Bill Text: CA SB719 | 2021-2022 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Surplus land: exempt surplus land: eligible military base land.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2021-06-10 - Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and H. & C.D. [SB719 Detail]
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CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
2021–2022 REGULAR SESSION
Senate Bill
No. 719
| Introduced by Senator Min |
February 19, 2021 |
An act to amend Section 54221 of, and to add Section 54222.4 to, the Government Code, relating to land use.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 719, as amended, Min.
Surplus land: exempt surplus land: eligible military base land.
Existing law prescribes requirements for the disposal of surplus land by a local agency. Existing law defines terms for these purposes, including, among others, “surplus land” to mean land owned in fee simple by any local agency for which the local agency’s governing body takes formal action in a regular public meeting declaring that the land is surplus and is not necessary for the agency’s use. Existing law defines “exempt surplus land” to mean, among other things, surplus land that a local agency is exchanging for another property necessary for the agency’s use and surplus land that a local agency is transferring to another local, state, or federal agency for the agency’s use.
Existing law authorizes the adoption of a redevelopment plan for the Tustin Marine Corps Air Station Redevelopment Project, which includes specified area
areas comprising of the Tustin Marine Corps Air Station and land contiguous with the Tustin Marine Corps Air Station.
This bill would deem certain land comprising of the Tustin Marine Corps Air Station to be exempt surplus land if specified requirements are met. In this regard, the bill would require the exempt surplus land to require the residential units on the land that are permitted after January 1, 2022, to comply with specified affordability requirements, as specified. In this regard, the bill would require at least 20% of the residential units that are permitted after January 1, 2022, to be restricted to persons and families of low or moderate income, and at least 15% of those units to be restricted to lower income households, as specified.
The bill would require a local agency that disposes of exempt surplus land under these provisions to comply with certain requirements, including, adopting an initial finding of exemption and report certain information regarding the development of residential units on the property in a specified annual report.
This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the Tustin Marine Corps Air Station.
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 54221 of the Government Code is amended to read:54221.
As used in this article, the following definitions shall apply:(a) (1) “Local agency” means every city, whether organized under general law or by charter, county, city and county, district, including school, sewer, water, utility, and local and regional park districts of any kind or class, joint powers authority, successor agency to a former redevelopment agency, housing authority, or other political subdivision of this state and any instrumentality thereof that is empowered to acquire and hold real property.
(2) The Legislature finds and declares that the term “district” as used in this article includes all districts within the
state, including, but not limited to, all special districts, sewer, water, utility, and local and regional park districts, and any other political subdivision of the state that is a district, and therefore the changes in paragraph (1) made by the act adding this paragraph that specify that the provisions of this article apply to all districts, including school, sewer, water, utility, and local and regional park districts of any kind or class, are declaratory of, and not a change in, existing law.
(b) (1) “Surplus land” means land owned in fee simple by any local agency for which the local agency’s governing body takes formal action in a regular public meeting declaring that the land is surplus and is not necessary for the agency’s use. Land shall be declared either “surplus land” or “exempt surplus land,” as supported
by written findings, before a local agency may take any action to dispose of it consistent with an agency’s policies or procedures. A local agency, on an annual basis, may declare multiple parcels as “surplus land” or “exempt surplus land.”
(2) “Surplus land” includes land held in the Community Redevelopment Property Trust Fund pursuant to Section 34191.4 of the Health and Safety Code and land that has been designated in the long-range property management plan approved by the Department of Finance pursuant to Section 34191.5 of the Health and Safety Code, either for sale or for future development, but does not include any specific disposal of land to an identified entity described in the plan.
(3) Nothing in this article prevents a local agency from obtaining fair market value for the
disposition of surplus land consistent with Section 54226.
(c) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), “agency’s use” shall include, but not be limited to, land that is being used, is planned to be used pursuant to a written plan adopted by the local agency’s governing board for, or is disposed to support pursuant to subparagraph (B) of paragraph (2) agency work or operations, including, but not limited to, utility sites, watershed property, land being used for conservation purposes, land for demonstration, exhibition, or educational purposes related to greenhouse gas emissions, and buffer sites near sensitive governmental uses, including, but not limited to, waste water treatment plants.
