the incomes of the present occupants in proportion to the area median income. The Department of Housing and Community Development shall provide to the selling agency recommendations of standards and criteria for these prices, terms, conditions, and restrictions. The selling agency shall provide repairs required by lenders and government
housing assistance programs, or, at the option of the agency, provide the present occupants with a replacement dwelling pursuant to Section 54237.5.
(c) If single-family residences are offered to their present occupants pursuant to paragraphs (2) and (3) of subdivision (a), the occupants shall certify their income and assets to the selling agency. When a single-family residence is offered to present occupants at a price that is less than fair market value, the selling agency may verify the certifications, in accordance with procedures used for verification of incomes of purchasers and occupants of housing financed by the California Housing Finance Agency and with regulations adopted for the verification of assets by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development. The income and asset limitations and term of residency
requirements of paragraphs (2) and (3) of subdivision (a) shall not apply to sales that are described as mitigation measures in an environmental study prepared pursuant to the Public Resources Code, if the study was initiated before this measure was enacted.
(d) All other surplus residential properties and all properties described in paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of subdivision (a) that are not purchased by the former owners or the present occupants shall be then offered as follows:
(1) Except as required by paragraph (2), the property shall be offered to a housing-related private or public entity at a reasonable price, which is best suited to economically feasible use of the property as decent, safe, and sanitary housing at affordable rents and affordable prices for persons and
families of low or moderate income, on the condition that the purchasing entity shall cause the property to be rehabilitated and used as follows:
(A) If the housing-related entity is a public entity, the entity shall dedicate profits realized from a subsequent sale, as specified in subdivision (b) of Section 54237.7, to the construction of affordable housing within Pasadena, South Pasadena, Alhambra, La Cañada Flintridge, and the 90032 postal ZIP Code.
(B) If the entity is a private housing-related entity or a housing-related public entity, the entity shall cause the property to be developed as limited equity cooperative housing with first right of occupancy to present occupants, except that where the development of cooperative or cooperatives is not feasible, the purchasing
entity shall cause the property to be used for low and moderate income rental or owner-occupied housing, with first right of occupancy to the present tenants. The price of the property in no case shall be less than the price paid by the entity for original acquisition unless the acquisition price was greater than current fair market value and shall not be greater than fair market value. Subject to the foregoing, it shall be set at the level necessary to provide housing at affordable rents and affordable prices for present tenants and persons and families of low or moderate income. When residential property is offered at a price that is less than fair market value, the selling agency shall impose terms, conditions, and restrictions as will ensure that the housing will remain available to persons and families of low or moderate income. The Department of Housing and Community Development shall provide to
the selling agency recommendations of standards and criteria for prices, terms, conditions, and restrictions.
(2) (A) If the property is a historic home, the property shall be offered first to a housing-related public entity subject to subparagraph (A) or (B) of paragraph (1) or to a nonprofit private entity dedicated to rehabilitating and maintaining the historic home for public and community access and use subject to subparagraph (B) of paragraph (1).
(B) For purposes of this subdivision, “historic home” means single-family surplus residential property that is listed on, or for which an application has been filed for listing on, at least one of the following by January 1, 2015:
(i) The California
Register of Historical Resources, as established pursuant to Article 2 (commencing with Section 5020) of Chapter 1 of Division 5 of the Public Resources Code.
(ii) The National Register of Historic Places, as established pursuant to Chapter 3021 of Title 54 of the United States Code.
(iii) The National Register of Historic Places, as previously established pursuant to the federal National Historic Preservation Act (54 U.S.C. Sec. 300101 et seq.).
(e) A surplus residential property not sold pursuant to subdivisions (a) to (d), inclusive, shall then be sold at fair market value, with priority given first to purchasers who are present tenants in good standing with all rent obligations current and paid in full, second to
former tenants who were in good standing at the time they vacated the premises, with priority given to the most recent tenants first, and then to purchasers who will be owner occupants. The selling agency may commence the sale of property that former tenants may possess a right to purchase as provided by this subdivision 30 days after the selling agency has done both of the following:
(1) Posted information regarding the sale under this subdivision on the selling agency’s internet website.
(2) Made a good faith effort to provide written notice, by first-class mail, to the last known address of each former tenant.
(f) (1) Tenants in good standing of nonresidential properties shall be given priority to
purchase, at fair market value, the property they rent, lease, or otherwise legally occupy.
(2) For surplus nonresidential properties for located within the State Route 710 corridor in the County of Los Angeles, if the tenant in good standing is a nonprofit organization or city, the property shall be offered at fair market value as determined relative to the current use of the property.
SEC. 2.
Section 54238.9 of the Government Code is amended to read:54238.9.
(b)This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2025, and as of that date is repealed.
