Title HSC — California Health & Safety Code

(a) When an agency proposes to amend a redevelopment plan which utilizes tax increment financing to add new territory to the project area, to increase either the limitation on the number of dollars to be allocated to the redevelopment agency or the time limit on the establishing …

(a) Before an agency or a public body forgives the repayment, wholly or partially, of a loan, advance, or indebtedness that is owed by a public body to the agency or an agency to the public body, the agency or public body forgiving the repayment shall adopt a resolution that stat…

(a) On or before February 1, 2012, an agency or public body shall adopt a resolution that declares whether or not it has forgiven, during the period of time commencing January 1, 2010, through December 31, 2011, the repayment, wholly or partially, of a loan, advance, or indebtedn…

As an alternative to the separate public hearings required by Sections 33348 and 33360 of this part, the agency and the legislative body, with the consent of both, may hold a joint public hearing on a redevelopment plan. The presiding officer of the legislative body shall preside…

Prior to such joint public hearing, the agency shall submit the plan to the planning commission by the same procedure as is provided in Section 33346, and to the legislative body. The submission of the plan to the legislative body shall be accompanied by the report required by Se…

After the close of the joint public hearing, the agency may proceed to approve the plan and submit its approval together with any recommendations for changes to the legislative body. If the agency desires to recommend any changes in the plan, such changes shall be submitted to th…

After receipt of the approval and any recommendations for changes as well as the report and recommendation of the planning commission of the recommended changes, the legislative body may proceed to act upon the plan pursuant to Sections 33363.5 to 33375, inclusive.

When a joint public hearing is held where the legislative body is also the agency, action to approve and adopt the plan need be taken only by the legislative body. At the conclusion of the joint public hearing on the plan, the legislative body may proceed to adopt the plan pursua…

The legislative body at a public hearing shall consider the redevelopment plan submitted by the agency. The legislative body may adjourn the hearing from time to time.

(a) No later than 45 days prior to the public hearing on a proposed plan adoption by an agency or the joint public hearing of the agency and the legislative body, the agency shall deliver a copy of the preliminary report and notice of the date of the public hearing to the Departm…

Notice of the public hearing shall be given by publication not less than once a week for four successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation published in the county in which the land lies. The notice shall: (a) Describe specifically the boundaries of the proposed redevelo…

At any time not later than the hour set for hearing objections to the proposed redevelopment plan, any person may file in writing with the clerk of the legislative body a statement of his objections to the proposed plan.

At the hour set in the notice required by Section 33361 for hearing objections, the legislative body shall proceed to hear all written and oral objections. Before adopting the redevelopment plan the legislative body shall evaluate the report of the agency, the report and recommen…

After the redevelopment plan and accompanying documents have been submitted by the agency to the legislative body and at any time prior to the adoption of the plan, the legislative body upon the recommendation of the agency, without additional agency public hearings, may change s…

If no objections in writing have been delivered to the clerk of the legislative body prior to the hour set for the hearing thereon, and if no written objections are presented during the hearing thereon, the legislative body may proceed to adopt the plan at the time set for hearin…

The legislative body by ordinance may adopt the redevelopment plan as the official redevelopment plan for the project area. Except as otherwise provided in Section 33378, the ordinance adopting the redevelopment plan shall be subject to referendum as prescribed by law for the ord…

If the planning commission or the project area committee has recommended against the approval of the redevelopment plan, the legislative body may adopt such plan by a two-thirds vote of its entire membership eligible and qualified to vote on such plan. If the planning commission …

The ordinance shall contain all of the following: (a) The purposes and intent of the legislative body with respect to the project area. (b) The plan incorporated by reference. (c) A designation of the approved plan as the official redevelopment plan of the project area. (d) The f…

The decision of the legislative body shall be final and conclusive, and it shall thereafter be conclusively presumed that the project area is a blighted area as defined by Section 33031 and that all prior proceedings have been duly and regularly taken. This section shall not appl…

If the plan provides for the expenditure of any money by the community, the legislative body shall provide for such expenditure at the time of or in connection with the approval of the plan.

The legislative body at the time of, or in connection with, the adoption of the plan, shall declare its intention to undertake and complete any proceedings necessary to be carried out by the community under the provisions of the plan.

Before entering into any or certain types of contracts in connection with the redevelopment plan, the legislative body may require the agency to submit such contracts to the legislative body and obtain its approval.

Upon the filing of the ordinance adopting the redevelopment plan with the clerk or other appropriate officer of the legislative body, a copy of the ordinance shall be sent to the agency, and the agency is vested with the responsibility for carrying out the plan.

