Title HSC — California Health & Safety Code

(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…

Except as provided in Article 9 (commencing with Section 33410), this part does not authorize an agency to own or operate rental property acquired and rehabilitated in prospect of resale beyond a reasonable period necessary to effect such resale.

A redevelopment agency may, in order to facilitate the rehousing of families and single persons who are displaced from their homes in a project area, utilize the aids made available through federal urban renewal, redevelopment and housing legislation and may use funds derived fro…

The agency shall prepare a feasible method or plan for relocation of all of the following: (a) Families and persons to be temporarily or permanently displaced from housing facilities in the project area. (b) Nonprofit local community institutions to be temporarily or permanently …

The legislative body shall insure that such method or plan of the agency for the relocation of families or single persons to be displaced by a project shall provide that no persons or families of low and moderate income shall be displaced unless and until there is a suitable hous…

As used in this article: (a) “Affordable housing cost” has the same meaning as specified in Section 50052.5. (b) “Persons and families of low or moderate income” has the same meaning as specified in Section 50093. (c) “Replacement dwelling unit” means a dwelling unit developed or…

If all or any portion of a redevelopment project is developed with low- or moderate-income housing units and low- or moderate-income housing units are developed with agency assistance or pursuant to Section 33413, the agency shall require, by contract or other appropriate means, …

If insufficient suitable housing units are available in the community for low- and moderate-income persons and families to be displaced from a redevelopment project area, the legislative body shall assure that sufficient land be made available for suitable housing for rental or p…

Permanent housing facilities shall be made available within three years from the time occupants are displaced and that pending the development of such facilities there will be available to such displaced occupants adequate temporary housing facilities at rents comparable to those…

(a) Whenever dwelling units housing persons and families of low or moderate income are destroyed or removed from the low- and moderate-income housing market as part of a redevelopment project that is subject to a written agreement with the agency or where financial assistance has…

(a) For only the Mt. Eden Sub-Area of the Eden Redevelopment Project Area, the Redevelopment Agency of the County of Alameda may count, towards satisfaction of the housing production requirements of subdivision (b) of Section 33413, the construction of units outside the project a…

Not less than 30 days prior to the execution of an agreement for acquisition of real property, or the execution of an agreement for the disposition and development of property, or the execution of an owner participation agreement, which agreement would lead to the destruction or …

An agency causing the rehabilitation, development, or construction of replacement dwelling units, other than single-family residences, pursuant to Section 33413 or Section 33464, or pursuant to a replacement housing plan as required by Section 33413.5, or pursuant to provisions o…

An agency may operate a rehousing bureau to assist site occupants in obtaining adequate temporary or permanent housing. It may incur any necessary expenses for this purpose.

An agency shall provide relocation assistance and shall make all of the payments required by Chapter 16 (commencing with Section 7260) of Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government Code, including the making of such payments financed by the federal government. This section shall not…

In order to facilitate the rehousing of families and single persons displaced by any governmental action, an agency, at the request of the legislative body of the community, may dispose of the real property acquired under the provisions of Section 33396, by sale or long-term leas…

Plans prepared pursuant to Section 33411 shall be provided to the Department of Housing and Community Development upon request to be reviewed by the department.

There is in each city, county, or city and county having an agency a relocation appeals board composed of five members appointed by the mayor of the city or by the chairman of the board of supervisors of the county, subject to the approval of the legislative body. Each board shal…

(a) An agency shall monitor, on an ongoing basis, any housing affordable to persons and families of low or moderate income developed or otherwise made available pursuant to any provisions of this part. As part of this monitoring, an agency shall require owners or managers of the …

An agency may clear or move buildings, structures, or other improvements from any real property acquired.

Within a project area, for any project undertaken by an agency for building rehabilitation or alteration in construction, an agency may take those actions which the agency determines necessary and which is consistent with local, state, and federal law, to provide for seismic retr…

Within a project area, an agency may take any actions that the agency determines are necessary to remove graffiti from public or private property upon making a finding that, because of the magnitude and severity of the graffiti within the project area, the action is necessary to …

An agency may develop as a building site any real property owned or acquired by it. In connection with such development it may cause, provide or undertake or make provision with other agencies for the installation, or construction of streets, utilities, parks, playgrounds and oth…

Without the prior consent of the legislative body, the agency may not use its authority under Section 33421 to develop a site for industrial or commercial use so as to provide streets, sidewalks, utilities, or other improvements which an owner or operator of the site would otherw…