ARTICLE 1. General Provisions [33492. - 33492.29.]

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Cal. Health and Safety Code - HSC § 33492. Section 33492.

With enactment of this chapter, it is the intent of the Legislature to do both of the following: (a) Provide a means of mitigating the economic and social degradation that is faced by communities the jurisdictions of which include military bases that have been ordered to be closed or realigned by the federal Base Closure Commission. (b) Enable redevelopment agencies to place in a project area portions of a military base that were previously developed, but that cannot be utilized in their present condition because of, in whole or in part, substandard infrastructure and buildings that do not meet state building standards. It is not the intent of the Legislature to encourage redevelopment agencies to include large areas of undeveloped land within project areas.

Cal. Health and Safety Code - HSC § 33492.1. Section 33492.1.

The Legislature finds and declares that extraordinary measures must be taken to mitigate the effects of the federal government’s efforts to reduce the number of military bases throughout the country.

Cal. Health and Safety Code - HSC § 33492.3. Section 33492.3.

For any project area formed pursuant to this chapter, the project area may include all, or any portion of, property within a military base that the federal Base Closure Commission has voted to close or realign when that action has been sustained by the President and Congress of the United States, regardless of the percentage of urbanized land, as defined in Section 33320.1, within the military base. The project area may include territory outside the military base; however, all territory outside the military base included therein shall be characterized as predominantly urbanized, as that term is defined in subdivision (b) of Section 33320.1. The procedures authorized by this chapter may be used for the redevelopment of any closed or realigned military base, but shall not constitute the exclusive method by which redevelopment may occur on these bases.

Cal. Health and Safety Code - HSC § 33492.4. Section 33492.4.

Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 33300) shall be applicable to any project area formed pursuant to this chapter, except to the extent that Chapter 4 is inconsistent with this chapter.

Cal. Health and Safety Code - HSC § 33492.5. Section 33492.5.

(a) In any community in which a military base is located, the Base Closure Commission has voted to close that military base, and the action of the Base Closure Commission has been sustained by the President and Congress of the United States, a project area may be adopted pursuant to the following requirements: (1) If the project area is located entirely within the boundaries of a city, or city and county, then the redevelopment agency of the city, or city and county, may adopt the redevelopment project area pursuant to this part as modified by this chapter. (2) If the project area is located entirely within the unincorporated area of a single county, then the county redevelopment agency may adopt the redevelopment project area pursuant to this part as modified by this chapter. (3) If the project area includes property within the jurisdictions of two or more cities, or two or more counties, or a city and a county, or any combination of the foregoing, then all of the cities and counties the jurisdictions of which include property within the boundaries of the military base and any other territory to be included within the redevelopment project area may enter into a joint powers agreement, an agreement entered into pursuant to Section 33210, or other appropriate agreement for the purpose of creating a redevelopment agency and adopting a project area pursuant to this part as modified by this chapter. (b) A redevelopment agency to which this chapter is applicable may adopt a project area either pursuant to this chapter or pursuant to other relevant provisions of this part.

Cal. Health and Safety Code - HSC § 33492.7. Section 33492.7.

(a) Paragraph (11) of subdivision (d) of Section 33367 shall not apply to the territory within the military base for any redevelopment project area adopted pursuant to this chapter. (b) For any project area adopted pursuant to this chapter, Section 33492.11 may be used in lieu of Section 33031.

Cal. Health and Safety Code - HSC § 33492.9. Section 33492.9.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in each county in which a redevelopment agency is formed, or a redevelopment plan is adopted, pursuant to this chapter, the county auditor shall certify to the Director of Finance the date of the final day of the first fiscal year in which one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) or more of tax increment funds from the redevelopment project area adopted pursuant to this chapter are paid to the redevelopment agency pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 33675.

Cal. Health and Safety Code - HSC § 33492.10. Section 33492.10.

