Title GOV — California Gov. Code

The legislative body may purchase, lease, exchange, or receive such personal property and real estate situated inside or outside the city limits as is necessary or proper for municipal purposes. It may control, dispose of, and convey such property for the benefit of the city. The…

(a) Prior to the entering into agreement to finance the lease or lease-purchase of property through the issuance of certificates of participation of lease revenue bonds, the legislative body of a city may elect, by resolution, to guarantee payment under that financing agreement i…

The legislative body may erect and maintain buildings for municipal purposes.

After January 1, 1980, with respect to the construction, purchase, or lease of buildings which are located or will be located in a standard metropolitan statistical area (SMSA) with a population of 250,000 or more according to the most recent decennial census, which is served by …

The requirements of Section 37352.1 shall be met if the legislative body has obtained from the transportation planning agency approval of its procedures and criteria for giving adequate consideration to the location of existing public transit corridors when acquiring public build…

The legislative body may acquire property needed for: (a) Parking motor vehicles. (b) Opening and laying out any street, alley, lane, or tunnel from the point where it ceases to the point where it again commences. It may lay out and improve such a street, alley, lane, or tunnel a…

The legislative body may accept or reject any gift, bequest, or devise made to or for the city, or to or for any of its officers in their official capacity or in trust for any public purpose. It may hold and dispose of the property and the income and increase from the property fo…

If the terms of a gift, bequest, or devise do not prescribe or limit the uses to which the property received or the income or increase from it may be put, it may be put to such uses as the legislative body prescribes.

When the legislative body determines that the public interest or convenience requires the construction and maintenance of passageways or other structures under or over any public alley in the city, to connect buildings located on abutting property and facilitate the public use of…

By majority vote the legislative body may grant property owners or proprietors of manufacturing or industrial enterprises the right to construct, maintain, and operate spur tracks from their premises to a connection with any railroad. The legislative body may revoke the grant.

When the State has granted a city tide and submerged lands within its boundaries, it may grant any portion of such lands to the United States for public or governmental uses, including military or naval purposes. Such a grant may be made only if it has been approved by a vote of …

Unless otherwise provided by law, the legislative body having control of any property owned or controlled by the city may at any time withdraw the property from the personal access and use of members of the public, or limit the access or use in area or time or in any other reason…

The legislative body of any city having jurisdiction over any tide, submerged, or reclaimed lands of the city, which lands or any interest therein are sought by the United States in eminent domain proceedings, is authorized to enter into any compromise with respect to such lands …

(a) The legislative body may acquire property for the preservation or development of a historical landmark. The legislative body may also acquire property for development for recreational purposes and for development of facilities in connection therewith. (b) The legislative body…

Notwithstanding anything in this chapter to the contrary, the legislative body may convey, upon such terms and conditions as it determines to be in the public interest, any surplus real property, together with any building thereon, owned by the city which has been determined by t…

The Legislature hereby finds that many persons and families of low or moderate income, as defined by Section 50093 of the Health and Safety Code, cannot afford to purchase housing in the conventional housing market. The Legislature also recognizes that cities occasionally acquire…

When the legislative body of a city finds the public interest and convenience require the sale for less than the market price of residential property acquired by the city, it may pass an ordinance providing for such sale. The ordinance shall set forth the procedure to be followed…

(a) The Legislature reaffirms its finding that the provision of housing for all Californians is a concern of vital statewide importance. The Legislature recognizes that real property of cities can be utilized, in accordance with a city’s best interests, to provide housing afforda…

(a) A city may lease property owned or held or controlled by it, or any of its departments, for not to exceed 55 years. (b) Notwithstanding the 55-year limitation in subdivision (a), a city may lease property owned or held or controlled by it, or any of its departments or boards …

A city may lease city land used for agricultural or horticultural purposes upon which sewage or waste water is discharged for not to exceed twenty-five years.

A city may lease city property not acquired for park purposes for not to exceed thirty-five years for the production of minerals, oil, gas, or other hydrocarbon substances.

Except when the state grant specifically provides otherwise, a city may lease tide or submerged lands for not to exceed fifty years.

