Part 3. Property Acquisition of California Government Code >> Division 4. >> Title 6. >> Part 3.
"Real property" means any of the following:
(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, and
right in land, including rights-of-way, terms for years, and liens,
charges, or encumbrances by way of judgment, mortgage, or otherwise
and the indebtedness secured by those liens.
Within the plan area or for purposes of revitalization an
authority 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 developed property previously owned by the authority.
An authority shall obtain an appraisal from a qualified independent
appraiser to determine the fair market value of property before the
authority acquires or purchases real property.
(b) Accept, at the request of the legislative body of the
community, a conveyance of real property (located either within or
outside the plan area) owned by a public entity and declared surplus
by the public entity, or owned by a private entity. The authority may
dispose of that property to private persons or to public or private
entities, by sale or long-term lease for development. All or any part
of the funds derived from the sale or lease of that property may, at
the discretion of the legislative body of the community, be paid to
the community, or to the public entity from which any of that
property was acquired.
(c) Sell, lease, grant, or donate real property owned or acquired
by the authority in a plan area to a housing authority or to any
public agency for public housing projects.
(d) Offer for resale property acquired by an authority for
rehabilitation and resale within one year after completion of
rehabilitation. Properties held by the authority in excess of a
one-year period shall be listed in the authority's annual report with
information conveying the reasons that property remains unsold and
indicating plans for its disposition.
(e) Acquire real property by eminent domain, provided that
authority is exercised within 12 years from the adoption of the plan.
(1) Every plan adopted by an authority which contemplates property
owner participation in the revitalization of the plan area shall
contain alternative provisions for revitalization of the property if
the owners fail to participate in the revitalization as agreed. Prior
to the adoption of a plan, each property owner whose property would
be subject to acquisition by purchase or condemnation under the plan
shall be sent a statement in nontechnical language and in a clear and
coherent manner using words with common and everyday meaning to that
effect attached to the notice of the hearing as required by
subdivision (b) of Section 62004. Alternatively, a list or map of all
properties which would be subject to acquisition by purchase or
condemnation under the plan may be mailed to affected property owners
with the notices of hearing pursuant to Section 62004.
(2) Without the consent of an owner, an authority 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
that building requires structural alteration, improvement,
modernization, or rehabilitation, or the site or lot on which the
building is situated requires modification in size, shape, or use, or
it is necessary to impose upon that property any of the standards,
restrictions, and controls of the plan and the owner fails or refuses
to agree to participate in the plan.
(3) 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.
(4) An authority shall not acquire from any of its members or
officers any property or interest in property except through eminent
domain proceedings.
An authority shall not provide any form of direct assistance
to:
(a) An automobile dealership that will be or is on a parcel of
land which has not previously been developed for urban use.
(b) A development that will be or is on a parcel of land of five
acres or more which has not previously been developed for urban use
and that will, when developed, generate sales or use tax pursuant to
Part 1.5 (commencing with Section 7200) of Division 2 of the Revenue
and Taxation Code, unless the principal permitted use of the
development is office, hotel, manufacturing, or industrial. For the
purposes of this subdivision, a parcel shall include land on an
adjacent or nearby parcel on which a use exists that is necessary for
the legal development of the parcel.
(c) A development or business, either directly or indirectly, for
the acquisition, construction, improvement, rehabilitation, or
replacement of property that is or would be used for gambling or
gaming of any kind whatsoever, including, but not limited to,
casinos, gaming clubs, bingo operations, or any facility wherein
banked or percentage games, any form of gambling device, or
lotteries, other than the California State Lottery, are or will be
played.
(d) The prohibition in subdivision (c) is not intended to prohibit
an authority from acquiring property on or in which an existing
gambling enterprise is located, for the purpose of selling or leasing
the property for uses other than gambling, provided that the agency
acquires the property for fair market value.
(e) This section shall not be construed to apply to an authority's
assistance in the construction of public improvements that serve all
or a portion of a project area and that are not required to be
constructed as a condition of approval of a development described in
subdivision (a), (b), or (c), or to prohibit assistance in the
construction of public improvements that are being constructed for a
development that is not described in subdivision (a), (b), or (c).
(a) Any covenants, conditions, or restrictions existing on
any real property within a plan area prior to the time the authority
acquires title to that property, which covenants, conditions, or
restrictions restrict or purport to restrict the use of, or building
upon, that real property, shall be void and unenforceable as to the
authority and any other subsequent owners, tenants, lessees, easement
holders, mortgagees, trustees, beneficiaries under a deed of trust,
or any other persons or entities acquiring an interest in that real
property from that time as title to the real property is acquired by
an authority whether acquisition is by gift, purchase, eminent
domain, or otherwise.
