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Senate Bill 71 (Kelly – 1998)
Chapter 2, Statutes of 1998
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On December 11, 1996 Senator Kelley introduced Senate Bill 71 at the request of the Coachella Valley Association of Governments. (See Exhibits #1a and #8, document AP-12) At this time it proposed to add and repeal sections 33334.25 and 33334.30 of the Health and Safety Code relating to low and moderate income housing redevelopment in the Coachella Valley. (Id.)
The March 31, 1997 amendment to the bill (1) deleted the provision to add and repeal section 33334.30; (2) amended the provision to add section 33334.25 including deleting the sunset date; and (3) added the provision to add Government Code section 65584.7. (See Exhibit #1b)
Both Government Code section 65584.7 and Health and Safety Code section 33334.25 were amended on April 3 and 8, 1997. (See Exhibits #1c and #1d) The May 1, 1997 amendment deleted the provision to add Government Code section 65584.7 and rewrote Health and Safety Code section 33334.25. (See Exhibit #1e) The June 18, 1997 amendment to the bill readied the provision to enact Government Code section 65584.7. (See Exhibit #1f)
The next amendment to Senate Bill 71 gutted the bill and replaced it with provisions relating to disclosures of natural hazards. (See Exhibit #1g) It was with these natural hazards provisions that the bill was enacted into law. (See Exhibit #1h)
While the bill related to Coachella Valley it was supported by the Coachella Valley Association of Governments and Southern California Association of Governments. (See Exhibit #3a, page 7)
The Senate Housing and land Use Committee analysis of Senate Bill 71 as amended on April 2, 1997 provides the following background information:
Redevelopment officials can transfer some of their L&M Funds to cities and counties outside their agencies' boundaries, subject to 23 separate conditions and limitations (SB 1711, Bergeson, 1992). The Coachella Valley Association of Governments (CVAG) is a joint powers agency formed by the County of Riverside and the nine cities in the Coachella Valley. Some of the cities have high housing costs, others want more affordable housing. CVAG wants to encourage its members' redevelopment agencies to produce affordable housing by spending their L&M Funds inside other redevelopment agencies that are outside their city limits.
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Geographically separated from the rest of Riverside County, the communities of the Coachella Valley are a single housing market divided by city boundaries. Some cities host resorts and the higher priced housing, other cities house the area's working families. Local officials want to treat their Valley as a single community. Some of the cities that need more investment in affordable housing have limited amounts of redevelopment money. Other cities have L&M Funds but few places to build affordable housing. By allowing these cities to shift their funds for affordable housing and to keep the statutory credit for the resulting housing, SB 71 lets local officials in the Coachella Valley move money to the communities that are ready to provide affordable housing.
(See Exhibit #3a, pages 1 and 3)