20250SB__022698AMD INTRODUCED 2025-01-28 AMENDED_ASSEMBLY 2026-06-11 2025 SB AMD Introduced by Senator Cabaldon (Principal coauthor: Assembly Member Aguiar-Curry) LEAD_AUTHOR SENATE Cabaldon PRINCIPAL_COAUTHOR ASSEMBLY Aguiar-Curry

An act to amend

Section 53369.3 of the Government Code, relating to local government. local government Infrastructure revitalization financing districts. Existing law authorizes a legislative body of a city to designate one or more proposed infrastructure revitalization financing districts, as specified, which are legally constituted governmental entities established for the sole purpose of financing certain types of facilities, as specified.

Existing law limits districts to only financing facilities or projects of communitywide significance, including the acquisition, construction, or repair of commercial or industrial structures for private use. This bill would specify that a facility or project to acquire, construct, or repair commercial or industrial structures for private use includes entertainment or sports facilities. Existing law establishes the California Community Colleges, under the administration of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, as one of the segments of public postsecondary education in the state.

The segment comprises community college districts and a total of community colleges throughout the state.

Existing law establishes requirements and procedures for the initiation and approval of proposals to reorganize community college districts through the transfer of territory between existing districts.</xhtml:p><xhtml:p>This bill, notwithstanding certain requirement and procedure provisions described above, would authorize the board of governors to approve the transfer of territory, in whole or in part, from specified community college districts to another district upon its own initiative or upon the filing of a petition by the governing board of a district or the county committee on school district organization for the county where territory would be transferred.

The bill would require the board of governors to ensure that a transfer of territory and any necessary agreements between the community college districts comply with and meet the requirements of specified provisions of existing state law, including, among others, that the reorganization of any district or districts does not affect the classification of academic employees already employed by any district affected and that the transfer agreement provides for the allocation of funds, property, and obligations affected by the transfer, as provided.</xhtml:p>"?> MAJORITY NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION

Section 53369.3 of the Government Code is amended to read: 53369.3. (

a) A district may finance (1) the purchase, construction, expansion, improvement, seismic retrofit, or rehabilitation of any real or other tangible property with an estimated useful life of years or longer which satisfies the requirements of subdivision (b), (2) planning and design work that is directly related to the purchase, construction, expansion, improvement, rehabilitation, or seismic retrofit of that property, and (3) the costs described in Sections 53369.6 and 53369.31. The facilities need not be physically located within the boundaries of the district. A district may not finance routine maintenance, repair work, or the costs of ongoing operation or providing services of any kind. (

b) The district shall finance only facilities or projects of communitywide significance, including, but not limited to, any of the following:

(1) Highways, interchanges, ramps and bridges, arterial streets, parking facilities, and transit facilities.

(2) Sewage treatment and water reclamation plants and interceptor pipes.

(3) Facilities and watershed lands used for the collection and treatment of water for urban uses.

(4) Flood management, including levees, bypasses, dams, retention basins, and drainage channels.

(5) Child care facilities.

(6) Libraries.

(7) Parks, recreational facilities, open space, and habitat restoration.

(8) Facilities for the transfer and disposal of solid waste, including transfer stations and vehicles.

(9) Brownfields restoration and other environmental mitigation.

(10) Purchase of land and property for development purposes and related site improvements.

(11) Acquisition, construction, or repair of housing for rental or purchase, including multipurpose facilities.

(12) Acquisition, construction, or repair of commercial or industrial structures for private use, including, but not limited to, entertainment or sports facilities.