(a) Not later than 60 days after the adoption of the redevelopment plan by the legislative body there shall be recorded with the county recorder of the county in which the project area is situated a description of the land within the project area and a statement that proceedings …

After the adoption of a redevelopment plan for a project area by the legislative body, all applicants for building permits in the area for a period of two years thereafter shall be advised by the building department of the community that the site for which a building permit is so…

After the adoption by the legislative body of a redevelopment plan that contains the provision permitted by Section 33670, the clerk of the community shall transmit a copy of the description and statement recorded pursuant to Section 33373, a copy of the ordinance adopting the pl…

Any ordinance adopted pursuant to this article adopting a redevelopment plan for the Crescent City disaster area, may be adopted as an emergency ordinance and shall not be subject to referendum.

(a) With respect to any ordinance that is subject to referendum pursuant to Sections 33365 and 33450, the language of the statement of the ballot measure shall set forth with clarity and in language understandable to the average person that a “Yes” vote is a vote in favor of adop…

The provisions of this part establishing a right of referendum shall not be applicable to a charter city in the County of Los Angeles containing a population of 1,000 or less until January 1, 1983.

An agency shall permit owner participation in the redevelopment of property in the project area in conformity with the redevelopment plan adopted by the legislative body for the area.

If the redevelopment plan adopted provides for participation in the redevelopment of property in the area by the owners of such property, and the owners fail or refuse to enter into a binding agreement for participation in accordance with the rules adopted by the agency pursuant …

(a) The legislative body of a city or county shall call upon the residents and existing community organizations in a redevelopment project area to form a project area committee in either of the following situations: (1) A substantial number of low-income persons or moderate-incom…

(a) If a project area committee does not exist, and the agency proposes to amend a redevelopment plan, the agency shall establish a project area committee pursuant to Section 33385 if the proposed amendment to a redevelopment plan would do either of the following: (1) Grant the a…

The agency shall forward copies of the proposed amendment to the redevelopment plan to the project area committee, if one exists, at least 30 days before the hearing of the legislative body, required in Section 33454. Where the proposed amendment would enlarge the project area, t…

The redevelopment agency through its staff, consultants, and agency members shall, upon the direction of and approval of the legislative body consult with, and obtain the advice of, the project area committee concerning those policy matters which deal with the planning and provis…

Minutes of all the meetings of the redevelopment agency with the project area committee, which meetings shall be open and public, together with a record of all information presented to the project area committee by the redevelopment agency or by the project area committee for the…

(a) Upon recommendation of the project area committee, funds as determined necessary by the legislative body for the operation of the project area committee shall be allocated to the committee by the legislative body. This allocation shall include funds or equivalent resources fo…

“Real property” means: (a) Land, including land under water and waterfront property. (b) Buildings, structures, fixtures, and improvements on the land. (c) Any property appurtenant to or used in connection with the land. (d) Every estate, interest, privilege, easement, franchise,…

Within the survey area or for purposes of redevelopment an agency may: (a) Purchase, lease, obtain option upon, acquire by gift, grant, bequest, devise, or otherwise, any real or personal property, any interest in property, and any improvements on it, including repurchase of deve…

On and after January 1, 2012, an agency shall obtain an appraisal from a qualified independent appraiser to determine the fair market value of property before the agency acquires or purchases real property pursuant to Section 33391.

Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, an agency with the approval of the legislative body of the community may acquire, by negotiation or other means, real property in a project area at any time after formulation of the preliminary plan for the area by the planning co…

An agency shall not acquire from any of its members or officers any property or interest in property except through eminent domain proceedings.

Without the consent of an owner, an agency shall not acquire any real property on which an existing building is to be continued on its present site and in its present form and use unless such building requires structural alteration, improvement, modernization or rehabilitation, o…

Property already devoted to a public use may be acquired by the agency through eminent domain, but property of a public body shall not be acquired without its consent.

An agency at the request of the legislative body of the community may accept a conveyance of real property (located either within or outside a survey area) owned by a public entity and declared surplus by the public entity, or owned by a private entity. The agency may dispose of …

(a) Any covenants, conditions, or restrictions existing on any real property within a project area prior to the time the agency acquires title to such property, which covenants, conditions, or restrictions restrict or purport to restrict the use of, or building upon, such real pr…

Section 1245.260 of the Code of Civil Procedure shall not apply to any resolution or ordinance adopting, approving, amending, or approving the amendment of a redevelopment project or plan. Section 1245.260 of the Code of Civil Procedure shall apply to a resolution adopted by a re…

(a) If a public entity has adopted a redevelopment plan but has not commenced an eminent domain proceeding to acquire any particular parcel of property subject to eminent domain thereunder within three years after the date of adoption of the plan, the owner or owners of the entir…

Within the survey area or for purposes of redevelopment an agency may: (a) Insure or provide for the insurance of any real or personal property of the agency against risks or hazards. (b) Rent, maintain, manage, operate, repair, and clear such real property.

The agency may in any year during which it owns property in a redevelopment project that is tax exempt pay directly to any city, county, city and county, district, including, but not limited to, a school district, or other public corporation for whose benefit a tax would have bee…