(a) If the Department of Housing and Community Development, pursuant to Section 54230.5, notifies the County of Orange, or any city located within the County of Orange, that its planned disposal of surplus land is in violation of this article, the jurisdiction shall have 60 days from the date of receipt of the notification of violation to cure or correct an alleged violation, unless the Department of Housing and Community Development deems the alleged violation not to be a violation in less than 60 days. If the jurisdiction has not cured or corrected any alleged violation within 60 days, it shall not dispose of the parcel until the Department of Housing and Community Development determines that it has complied with this article or deems the alleged violation not to be a violation.

(b) (1) A local agency that receives a notice pursuant to subdivision (a) may provide the Department of Housing and Community Development a statement describing the actions taken to cure or correct the alleged violation within 60 days of receipt of the notice.

Terms Used In California Government Code 54230.8

  • City: includes "city and county" and "incorporated town" but does not include "unincorporated town" or "village. See California Government Code 20
  • County: includes city and county. See California Government Code 19
  • Dispose: means either of the following:

    California Government Code 54221

  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Local agency: means every city, whether organized under general law or by charter, county, city and county, district, including school, sewer, water, utility, and local and regional park districts of any kind or class, joint powers authority, successor agency to a former redevelopment agency, housing authority, or other political subdivision of this state and any instrumentality thereof that is empowered to acquire and hold real property. See California Government Code 54221
  • Subdivision: means a subdivision of the section in which the term occurs unless some other section is expressly mentioned. See California Government Code 10
  • Surplus land: includes land held in the Community Redevelopment Property Trust Fund pursuant to §. See California Government Code 54221

(2) If the Department of Housing and Community Development receives a statement pursuant to paragraph (1), the department shall do both of the following:

(A) Determine if the local agency’s actions as described in the statement cure or correct the alleged violation and whether the planned disposal of surplus land would constitute a violation of this article.

(B) Notify the local agency of the determinations made pursuant to subparagraph (A) within 30 days of receipt of the statement.

(c) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2030, and as of that date is repealed.

(Added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 772, Sec. 1. (SB 34) Effective January 1, 2024.)

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