(a) For purposes of this chapter, a blighted area within the boundaries of a military base is an area in which the combination of two or more conditions set forth in Section 33492.11 is so prevalent and so substantial that it causes a reduction of, or lack of, proper utilization of the area to an extent that constitutes a serious physical and economic burden on the community which cannot reasonably be expected to be reversed or alleviated by private enterprise or governmental action, or both, without redevelopment. (b) A project area adopted pursuant to this chapter may include territory outside the boundaries of the military base, as those boundaries exist on January 1, 1996; however, all territory outside the boundaries of the military base included in the project area shall be characterized by blight, as that term is defined in Sections 33030 and 33031. An area outside the boundaries of a military base may be included in the project area only upon a finding by the agency that the area is blighted and that its inclusion in the project area is necessary for effective redevelopment of the base property. The agency shall include evidence supporting this finding in the report submitted to the legislative body pursuant to Section 33352. An area outside the boundaries of a military base shall be deemed not necessary for effective redevelopment if the area is included only for the purpose of obtaining the allocation of taxes from the area pursuant to Section 33670 without other substantial justification for its inclusion. (c) This section, as amended by the act that adds this subdivision, shall only be applicable to a redevelopment plan adopted or amended on or after the effective date of the act that adds this subdivision. A redevelopment plan adopted pursuant to this chapter prior to the effective date of the act that adds this subdivision shall be subject to this section as it was added by Chapter 944 of the Statutes of 1993.

Cal. Health and Safety Code - HSC § 33492.11. Section 33492.11.

(a) For purposes of this chapter, this section describes conditions that cause blight: (1) Buildings in which it is unsafe or unhealthy for persons to live or work. These conditions can be caused by serious building code violations, dilapidation and deterioration, defective design or physical construction, faulty or inadequate infrastructure, or other similar factors. (2) Factors that prevent or substantially hinder the economically viable reuse or capacity of buildings or areas. This condition can be caused by conditions including, but not limited to, all of the following: a substandard design; buildings that are too large or too small, given present standards and market conditions; age, obsolescence, deterioration, dilapidation, or other physical conditions, that could prevent the highest and best uses of the property. This condition can also be caused by buildings that will have to be demolished, or buildings or areas that have a lack of adequate parking. (3) Adjacent or nearby uses that are incompatible with each other and that prevent the economic development of those parcels or other portions of the project area. (4) Buildings on land that, when subdivided, or when infrastructure is installed, will not comply with community subdivision, zoning, or planning regulations. (5) Properties currently served by infrastructure that does not meet existing adopted utility or community infrastructure standards. (6) Buildings that, when built, did not conform to the then effective building, plumbing, mechanical, or electrical codes adopted by the community where the project area is located. (7) Land that contains materials or facilities, including, but not limited to, materials for aircraft landing pads and runways, that will have to be removed to allow development. (b) Pursuant to Section 33321, a project area need not be restricted to buildings, improvements, or lands which are detrimental or inimical to the public health, safety, or welfare, but may consist of an area where these conditions predominate and injuriously affect the entire area. A project area may include lands, buildings, or improvements which are not detrimental to the public health, safety, or welfare, but the inclusion of which is found necessary for the effective redevelopment of the area of which they are a part. Each area included under this section shall be necessary for effective redevelopment, and shall not be included for the purpose of obtaining the allocation of tax-increment revenue from the area pursuant to Section 33670 without other substantial justification for its inclusion. (c) This section, as amended by the act that adds this subdivision, shall only be applicable to a redevelopment plan adopted or amended on or after the effective date of the act that adds this subdivision. A redevelopment plan adopted pursuant to this chapter prior to the effective date of the act that adds this subdivision shall be subject to this section as it was added by Chapter 944 of the Statutes of 1993.

Cal. Health and Safety Code - HSC § 33492.13. Section 33492.13.

