CHAPTER 1. General [33000. - 33080.8.]

Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1812.

§§ 33000–33080.8 · 38 sections

1. ARTICLE 1. General Definitions §§ 33000–33013 · 14 sections

   • § 33000 This part may be cited as the Community Redevelopment Law.
   • § 33001 The definitions and general provisions contained in this article govern the construction of this part, unless the context otherwise requires.
   • § 33002 “Community” means a city, county, city and county, or Indian tribe, band, or group which is incorporated or which otherwise exercises some local governmental…
   • § 33003 “Agency” means a redevelopment agency created by this part or its predecessor, or a legislative body which has elected to exercise the powers granted to an…
   • § 33004 “Public body” means the State, or any city, county, district, authority, or any other subdivision or public body of the State.
   • § 33005 “State” includes any state agency or instrumentality.
   • § 33006 “Federal government” means the United States or any of its agencies or instrumentalities.
   • § 33007 “Legislative body” means the city council, board of supervisors, or other legislative body of the community.
   • § 33008 “Planning commission” means a planning agency established pursuant to law or charter.
   • § 33009 “Obligee” includes any bondholder, his trustee, any lessor demising to the agency property used in connection with a project area or any assignee of all or…
   • § 33010 “Redevelopment project” means any undertaking of an agency pursuant to this part.
   • § 33011 “Department” means the Department of Housing and Community Development.
   • § 33011.2 “Director” means the Director of Housing and Community Development.
   • § 33013 “Small housing project” means real property containing or proposed to contain a separate residential structure having not more than four dwelling units and…
2. ARTICLE 2. Redevelopment §§ 33020–33022 · 5 sections

   • § 33020 “Redevelopment” means the planning, development, replanning, redesign, clearance, reconstruction, or rehabilitation, or any combination of these, of all or…
   • § 33020.5 In addition to Section 33020, “redevelopment” also means payments to school districts in the fiscal years specified in Sections 33690 and 33690.5.
   • § 33021 Redevelopment includes: (a) The alteration, improvement, modernization, reconstruction, or rehabilitation, or any combination of these, of existing structures…
   • § 33021.1 In a city and county, redevelopment includes improving, increasing, or preserving emergency shelters for homeless persons or households. These shelters may be…
   • § 33022 Redevelopment does not exclude the continuance of existing buildings or uses whose demolition and rebuilding or change of use are not deemed essential to the…
3. ARTICLE 3. Declaration of State Policy—Blighted Areas §§ 33030–33039 · 6 sections

   • § 33030 (a) It is found and declared that there exist in many communities blighted areas that constitute physical and economic liabilities, requiring redevelopment in…
   • § 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…
   • § 33035 It is further found and declared that: (a) The existence of blighted areas characterized by any or all of such conditions constitutes a serious and growing…
   • § 33036 It is further found and declared that: (a) Such conditions of blight tend to further obsolescence, deterioration, and disuse because of the lack of incentive…
   • § 33037 For these reasons it is declared to be the policy of the State: (a) To protect and promote the sound development and redevelopment of blighted areas and the…
   • § 33039 The Legislature of the State of California recognizes that among the principal causes of slum and blighted residential areas are the following factors: (a)…
4. ARTICLE 4. Declaration of State Policy—Antidiscrimination §§ 33050–33051 · 2 sections

   • § 33050 (a) It is hereby declared to be the policy of the state that in undertaking community redevelopment projects under this part there shall be no discrimination…
   • § 33051 If the legislative body of the City and County of San Francisco adopts, or has adopted, an ordinance which prohibits discrimination on the basis of sexual…
5. ARTICLE 5. Further Declaration of State Policy §§ 33070–33071 · 2 sections

   • § 33070 The Legislature finds and declares that decent housing and genuine employment opportunities for all the people of this state are vital to the state’s future…
   • § 33071 The Legislature further finds and declares that a fundamental purpose of redevelopment is to expand the supply of low- and moderate-income housing, to expand…
6. ARTICLE 6. Reporting Requirement §§ 33080–33080.8 · 9 sections

   • § 33080 (a) Every redevelopment agency shall file with the Controller within six months of the end of the agency’s fiscal year a copy of the report required by Section…
   • § 33080.1 Every redevelopment agency shall submit the final report of any audit undertaken by any other local, state, or federal government entity to its legislative…
   • § 33080.2 (a) When the agency presents the annual report to the legislative body pursuant to Section 33080.1, the agency shall inform the legislative body of any major…
   • § 33080.3 The Controller shall develop and periodically revise the guidelines for the content of the report required by Section 33080.1. The Controller shall appoint an…
   • § 33080.4 (a) For the purposes of compliance with subdivision (c) of Section 33080.1, the description of the agency’s activities shall contain the following information…
   • § 33080.5 For the purposes of compliance with subdivision (b) of Section 33080.1, the fiscal statement shall contain the following information: (a) The amount of…
   • § 33080.6 On or before May 1 of each year, the department shall compile and publish reports of the activities of redevelopment agencies for the previous fiscal year,…
   • § 33080.7 For purposes of compliance with subdivision (c) of Section 33080.1 and in addition to the requirements of Section 33080.4, the description of the agency’s…
   • § 33080.8 (a) On or before April 1 of each year, the Controller shall compile a list of agencies that appear to have major audit violations as defined in this section,…