Section 67471 Of Title 7.75. California State University, Channel Islands Site Authority Act From California Government Code >> Title 7.75.
67471
. (a) The Legislature finds and declares that the health,
safety, and welfare of the people of California depend upon the
development and support of the conversion of the former Camarillo
State Hospital into a campus of the California State University as
authorized by Section 89009 of the Education Code, as well as other
compatible uses. The continued economic vitality of the region can be
enhanced by productive development of those portions of the former
Camarillo State Hospital site not needed immediately for the
California State University use in a manner consistent with the
educational mission and the development of a California State
University campus.
(b) The Legislature further finds and declares that the County of
Ventura has an interest in promoting the economic vitality of the
region and is committed to the successful and productive development
of a California State University campus and compatible uses, and
toward that end, will cooperate in providing for the development of a
California State University campus at the site.
(c) The Legislature further finds and declares that is in the
interest of the state and its people for the state to do all of the
following:
(1) Establish a special authority composed of representatives of
the California State University and local government for the purpose
of facilitating the optimal use of the former hospital site by the
California State University and other compatible uses, and mitigating
the onsite and offsite impacts of those uses.
(2) Provide the special authority with the power to promote use of
the site through tax incentives so as to result in preservation of
the site, needed income for the development of the university, and
necessary economic, cultural, and social benefits to the region.
(3) Provide financing authority to achieve the development and
other beneficial educational uses of the campus and its environs.
(d) The Legislature further finds and declares that the policy set
forth in this title is most likely to be achieved if an effective
governmental structure exists to plan for, finance, mitigate the
impacts of, and carry out the reuse of the Camarillo State Hospital
in a cooperative, coordinated, balanced, and decisive manner in which
the site is used for a California State University campus and
related uses, as well as for commercial and other uses that will
provide revenue to support the state university's development and
provide a beneficial use to what would otherwise be abandoned and
deteriorating facilities and a blighted area.