(13) The repayment of the transfer of funds to a military base reuse authority pursuant to

Section that occurred on or after the creation of the district. (

c) Any district that constructs dwelling units shall set aside not less than percent of those units to increase and improve the community’s supply of low- and moderate-income housing available at an affordable housing cost, as defined by

Section 50052.5 of the Health and Safety Code, or at an affordable rent, as defined by

Section of the Health and Safety Code, to persons and families of low and moderate income, as defined in

Section of the Health and Safety Code. (

d) A district may utilize any powers under the Polanco Redevelopment Act (Article 12.5 (commencing with

Section 33459) of

Chapter of Part of Division of the Health and Safety Code), and finance any action necessary to implement that act. (

e) A district may finance any project that implements a sustainable communities strategy prepared pursuant to

Section 65080. <caml:Num>SECTION 1.</caml:Num><caml:ActionLine action="IS_ADDED" xlink:href="urn:caml:codes:EDC:caml#xpointer(%2Fcaml%3ALawDoc%2Fcaml%3ACode%2Fcaml%3ALawHeading%5B%40type%3D'TITLE'%20and%20caml%3ANum%3D'3.'%5D%2Fcaml%3ALawHeading%5B%40type%3D'DIVISION'%20and%20caml%3ANum%3D'7.'%5D%2Fcaml%3ALawHeading%5B%40type%3D'PART'%20and%20caml%3ANum%3D'46.'%5D%2Fcaml%3ALawHeading%5B%40type%3D'CHAPTER'%20and%20caml%3ANum%3D'5.'%5D%2Fcaml%3ALawHeading%5B%40type%3D'ARTICLE'%20and%20caml%3ANum%3D'6.'%5D)" xlink:label="fractionType: LAW_SPREAD||commencingWith: 74298" xlink:type="locator">Article 6 (commencing with

Section 74298) is added to

Chapter of Part of Division of Title of the <caml:DocName>Education Code</caml:DocName>, to read:</caml:ActionLine><caml:Fragment><caml:LawHeading id="id_CE0EF238-E368-4B6F-BD77-10525EEAD1B6" type="ARTICLE"><caml:Num>6.</caml:Num><caml:LawHeadingVersion id="id_0684CE7E-5A91-47E6-8972-6BA7622B7A2B"><caml:LawHeadingText>Special Transfer of Territory</caml:LawHeadingText></caml:LawHeadingVersion><caml:LawSection id="id_9A4A2DF2-3E1E-4376-8170-EFEC29E991FD"><caml:Num>74298.</caml:Num><caml:LawSectionVersion id="id_F0EB90E0-6480-4000-B847-AC2E863A2F01"><caml:Content><xhtml:p>(a)<xhtml:span class="EnSpace"/>This

article shall only apply to the transfer of territory from a community college district that meets both of the following criteria:</xhtml:p><xhtml:p>(1)<xhtml:span class="EnSpace"/>The community college district is located in a county whose territory is divided among three or more community college districts and a majority of the population residing in the territory of each of those districts is located in one or more other counties.</xhtml:p><xhtml:p>(2)<xhtml:span class="EnSpace"/>The community college district territory is being transferred, in whole or in part, to one of the districts described in paragraph (1).</xhtml:p><xhtml:p>(b)<xhtml:span class="EnSpace"/>Notwithstanding

Chapter 2 (commencing with

Section 74100) and

Chapter 3 (commencing with

Section 74201), the transfer of territory to another community college district pursuant to this

article may be approved by the board of governors upon its own initiative or upon the filing of a petition by the governing board of a district or the county committee on school district organization for the county where territory would be transferred.</xhtml:p><xhtml:p>(c)<xhtml:span class="EnSpace"/>In approving a transfer of territory pursuant to this article, the board of governors shall ensure that the transfer of territory and any necessary agreements between the community college districts comply with and meet the requirements of

Article 2 (commencing with

Section 74270),

Article 3 (commencing with

Section 74280), and

Article 4 (commencing with

Section 74290).</xhtml:p><xhtml:p>(d)<xhtml:span class="EnSpace"/>An action to transfer territory that is approved by the board of governors pursuant to this

article shall be deemed as approved for purposes of

Section 74250, without election.</xhtml:p></caml:Content></caml:LawSectionVersion></caml:LawSection></caml:LawHeading></caml:Fragment></caml:BillSection>"?>