(a) A redevelopment plan, adopted pursuant to this chapter and containing the provisions set forth in Section 33670, shall contain all of the following limitations: (1) A limitation on the number of dollars of taxes which may be divided and allocated to the redevelopment agency pursuant thereto. Taxes shall not be divided and shall not be allocated to the redevelopment agency beyond this limitation, except by amendment of the redevelopment plan pursuant to Section 33354.6, or as necessary to comply with subdivision (a) of Section 33333.8. (2) (A) The time limit on the establishing of loans, advances, and indebtedness to be paid with the proceeds of property taxes received pursuant to Section 33670 to finance in whole or in part the redevelopment project, which may not exceed 20 years from the date the county auditor certifies pursuant to Section 33492.9, except by amendment of the redevelopment plan as authorized by subparagraph (B). The loans, advances, or indebtedness may be repaid over a period of time longer than the time limit as provided in this section. No loans, advances, or indebtedness to be repaid from the allocation of taxes shall be established or incurred by the agency beyond this time limitation, except as necessary to comply with subdivision (a) of Section 33333.8. (B) The time limitation established by subparagraph (A) may be extended only by amendment of the redevelopment plan after the agency finds, based on substantial evidence, that (i) substantial blight remains within the project area; (ii) this blight cannot be eliminated without the establishment of additional debt; and (iii) the elimination of blight cannot reasonably be accomplished by private enterprise acting alone or by the legislative body’s use of financing alternatives other than tax increment financing. However, this amended time limitation may not exceed 30 years from the date the county auditor certifies pursuant to Section 33492.9, except as necessary to comply with subdivision (a) of Section 33333.8. (3) A time limit, not to exceed 30 years from the date the county auditor certifies pursuant to Section 33492.9, on the effectiveness of the redevelopment plan. After the time limit on the effectiveness of the redevelopment plan, the agency shall have no authority to act pursuant to the redevelopment plan except to pay previously incurred indebtedness, comply with subdivision (a) of Section 33333.8, and enforce existing covenants or contracts. (4) A time limit, not to exceed 45 years from the date the county auditor certifies pursuant to Section 33492.9, to repay indebtedness with the proceeds of property taxes received pursuant to Section 33670. After the time limit established pursuant to this paragraph, an agency may not receive property taxes pursuant to Section 33670, except as necessary to comply with subdivision (a) of Section 33333.8. (5) The limitations contained in a redevelopment plan adopted pursuant to this section shall not be applied to limit allocation of taxes to an agency to the extent required to comply with Section 33333.8. In the event of a conflict between these limitations and the obligations under Section 33333.8 the limitation established in the ordinance shall be suspended pursuant to Section 33333.8. (b) (1) A redevelopment plan, adopted pursuant to this chapter, that does not contain the provisions set forth in Section 33670 shall contain the limitations in paragraph (2). (2) A time limit, not to exceed 12 years from the date the county auditor certifies pursuant to Section 33492.9, for commencement of eminent domain proceedings to acquire property within the project area. This time limitation may be extended only by amendment of the redevelopment plan.

Cal. Health and Safety Code - HSC § 33492.15. Section 33492.15.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all of the following shall occur: (a) The agency shall make the payments required by Section 33607.5, except that each of the time periods governing the payments shall be calculated from the date the county auditor makes the certification to the Director of Finance pursuant to Section 33492.9, instead of from the first year that the agency receives tax-increment revenue. (b) Prior to incurring any bonded indebtedness, any agency administering a project area pursuant to this chapter may subordinate to the bonded debt the amount required to be paid to an affected school district or community college district pursuant to this section upon a finding, based upon substantial evidence, that the agency will have sufficient funds available to pay both the bonded debt payments and the payments required by this section.

Cal. Health and Safety Code - HSC § 33492.16. Section 33492.16.

(a) Notwithstanding Section 33334.2 or any other provision of law, an agency established or governed pursuant to this chapter may annually defer the requirement to allocate 20 percent of tax increment revenue to the Low and Moderate Income Housing Fund for a period of up to five years after the date of adoption of the redevelopment plan, based upon an annual finding of the legislative body that the funds are necessary for the effective redevelopment of base property and long-term tax generation, and that the vacancy rate for housing affordable to lower income households within the jurisdiction of the members of the agency is greater than 4 percent. The vacancy rate for housing affordable to lower income households shall be established by using the vacancy rates most recently published in the annual California Department of Finance Population and Housing Estimates (Report E-5, or a successor report). The authority and procedures for deferral of allocation of tax increment revenue which is governed by this section shall not apply to the tax increment revenues attributable to the property that is located outside the military base which is allocated to the Low- and Moderate-Income Housing Fund. (b) The amount of the deferral, if any, shall be considered an indebtedness of the agency, and shall be paid into the Low and Moderate Income Housing Fund no later than the end of the 20th fiscal year after the date on which the agency adopts its project. If the indebtedness is not eliminated by the end of the 20th fiscal year, the county auditor or controller, no later than March 15 of the 21st year, shall withhold from the portion of tax increment to which the redevelopment agency is otherwise entitled an amount equal to the indebtedness and deposit those funds into a separate Low and Moderate Income Housing Fund for use by the agency to meet its affordable housing requirements pursuant to this part. Under no circumstances shall this section be interpreted or applied in a manner that has the effect of reducing the tax increment payable or received by affected taxing entities pursuant to Section 33492.15.

