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. Notwithstanding Part 1 (commencing with Section 33000), Part
1.5 (commencing with Section 34000), Part 1.6 (commencing with
Section 34050), and Part 1.7 (commencing with Section 34100), or any
other law, commencing on the effective date of this part, an agency
shall not have the authority to, and shall not, do any of the
following:
(a) Make loans or advances or grant or enter into agreements to
provide funds or provide financial assistance of any sort to any
entity or person for any purpose, including, but not limited to, all
of the following:
(1) Loans of moneys or any other thing of value or commitments to
provide financing to nonprofit organizations to provide those
organizations with financing for the acquisition, construction,
rehabilitation, refinancing, or development of multifamily rental
housing or the acquisition of commercial property for lease, each
pursuant to Chapter 7.5 (commencing with Section 33741) of Part 1.
(2) Loans of moneys or any other thing of value for residential
construction, improvement, or rehabilitation pursuant to Chapter 8
(commencing with Section 33750) of Part 1. These include, but are not
limited to, construction loans to purchasers of residential housing,
mortgage loans to purchasers of residential housing, and loans to
mortgage lenders, or any other entity, to aid in financing pursuant
to Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 33750).
(3) The purchase, by an agency, of mortgage or construction loans
from mortgage lenders or from any other entities.
(b) Enter into contracts with, incur obligations, or make
commitments to, any entity, whether governmental, tribal, or private,
or any individual or groups of individuals for any purpose,
including, but not limited to, loan agreements, passthrough
agreements, regulatory agreements, services contracts, leases,
disposition and development agreements, joint exercise of powers
agreements, contracts for the purchase of capital equipment,
agreements for redevelopment activities, including, but not limited
to, agreements for planning, design, redesign, development,
demolition, alteration, construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation,
site remediation, site development or improvement, removal of
graffiti, land clearance, and seismic retrofits.
(c) Amend or modify existing agreements, obligations, or
commitments with any entity, for any purpose, including, but not
limited to, any of the following:
(1) Renewing or extending term of leases or other agreements,
except that the agency may extend lease space for its own use to a
date not to exceed six months after the effective date of the act
adding this part and for a rate no more than 5 percent above the rate
the agency currently pays on a monthly basis.
(2) Modifying terms and conditions of existing agreements,
obligations, or commitments.
(3) Forgiving all or any part of the balance owed to the agency on
existing loans or extend the term or change the terms and conditions
of existing loans.
(4) Making any future deposits to the Low and Moderate Income
Housing Fund created pursuant to Section 33334.3.
(5) Transferring funds out of the Low and Moderate Income Housing
Fund, except to meet the minimum housing-related obligations that
existed as of January 1, 2011, to make required payments under
Sections 33690 and 33690.5, and to borrow funds pursuant to Section
34168.5.
(d) Dispose of assets by sale, long-term lease, gift, grant,
exchange, transfer, assignment, or otherwise, for any purpose,
including, but not limited to, any of the following:
(1) Assets, including, but not limited to, real property, deeds of
trust, and mortgages held by the agency, moneys, accounts
receivable, contract rights, proceeds of insurance claims, grant
proceeds, settlement payments, rights to receive rents, and any other
rights to payment of whatever kind.
(2) Real property, including, but not limited to, land, land under
water and waterfront property, buildings, structures, fixtures, and
improvements on the land, any property appurtenant to, or used in
connection with, the land, 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 the
liens.
(e) Acquire real property by any means for any purpose, including,
but not limited to, the purchase, lease, or exercising of an option
to purchase or lease, exchange, subdivide, transfer, assume, obtain
option upon, acquire by gift, grant, bequest, devise, or otherwise
acquire any real property, any interest in real property, and any
improvements on it, including the repurchase of developed property
previously owned by the agency and the acquisition of real property
by eminent domain; provided, however, that nothing in this
subdivision is intended to prohibit the acceptance or transfer of
title for real property acquired prior to the effective date of this
part.
(f) Transfer, assign, vest, or delegate any of its assets, funds,
rights, powers, ownership interests, or obligations for any purpose
to any entity, including, but not limited to, the community, the
legislative body, another member of a joint powers authority, a
trustee, a receiver, a partner entity, another agency, a nonprofit
corporation, a contractual counterparty, a public body, a
limited-equity housing cooperative, the state, a political
subdivision of the state, the federal government, any private entity,
or an individual or group of individuals.
(g) Accept financial or other assistance from the state or federal
government or any public or private source if the acceptance
necessitates or is conditioned upon the agency incurring indebtedness
as that term is described in this part.