(2) (A) “Agency’s use” shall not include commercial or
industrial uses or activities, including nongovernmental retail, entertainment, or office development. Property disposed of for the sole purpose of investment or generation of revenue shall not be considered necessary for the agency’s use.
(B) In the case of a local agency that is a district, excepting those whose primary mission or purpose is to supply the public with a transportation system, “agency’s use” may include commercial or industrial uses or activities, including nongovernmental retail, entertainment, or office development or be for the sole purpose of investment or generation of revenue if the agency’s governing body takes action in a public meeting declaring that the use of the site will do one of the following:
(i) Directly further the express
purpose of agency work or operations.
(ii) Be expressly authorized by a statute governing the local agency, provided the district complies with Section 54233.5 where applicable.
(d) “Open-space purposes” means the use of land for public recreation, enjoyment of scenic beauty, or conservation or use of natural resources.
(e) “Persons and families of low or moderate income” has the same meaning as provided in Section 50093 of the Health and Safety Code.
(f) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), “exempt surplus land” means any of the following:
(A) Surplus land that is
transferred pursuant to Section 25539.4 or 37364.
(B) Surplus land that is (i) less than 5,000 square feet in area, (ii) less than the minimum legal residential building lot size for the jurisdiction in which the parcel is located, or 5,000 square feet in area, whichever is less, or (iii) has no record access and is less than 10,000 square feet in area; and is not contiguous to land owned by a state or local agency that is used for open-space or low- and moderate-income housing purposes. If the surplus land is not sold to an owner of contiguous land, it is not considered exempt surplus land and is subject to this article.
(C) Surplus land that a local agency is exchanging for another property necessary for the agency’s use.
(D) Surplus land that a local agency is transferring to another local, state, or federal agency for the agency’s use.
(E) Surplus land that is a former street, right of way, or easement, and is conveyed to an owner of an adjacent property.
(F) Surplus land that is put out to open, competitive bid by a local agency, provided all entities identified in subdivision (a) of Section 54222 will be invited to participate in the competitive bid process, for either of the following purposes:
(i) A housing development, which may have ancillary commercial ground floor uses, that restricts 100 percent of the residential units to persons and families of low or moderate income, with at least 75 percent of the residential units
restricted to lower income households, as defined in Section 50079.5 of the Health and Safety Code, with an affordable sales price or an affordable rent, as defined in Sections 50052.5 or 50053 of the Health and Safety Code, for a minimum of 55 years for rental housing and 45 years for ownership housing, and in no event shall the maximum affordable sales price or rent level be higher than 20 percent below the median market rents or sales prices for the neighborhood in which the site is located.
(ii) A mixed-use development that is more than one acre in area, that includes not less than 300 housing units, and that restricts at least 25 percent of the residential units to lower income households, as defined in Section 50079.5 of the Health and Safety Code, with an affordable sales price or an affordable rent, as defined in Sections
50052.5 and 50053 of the Health and Safety Code, for a minimum of 55 years for rental housing and 45 years for ownership housing.
(G) Surplus land that is subject to valid legal restrictions that are not imposed by the local agency and that would make housing prohibited, unless there is a feasible method to satisfactorily mitigate or avoid the prohibition on the site. An existing nonresidential land use designation on the surplus land is not a legal restriction that would make housing prohibited for purposes of this subparagraph. Nothing in this article limits a local
jurisdiction’s authority or discretion to approve land use, zoning, or entitlement decisions in connection with the surplus land.
(H) Surplus land that was granted by the state in trust to a local agency or that was acquired by the local agency for trust purposes by purchase or exchange, and for which disposal of the land is authorized or required subject to conditions established by statute.
(I) Land that is subject to Sections 17388, 17515, 17536, 81192, 81397, 81399, 81420, and 81422 of the Education Code and Part 14 (commencing with Section 53570) of Division 31 of the Health and Safety Code, unless compliance with this article is expressly required.
(J) Real property that is used by a district for agency’s
use
expressly authorized in subdivision (c).