A city may lease tide and submerged lands, the wharves, docks, piers, and other structures or improvements on these lands, and as much of the uplands abutting upon them as the legislative body deems necessary for the proper development and use of its waterfront and harbor facilit…

A city may lease such tide and submerged lands and uplands for: (a) Industrial uses. (b) Improvement and development of city harbors. (c) Construction and maintenance of wharves, docks, piers, or bulkhead piers. (d) Other public uses consistent with the requirements of commerce o…

When the legislative body deems that industrial use of such tidelands and uplands is inimical to the best interest of the city, it may lease them for park, recreational, residential, or educational purposes, under conditions not inconsistent with the trust imposed upon the tidela…

A city may lease property owned or held or controlled by it or any of its departments for not to exceed fifty years to any nonprofit corporation for a housing development on the property.

A city may lease or sublease property owned, leased, or otherwise controlled by it for not to exceed fifty years for airport purposes or purposes incidental to aircraft, including: (a) Manufacture of aircraft, airplane engines, and aircraft equipment, parts, and accessories. (b) …

A city may lease sewage and sewage effluent for not to exceed fifty years.

A city or any of its departments may lease or sublease land to the State or any of its political subdivisions, or any nonprofit corporation, for fair, exposition, celebration, or exhibition purposes, for not to exceed fifty years.

A city or any of its departments may lease or sublease land to the state for housing personnel and equipment, or to the State Adjutant General for military or armory purposes, for not to exceed 99 years.

A city, district, or other public corporation, acting individually or jointly with others, may lease sewers and sewage treatment and disposal facilities, and any land, rights of way, or other property appurtenant thereto, to any other city or to any county, city and county, munic…

Notwithstanding Section 718 of the Civil Code, a city may lease any of its lands to a county, county water authoritiy, or special district for the purpose of constructing, operating, maintaining, and replacing a dam, reservoir, and appurtenant facilities to collect, divert, and s…

A lease of an interest in real property of a city shall be recorded in the office of the recorder of the county in which the property is located.

A city or city and county may lease property owned, held or controlled by it for not to exceed 55 years, if the contemplated use of the property is for off-street parking purposes. This section is applicable to any lease executed on or after January 1, 1986.

A city may lease for not to exceed 55 years property owned, held, or controlled by it, or any of its departments, for commercial development for business purposes, when the governing body determines by ordinance or resolution that the property is not required for other city purpo…

(a) A city, county, or city and county may lease property owned, held, or controlled by it for not to exceed 99 years, for stadium, park, recreational, fair, exposition, or exhibition purposes, or for general sports purposes such as training and competitive sports. (b) On and aft…

The provisions of this article are alternative to Sections 37350 and 37351 of this code and any other authority granted by law to cities to dispose of city-owned property.

When the legislative body of a city finds the public interest and convenience require the sale of any public building and site dedicated to a public use, it may adopt a resolution of its finding and intention to sell the property.

The resolution shall: (a) Fix a time for hearing protests to the sale. (b) Provide for publication of the notice of hearing. (c) Fix the time final action will be taken. (d) Contain an accurate description of the property to be sold.

The resolution shall be published at least once in a daily newspaper published and circulated in the city or, if there is none, the legislative body shall designate a newspaper published in the county. It shall also be posted for not less than ten days in at least three conspicuo…

At any time prior to final action, any person interested may protest the proposed sale. The protest may be written and delivered to the clerk of the legislative body or oral at the meeting considering the resolution. The legislative body shall hear and pass upon the protest.

If no protests are received or the legislative body overrules the protests by a four-fifths vote of its members, it may proceed with the sale.

If four-fifths of the legislative body do not vote to complete the sale, it shall not take further steps for sale of the property for six months after final action unless it shall first call a special election on the question.

The legislative body may adopt an ordinance calling and fixing the date of a special election at which the proposition of sale of the property will be submitted to the city electors.

If a majority of the votes is for the proposition, the legislative body may sell the property.

The legislative body may agree with the purchaser of the property that the city will remain in temporary occupancy after the sale until other arrangements have been completed. It may agree to include the value of such occupancy in the purchase price or enter into a separate lease…

If a legislative body sold property prior to May 23, 1945, by a proceeding substantially complying with this article, the sale is as effective as if it had occurred after that date.

The provisions of this article are alternative to Sections 37350 and 37351 of this code and any other authority granted by law to cities to dispose of city-owned property.

This article applies only to a municipal airport or property owned by a city for the purposes specified in Section 37442, which property is restricted, under the terms of the instrument conveying the property to the city, to use for airport purposes.

Pursuant to this article the legislative body of a city may sell, or lease for a term not exceeding 20 years with an option to purchase, any municipal airport or any property owned by a city for airport purposes or purposes incidental to aircraft, including: (a) Manufacture of ai…