Santa Ana Municipal Code Div. 11 Redevelopment Agency

It is hereby found and declared, pursuant to Section 33101 of the Community Redevelopment Law, that there is a need for the redevelopment agency created by Section 33100 of said law to function in the City of Santa Ana, and said agency is hereby authorized to transact business, and exercise its powers under the Community Redevelopment Law.

(Ord. No. NS-2992, § 2, 9-1-20)

The council of the City of Santa Ana hereby declares itself to be the redevelopment agency, as provided in this division, and all rights, powers, duties, privileges and immunities vested by the community redevelopment law in such agency shall be and are vested in this body.

(Ord. No. NS-2992, § 2, 9-1-20)

(a) To the extent that the community redevelopment agency of the city has an obligation to pay city fees or charges (including development fees and administrative cost fees) for construction, demolition, or building site preparation work, the payment of such fees by the redevelopment agency, or by contractors performing such work, or by the subcontractors of such contractors, shall be deferred until such time as the city council may demand the payment thereof. The redevelopment agency shall be responsible for the eventual payment of all fees deferred pursuant to this section, including those which would otherwise have been paid by its contractors or their subcontractors. The redevelopment agency's obligations under this section shall constitute an indebtedness of the redevelopment agency to the city.

(b) For purposes of this section, the redevelopment agency shall be deemed to have the obligation to pay city fees and charges for construction, demolition or site preparation work in private property only to the extent that the redevelopment agency has assumed such obligation in an agreement with a private developer for the development of such property.

(Ord. No. NS-2992, § 2, 9-1-20)

Per ABx1 26, all redevelopment agencies in California were effectively dissolved as of and on February 1, 2012. Pursuant to Health and Safety Code section 34173, the city elected to serve as the successor agency for the community redevelopment agency, and selected the housing authority to act as the successor housing agency.

(Ord. No. NS-2992, § 2, 9-1-20)