Section 6520 Of Article 1. Joint Powers Agreements From California Government Code >> Division 7. >> Title 1. >> Chapter 5. >> Article 1.
6520
. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Board of
Supervisors of San Diego County and the City Council of the City of
San Diego may create by joint powers agreement, the San Diego
Courthouse, Jail, and Related Facilities Development Agency,
hereinafter referred to as "the agency," which shall have all the
powers and duties of a redevelopment agency pursuant to Part 1
(commencing with Section 33000) of Division 24 of the Health and
Safety Code as well as all the powers of a joint powers agency
pursuant to this chapter, with respect to the acquisition,
construction, improvement, financing, and operation of a combined
courthouse-criminal justice facility, including a parking garage, and
other related improvements, hereinafter referred to as "the
facility."
(b) The agency shall be governed by a board of directors composed
of one city council member and one citizen designated by the San
Diego City Council; one supervisor and one citizen designated by the
San Diego County Board of Supervisors; two citizens appointed by the
presiding judge of the superior court effective during his or her
term of presidence; the Sheriff of San Diego County; the president or
designee of the San Diego County Bar Association; and one citizen
designated by the District Attorney of San Diego County; all of whom
shall serve at the pleasure of the appointing power and without
further compensation.
(c) The City of San Diego and the County of San Diego shall each
have the power of nonconcurrence over any action taken by the board
of directors, provided that a motion for reconsideration is made by a
member of the board of directors immediately following the vote of
the board of directors approving such action, and further provided
that the city council or the board of supervisors votes to nullify
such action, by a majority vote of its membership, within 30 days.
(d) The county may transfer to the agency county funds in either a
Courthouse Temporary Construction Fund or a County Criminal Justice
Facility Temporary Construction Fund, or both, to be expended for
purposes of the facility.
(e) In addition to those funds, (1) the agency's governing body
may allot up to 15 percent of the fines and forfeitures received by
the City of San Diego pursuant to Section 1463 of the Penal Code from
the service area of the downtown courts, as defined by the agency,
for expenditure by the agency for the purposes specified in
subdivision (a); (2) the City of San Diego and the County of San
Diego may allot to the agency any state or federal funds received for
purposes of the facility; and (3) the agency may expend any rent,
parking fees, or taxes received on leasehold interests in the
facility, for the purposes specified in subdivision (a).