Cal. Health and Safety Code - HSC § 33492.18. Section 33492.18.

(a) Notwithstanding subdivision (k) of Section 33352, the California Environmental Quality Act (Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000) of the Public Resources Code) shall not apply to the adoption of a redevelopment plan prepared pursuant to this article if the redevelopment agency determines at a public hearing, noticed in accordance with this section, that the need to adopt a redevelopment plan at the soonest possible time in order to use the authority in this article requires the redevelopment agency to delay application of the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act to the redevelopment plan in accordance with this section. (b) If the redevelopment agency finds, pursuant to subdivision (a), that the application of the California Environmental Quality Act to the redevelopment plan is required to be delayed, the redevelopment agency or the community shall certify an environmental impact report for the redevelopment plan within 18 months after the effective date of the ordinance adopting the redevelopment plan. If, as a result of the preparation of the environmental document prepared pursuant to this subdivision, it is necessary to amend the redevelopment plan to mitigate any impacts, the agency shall amend the redevelopment plan according to the procedures of this part. If the environmental document is determined to be inadequate by a court of competent jurisdiction, the redevelopment agency shall not undertake additional projects that implement the redevelopment plan until an adequate environmental document has been certified. However, this determination shall not affect the validity of the redevelopment plan. (c) Until the redevelopment agency or the community certifies an environmental impact report for the redevelopment plan, all projects, as defined in the California Environmental Quality Act, that implement the redevelopment plan shall be subject to the California Environmental Quality Act, including, but not limited to, specific plans and rezonings. The environmental document for any implementing project shall include an analysis and mitigation of potential cumulative impacts, if any, that otherwise would not be known until an environmental document for the redevelopment plan is certified or approved and shall also include a reporting or monitoring program required pursuant to Section 21081 of the Public Resources Code. (d) The notice for the public hearing required by subdivision (a) shall comply with, and may be combined with, the notices in Section 33349 or 33361. The notice shall state that the agency intends to consider and act upon a determination that the need to adopt a redevelopment plan at the soonest possible time in order to use the authority in this article requires the redevelopment agency to delay application of the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act to the redevelopment plan in accordance with this section.

Cal. Health and Safety Code - HSC § 33492.20. Section 33492.20.

(a) (1) The redevelopment plan for the base need not include either of the following: (A) The information required pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 33324, relative to the contents of the preliminary plan. (B) The finding required pursuant to paragraph (4) of subdivision (d) of Section 33367, relative to the consistency of the redevelopment plan to the community’s general plan. (2) The agency shall not expend any tax increment funds allocated to it from the project area for expenses related to carrying out the project, unless and until the legislative bodies of all the communities included in the project area have adopted findings that the redevelopment plan is consistent with the general plan of the community, including the housing element, which substantially complies with the requirements of Article 10.6 (commencing with Section 65580) of Chapter 3 of Division 1 of Title 7 of the Government Code. (b) Notwithstanding Section 33328, the report required by that section need only be as complete as the information then available permits. (c) Notwithstanding Section 33344.5, the preliminary report required by that section need only be as complete as the information then available permits, and need not contain the information required by subdivision (c) of Section 33344.5. (d) The report submitted by the agency to the legislative body pursuant to Section 33352, need not contain the items listed in subdivisions (h), (j), and (k) of Section 33352, as modified by subdivision (b) of this section. (e) The ordinance adopted by the legislative body pursuant to Section 33367 need not contain the items listed in paragraphs (4) and (12) of subdivision (d) of Section 33367.