(b) Thirty days prior to the acquisition of real property other
than by eminent domain, the authority shall provide notice of that
acquisition and the provisions of this section to holders of
interests which would be made void and unenforceable pursuant to this
section, as follows:
(1) The authority shall publish notice once in a newspaper of
general circulation in the community in which the agency is
functioning.
(2) The authority shall mail notice to holders of those interests
if those holders appear of record 60 days prior to the date of
acquisition.
The authority may accept any release by written instrument from
the holder of any interest or may commence action to acquire that
interest after the date of acquisition of the real property.
(c) This section shall not apply to covenants, conditions, or
restrictions imposed by an authority pursuant to a plan. This section
also shall not apply to covenants, conditions, or restrictions where
an authority in writing expressly acquires or holds property subject
to those covenants, conditions, or restrictions.
This section shall not limit or preclude any rights of reversion
of owners, assignees, or beneficiaries of those covenants,
conditions, or restrictions limiting the use of land in gifts of land
to cities, counties, or other governmental entities. This section
shall not limit or preclude the rights of owners or assignees of any
land benefited by any covenants, conditions, or restrictions to
recover damages against the agency if under law that owner or
assignee has any right to damages. No right to damages shall exist
against any purchaser from the authority or his or her successors or
assignees, or any other persons or entities.
(a) If an authority has adopted a 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
entire fee at any time thereafter may offer in writing to sell the
property to the authority for its fair market value. If the authority
does not, within 18 months from the date of receipt of the original
offer, acquire or institute eminent domain proceedings to acquire the
property, the property owner or owners may file an action against
the authority in inverse condemnation to recover damages from the
authority for any interference with the possession and use of the
real property resulting from the plan, provided that this section
shall not be construed as establishing or creating a presumption to
any right to damages or relief solely by reason of the failure of the
authority to acquire the property within the time set forth in this
section.
(b) No claim need be presented against an authority under Part 3
(commencing with Section 900) of Division 3.6 of Title 1 as a
prerequisite to commencement or maintenance of an action under
subdivision (a), but any action shall be commenced within one year
and six months after the expiration of the 18 months period.
(c) An authority may commence an eminent domain proceeding or
designate the property to be exempt from eminent domain under the
plan at any time before the property owner commences an action under
this section. If the authority commences an eminent domain proceeding
or designates the property to be exempt from acquisition by eminent
domain before the property owner commences an action under this
section, the property owner may not thereafter bring an action under
this section.
(d) After a property owner has commenced an action under this
section, the authority may declare the property to be exempt from
acquisition by eminent domain and abandon the taking of the property
only under the same circumstances and subject to the same conditions
and consequences as abandonment of an eminent domain proceeding.
(e) Commencement of an action under this section does not affect
any authority an authority may have to commence an eminent domain
proceeding, take possession of the property pursuant to Article 3
(commencing with Section 1255.410) of Chapter 6 of Title 7 of the
Code of Civil Procedure, or abandon the eminent domain proceeding.
(f) In lieu of bringing an action under subdivision (a) or if the
limitations period provided in subdivision (b) has run, the property
owner may obtain a writ of mandate to compel the authority, within
that time as the court deems appropriate, to declare the property
acquisition exempt or to commence an eminent domain proceeding to
acquire the property.
(g) A declaration that the property is exempt from acquisition by
eminent domain shall be by resolution and shall be recordable. It
shall exempt the property from eminent domain under the plan, and the
authority shall have no power of eminent domain as to the property.
Section 1245.260 of the Code of Civil Procedure shall not
apply to any resolution or ordinance adopting, approving, or amending
the amendment of plan. Section 1245.260 of the Code of Civil
Procedure shall apply to a resolution adopted by an authority
pursuant to Section 1245.220 of the Code of Civil Procedure with
respect to a particular parcel or parcels of real property.
(a) The authority shall obligate lessees and purchasers of
real property acquired in revitalization projects undertaken or
assisted by the authority and owners of property improved as a part
of a revitalization project to refrain from restricting the rental,
sale, or lease of the property on any basis listed in subdivision (a)
or (d) of Section 12955, as those basis are defined in Sections
12926, 12926.1, subdivision (m) and paragraph (1) of subdivision (p)
of Section 12955, and Section 12955.2. All deeds, leases, or
contracts for the sale, lease, sublease, or other transfer of any
land in a revitalization project shall contain or be subject to the
nondiscrimination or nonsegregation clauses hereafter prescribed.