(K) Land that has been transferred before June 30, 2019, by the state to a local agency pursuant to Section 32667 of the Streets and Highways Code and has a minimum planned residential density of at least one hundred dwelling units per acre, and includes 100 or more residential units that are restricted to persons and families of low or moderate income, as defined in Section 50093 of the Health and Safety Code, with an affordable sales price or an affordable rent, as defined in Sections 50052.5 and 50053 of the Health and Safety Code, for a minimum of 55 years for rental housing and 45 years for ownership housing. For purposes of this paragraph, not more than 20 percent of the affordable units may be restricted to persons and families of moderate income and at least 80 percent of the
affordable units must be restricted to persons and families of lower income as defined in Section 50079.5 of the Health and Safety Code.
(L) Eligible military base land described in Section 54222.4, provided that the local agency complies with the requirements of that section.
(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), a written notice of the availability of surplus land for open-space purposes shall be sent to the entities described in subdivision (b) of Section 54222 prior to disposing of the surplus land, provided the land does not meet the criteria in subparagraph (H) of paragraph (1), if the land is any of the following:
(A) Within a coastal zone.
(B) Adjacent to a historical unit of the State Parks System.
(C) Listed on, or determined by the State Office of Historic Preservation to be eligible for, the National Register of Historic Places.
(D) Within the Lake Tahoe region as defined in Section 66905.5.
SEC. 2.
Section 54222.4 is added to the Government Code, to read:54222.4.
(a) (1) A local agency may declare eligible military base land, as defined(2) For purposes of this section, “eligible military base land” means land subject to Article 7 (commencing with Section 33492.100) of Chapter 4.5 of Part 1 of Division 24 of the Health and Safety Code and that meets both of the following
requirements:
(A) The land is a former military base that was granted by the federal government to a local agency for which disposal of the land is authorized and subject to conditions established by an agreement between the local agency and the federal government, and the land meets one of the following
conditions: government.
(A)
(B) At least 20 percent of the residential units on the land that are permitted after January 1, 2022, are restricted to persons and families of low or moderate income income, and at least 15 percent of those units shall be
restricted to lower income households, with an affordable sales price or an affordable rent for a minimum of 55 years for rental housing and 45 years for ownership housing.
(B)At least 15 percent of the residential units permitted after January 1, 2022, are restricted to lower income households and 10 percent of those units are available to very low income households with an affordable sales price or an affordable rent for a minimum of 55 years for rental housing and 45 years
for ownership housing.
(b) Notwithstanding Section 54222.3, a local agency that declares eligible military base land exempt surplus land under this section shall comply with all of the following:
(1) Before disposing of the exempt surplus land, adopt an initial finding of exemption.
(2) Include in its annual report required by paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 65400 the status of the development of residential units on the land. The report shall include the total number of residential units that have been permitted and the percentage of those residential units that are restricted for persons and families of low and moderate income or lower income households.
(3) If on January 1, 2027, and every five years thereafter, at least 20 percent of the total number of residential housing units permitted are not restricted to persons and families of low and moderate income or at least 15 percent of the total number of residential housing units are not restricted to lower income households as required in subparagraph
(A) or (B) of paragraph (2) of subdivision (a), the local agency shall adopt a finding stating the reasons that the local agency was unable to meet the required percentages and a plan to come into compliance with this section.
(4) If, within five years of adopting a plan required pursuant to paragraph (3), the local agency has not permitted the requisite percentage of residential housing units restricted to persons and families of low and moderate income or lower income households as required in subparagraph (A) or (B) of paragraph (2) of subdivision (a), this section shall no longer apply, the land shall no longer be deemed exempt surplus land, and the local agency shall comply with the requirements of this article for the disposal of each parcel until the required
percentage of permitted residential housing units restricted to persons and families of low and moderate income or lower income households as required in subparagraph (A) or (B) of paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) is met.
(c) For purposes of this section:
(1) “Affordable rent” means the same as defined in Section 50053 of the Health and Safety Code.
(2) “Affordable sales price” means the same as defined in Section 50052.5 of the Health and Safety Code.
(3) “Lower income households” and “very low income households” mean the same as defined in Section 50079.5 of the Health and Safety
Code.
(4) “Persons and families of low or moderate income” means the same as defined in Section 50093 of the Health and Safety Code.