Cal. Health and Safety Code - HSC § 33492.21. Section 33492.21.

(a) Notwithstanding the time limit in subdivision (b) of Section 33492.18, the City Council of the City of San Diego shall certify an environmental impact report for the Naval Training Center Redevelopment Plan within 30 months after the effective date of the ordinance adopting that redevelopment plan. (b) The following provisions shall apply to the approval of projects that implement a redevelopment plan authorized by this article: (1) For 18 months after the effective date of the ordinance adopting the redevelopment plan, or until the certification of an environmental impact report for the redevelopment plan if the report is certified during that 18-month period, subdivision (c) of Section 33492.18 shall apply. (2) If an environmental impact report for the redevelopment plan is not certified within 18 months after the effective date of the ordinance adopting the plan, then during the succeeding 12 months or until the certification of an environmental impact report if the report is certified during that 12-month period, no project, as defined in Section 21065 of the Public Resources Code, that implements the redevelopment plan shall be approved by the agency or the community unless any of the following occurs: (A) The agency or the community has approved a negative declaration or certified an environmental impact report, or has certified a subsequent or supplemental environmental impact report, for the project before the expiration of the 18-month period provided in Section 33492.18. (B) The agency or the community has certified a subsequent or supplemental environmental impact report for the project where the environmental impact report for the project was certified before the expiration of the 18-month period provided in Section 33492.18. (C) The agency or the community complies with Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 21156) of Division 13 of the Public Resources Code for the subsequent projects described in a master environmental impact report as being within the scope of the report, and that master environmental impact report was certified before the expiration of the 18-month period provided in Section 33492.18. (D) The project is categorically exempt pursuant to Article 19 (commencing with Section 15300) of Chapter 3 of Division 6 of Title 14 of the California Code of Regulations.

Cal. Health and Safety Code - HSC § 33492.22. Section 33492.22.

(a) Notwithstanding the time limit in subdivision (b) of Section 33492.18, the Planning Commission and the Redevelopment Commission of the City and County of San Francisco shall certify an environmental impact report for the Hunter’s Point Shipyard Redevelopment Plan within 30 months after the effective date of the ordinance adopting the redevelopment plan. (b) The following provisions shall apply to the approval of projects that implement a redevelopment plan authorized by this article: (1) For 18 months after the effective date of the ordinance adopting the redevelopment plan, or until the certification of an environmental impact report for the redevelopment plan if the report is certified during that 18-month period, subdivision (c) of Section 33492.18 shall apply. (2) If an environmental impact report for the redevelopment plan is not certified within 18 months after the effective date of the ordinance adopting the plan, then during the succeeding 12 months or until the certification of an environmental impact report if the report is certified during that 12-month period, no project, as defined in Section 21065 of the Public Resources Code, that implements the redevelopment plan shall be approved by the agency or the community unless any of the following occurs: (A) The agency or the community has approved a negative declaration or certified an environmental impact report, or has certified a subsequent or supplemental environmental impact report, for the project before the expiration of the 18-month period provided in Section 33492.18. (B) The agency or the community has certified a subsequent or supplemental environmental impact report for the project where the environmental impact report for the project was certified before the expiration of the 18-month period provided in Section 33492.18. (C) The agency or the community complies with Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 21156) of Division 13 of the Public Resources Code for subsequent projects described in a master environmental impact report as being within the scope of the report, and that master environmental impact report was certified before the expiration of the 18-month period provided in Section 33492.18. (D) The project is categorically exempt pursuant to Article 19 (commencing with Section 15300) of Chapter 3 of Division 6 of Title 14 of the California Code of Regulations.

Cal. Health and Safety Code - HSC § 33492.29. Section 33492.29.

An ordinance adopting a redevelopment plan under this chapter shall include a finding that the effect of tax increment financing will not cause a significant financial burden or detriment on any taxing agency deriving revenues from a project area. This finding shall only be required when the project is financed in part or in whole from revenues derived from the allocation of taxes pursuant to Section 33670.
Source: CA Legislative Counsel Bulk DataURL: https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zipFetched: 6/27/2026

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