(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), with respect to familial
status, subdivision (a) shall not be construed to apply to housing
for older persons, as defined in Section 12955.9. With respect to
familial status, nothing in subdivision (a) shall be construed to
affect Sections 51.2, 51.3, 51.4, 51.10, 51.11, and 799.5 of the
Civil Code, relating to housing for senior citizens. Subdivision (d)
of Section 51, Section 4760, and Section 6714 of the Civil Code, and
subdivisions (n), (o), and (p) of Section 12955 shall apply to
subdivision (a).
Express provisions shall be included in all deeds, leases,
and contracts that the authority proposes to enter into with respect
to the sale, lease, sublease, transfer, use, occupancy, tenure, or
enjoyment of any land in a revitalization project in substantially
the following form:
(a) (1) In deeds the following language shall appear:
"The grantee herein covenants by and for himself or herself, his
or her heirs, executors, administrators, and assigns, and all persons
claiming under or through them, that there shall be no
discrimination against or segregation of, any person or group of
persons on account of any basis listed in subdivision (a) or (d) of
Section 12955 of the Government Code, as those basis are defined in
Sections 12926, 12926.1 of, subdivision (m) and paragraph (1) of
subdivision (p) of Section 12955 of, and Section 12955.2 of, the
Government Code, in the sale, lease, sublease, transfer, use,
occupancy, tenure, or enjoyment of the premises herein conveyed, nor
shall the grantee or any person claiming under or through him or her,
establish or permit any practice or practices of discrimination or
segregation with reference to the selection, location, number, use,
or occupancy of tenants, lessees, subtenants, sublessees, or vendees
in the premises herein conveyed. The foregoing covenants shall run
with the land."
(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), with respect to familial
status, paragraph (1) shall not be construed to apply to housing for
older persons, as defined in Section 12955.9. With respect to
familial status, nothing in paragraph (1) shall be construed to
affect Sections 51.2, 51.3, 51.4, 51.10, 51.11, and 799.5 of the
Civil Code, relating to housing for senior citizens. Subdivision (d)
of Section 51 of, and Sections 4760 and 6714 of, the Civil Code, and
subdivisions (n), (o), and (p) of Section 12955 shall apply to
paragraph (1).
(b) (1) In leases the following language shall appear:
"The lessee herein covenants by and for himself or herself, his or
her heirs, executors, administrators, and assigns, and all persons
claiming under or through him or her, and this lease is made and
accepted upon and subject to the following conditions:
That there shall be no discrimination against or segregation of
any person or group of persons, on account of any basis listed in
subdivision (a) or (d) of Section 12955 of the Government Code, as
those basis are defined in Sections 12926, 12926.1 of, subdivision
(m) and paragraph (1) of subdivision (p) of Section 12955 of, and
Section 12955.2 of, the Government Code, in the leasing, subleasing,
transferring, use, occupancy, tenure, or enjoyment of the premises
herein leased nor shall the lessee himself or herself, or any person
claiming under or through him or her, establish or permit any such
practice or practices of discrimination or segregation with reference
to the selection, location, number, use, or occupancy, of tenants,
lessees, sublessees, subtenants, or vendees in the premises herein
leased."
(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), with respect to familial
status, paragraph (1) shall not be construed to apply to housing for
older persons, as defined in Section 12955.9. With respect to
familial status, nothing in paragraph (1) shall be construed to
affect Sections 51.2, 51.3, 51.4, 51.10, 51.11, and 799.5 of the
Civil Code, relating to housing for senior citizens. Subdivision (d)
of Section 51 of, and Sections 4760 and 6714 of, the Civil Code, and
subdivisions (n), (o), and (p) of Section 12955 shall apply to
paragraph (1).
(c) In contracts entered into by the agency relating to the sale,
transfer, or leasing of land or any interest therein acquired by the
agency within any survey area or redevelopment project the foregoing
provisions in substantially the forms set forth shall be included and
the contracts shall further provide that the foregoing provisions
shall be binding upon and shall obligate the contracting party or
parties and any subcontracting party or parties, or other transferees
under the instrument.
(a) The authority shall retain controls and establish
restrictions or covenants running with land sold or leased for
private use for those periods of time and under those conditions as
are provided in the plan. The establishment of those controls is a
public purpose under this division.
(b) An authority shall obligate lessees or purchasers of property
acquired in a revitalization project to:
(1) Use the property for the purpose designated in the
revitalization plans.
(2) Begin the revitalization of the project area within a period
of time which the authority fixes as reasonable.
(3) Comply with the covenants, conditions, or restrictions that
the authority deems necessary to prevent speculation or excess
profittaking in undeveloped land, including right of reverter to the
agency. Covenants, conditions, and restrictions imposed by an
authority may provide for the reasonable protection of lenders.
(4) Comply with other conditions which the authority deems
necessary to carry out the purposes of this part.