Bill Text: CA AB1207 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Introduced

California Assembly Bill 1207 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Community development.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-02-03 - Died at Desk. [AB1207 Detail]

Download: California-2013-AB1207-Introduced.html

BILL NUMBER: AB 1207	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Brown

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2013

   An act to amend Section 33031 of the Health and Safety Code,
relating to community development.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1207, as introduced, Brown. Community development.
   The Community Redevelopment Law authorized the establishment of
redevelopment agencies in communities to address the effects of
blight, as defined. Existing law describes physical and economic
conditions that cause blight. Existing law dissolved redevelopment
agencies as of February 1, 2012, and provides for the designation of
successor agencies, as defined, to wind down the affairs of the
dissolved redevelopment agencies.
   This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to the
provision regarding the causes of blight.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 33031 of the Health and Safety Code is amended
to read:
   33031.  (a) This subdivision describes physical conditions that
cause blight:
   (1) Buildings in which it is unsafe or unhealthy for persons to
live or work. These conditions may be caused by serious building code
violations, serious dilapidation and deterioration caused by
long-term neglect, construction that is vulnerable to serious damage
from seismic or geologic hazards, and faulty or inadequate water or
sewer utilities.
   (2) Conditions that prevent or substantially hinder the viable use
or capacity of buildings or lots. These conditions may be caused by
buildings of substandard, defective, or obsolete design or 
construction   construction,  given the present
general plan, zoning, or other development standards.
   (3) Adjacent or nearby incompatible land uses that prevent the
development of those parcels or other portions of the project area.
   (4) The existence of subdivided lots that are in multiple 
ownership and whose  ownership, the  physical
development  of which  has been impaired by their irregular
shapes and inadequate sizes, given present general plan and zoning
standards and present market conditions.
   (b) This subdivision describes economic conditions that cause
blight:
   (1) Depreciated or stagnant property values.
   (2) Impaired property values, due in significant part, to
hazardous wastes on property where the agency may be eligible to use
its authority as specified in Article 12.5 (commencing with Section
33459).
   (3) Abnormally high business vacancies, abnormally low lease
rates, or an abnormally high number of abandoned buildings.
   (4) A serious lack of necessary commercial facilities that are
normally found in neighborhoods, including grocery stores, drug
stores, and banks and other lending institutions.
   (5) Serious residential overcrowding that has resulted in
significant public health or safety problems. As used in this
paragraph, "overcrowding" means exceeding the standard referenced in
Article 5 (commencing with Section 32) of  Subchapter 1 of 
Chapter 1  of Division 1  of Title 25 of the California Code
of Regulations.
   (6) An excess of bars, liquor stores, or adult-oriented businesses
that has resulted in significant public health, safety, or welfare
problems.
   (7) A high crime rate that constitutes a serious threat to the
public safety and welfare.