Re: [CPEO-BIF] Gov. Brown (California) proposes to eliminate redevelopment agencies and zones

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Here are two other articles in the Chronicle's series about the 
Governor's proposal:

Redevelopment projects face funding cutoff

Marisa Lagos
San Francisco Chronicle
January 14, 2011

From Eureka's waterfront to San Diego's Gaslamp Quarter, California's 
redevelopment program has been transforming polluted and blighted areas 
across the state into thriving destination spots and commercial 
districts for nearly 60 years.

Now, Gov. Jerry Brown wants to eliminate the $5.7 billion annual 
program, which is funded by property taxes, and hand that money to 
struggling cities, counties and school districts. His proposal would 
disband 390 independent redevelopment agencies across California that 
use public money to spur private development, ending a program many 
cities and counties have relied on to turn around troubled areas since 
the passage of Proposition 13 in 1978 curtailed their ability to raise 
taxes.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/01/14/MNKN1H7UOL.DTL




Redevelopment cut imperils S.F. affordable housing

Will Kane
San Francisco Chronicle
January 14, 2011

San Francisco has built thousands of affordable housing units thanks to 
redevelopment funds, which Gov. Jerry Brown wants to eliminate.

Brown's proposal to cut the $5.7 billion annual redevelopment program - 
generated from property taxes - and hand the money back to local 
governments puts the construction of much new affordable housing in 
jeopardy, city officials and housing advocates say.

At stake could be more than 1,400 affordable housing units at 11 
redevelopment sites in the city, including Hunters Point Naval Shipyard, 
Alice Griffith housing complex and in the Visitacion Valley and South of 
Market neighborhoods.


For the entire article, see
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/01/14/MN9Q1H8IL6.DTL


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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
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