text: The State of California does hereby pledge to and agree with the holders of any bonds issued pursuant to this chapter that the state will not change the structure, organization, or powers of any district until all obligations on those bonds are fully met or discharged. However, this section does not preclude a change in the structure, organization, or powers of any district if adequate provision is made by law for the protection of the contracts represented by those bonds from impairment, and that right to change the structure, organization, or powers of any district or the allocation of those tax revenues is hereby reserved to the State of California. Districts may include this pledge of the state in those bonds.

title: 5. LOCAL AGENCIES

article: 6. Bond Payment


kind: section

code: GOV

text: An action may be brought pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 860) of Part 2 of Title 10 of the Code of Civil Procedure to determine the validity of bonds, proceedings, projects, or tax allocations.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 906, Sec. 1.)

division: 2. CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES

title: 5. LOCAL AGENCIES

article: 6. Bond Payment

path: 5. LOCAL AGENCIES > 2. CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES > 2.7. Community Rehabilitation District Law > 6. Bond Payment


text: The legislative body may pledge any source of revenues, in addition to any property tax revenues, to pay the principal and interest on bonds approved and issued pursuant to this chapter, including, but not limited to, any fees or charges for services provided by, or in conjunction with, facilities rehabilitated with the proceeds of any bond issuance as long as those fees or charges do not exceed the estimated reasonable cost of providing the service for which the fee or charge is imposed.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 652, Sec. 7.)

title: 5. LOCAL AGENCIES

article: 7. Alternative Revenue Sources

path: 5. LOCAL AGENCIES > 2. CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES > 2.7. Community Rehabilitation District Law > 7. Alternative Revenue Sources


text: The legislative body may proceed under the authority of Section 53393 only if it states its intention to so proceed and describes the proposed revenue source in the resolution of intention to establish the district adopted pursuant to Section 53373 and in the resolution of intention to issue bonds adopted pursuant to Section 53387.

title: 5. LOCAL AGENCIES

chapter: 2.7. Community Rehabilitation District Law

article: 7. Alternative Revenue Sources


text:
(a) If the legislative body elects to pledge the revenues described in Section 53393, it shall require both of the following by ordinance:

(1) That a specified amount of the proceeds of the pledged revenue source shall be annually or more frequently, as specified, appropriated and paid into the Bond Payment Fund required to be established by Section 53392 in an amount sufficient to pay all or any portion of the principal and interest payments due on the bond issuance and into the bond reserve fund, required to be established by paragraph (2), to replenish that fund, as needed.

(2) That a bond reserve fund be established by the district from bond proceeds or any available revenue source, including any property tax revenues paid into the fund pursuant to subdivision (b), sufficient to pay the principal and interest due on the bonds for the next fiscal year.

(b) If the legislative body elects to pledge the revenues described in Section 53393, the county auditor shall pay the property tax revenues described in subdivision (a) of Section 53392 into the bond reserve fund established pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (a), rather than into the Bond Payment Fund as provided by subdivision (a) of Section 53392. The county auditor shall make those payments to the bond reserve fund only if that fund has unencumbered balances at the beginning of the payment period in an amount less than the amount necessary to pay the principal and interest on the bonds for the next fiscal year. The county auditor shall pay any amount of property tax revenues which exceed the amount necessary for this purpose into the general fund of the city or county.

title: 5. LOCAL AGENCIES

article: 7. Alternative Revenue Sources


text: The legislative body of a district established within the boundaries of a city shall reimburse the county for any costs incurred by the county auditor on behalf of the district pursuant to this article.

title: 5. LOCAL AGENCIES

article: 7. Alternative Revenue Sources


text:
(a) The Legislature finds and declares that the state and federal governments have withdrawn in whole or in part from their former role in financing major, regional, or communitywide infrastructure, including highways and interchanges, sewage treatment and water reclamation works, water supply and treatment works, flood control and drainage works, schools, libraries, parks, parking facilities, open space, and seismic retrofit and rehabilitation of public facilities.

(b) The Legislature further finds and declares that the methods available to local agencies to finance public works often place an undue and unfair burden on buyers of new homes, especially for public works that benefit the broader community.

(c) The Legislature further finds and declares that the absence of practical and equitable methods for financing both regional and local public works leads to a declining standard of public works, a reduced quality of life and decreased safety for affected citizens, increased objection to otherwise desirable development, and excessive costs for homebuyers.

(d) The Legislature further finds and declares that it is equitable and in the public interest to provide alternative procedures for financing public works and services needed to meet the needs of new housing and other development projects.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 332, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1993.)

title: 5. LOCAL AGENCIES

chapter: 2.8. Infrastructure Financing Districts

article: 1. General Provisions

path: 5. LOCAL AGENCIES > 2. CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES > 2.8. Infrastructure Financing Districts > 1. General Provisions


text:
Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions contained in this article shall govern the construction of this chapter.

(a) “Affected taxing entity” means any governmental taxing agency which levied or had levied on its behalf a property tax on all or a portion of the property located in the proposed district in the fiscal year prior to the designation of the district, but not including any county office of education, school district, or community college district.

(b) “City” means a city or a city and county.

(c) “Debt” means any binding obligation to repay a sum of money, including obligations in the form of bonds, certificates of participation, long-term leases, loans from government agencies, or loans from banks, other financial institutions, private businesses, or individuals.

(d) “Designated official” means the city or county engineer or other appropriate official designated pursuant to Section 53395.13.

(e) (1) “District” means an infrastructure financing district.

(2) An infrastructure financing district is a “district” within the meaning of Section 1 of Article XIIIA of the California Constitution.

(f) “Infrastructure financing district” means a legally constituted governmental entity established pursuant to this chapter for the sole purpose of financing public facilities.

(g) “Landowner” or “owner of land” means any person shown as the owner of land on the last equalized assessment roll or otherwise known to be the owner of the land by the legislative body. The legislative body has no obligation to obtain other information as to the ownership of land, and its determination of ownership shall be final and conclusive for the purposes of this chapter. A public agency is not a landowner or owner of land for purposes of this chapter, unless the public agency owns all of the land to be included within the proposed district.

(h) “Legislative body” means the city council or board of supervisors.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 210, Sec. 8. (SB 184) Effective January 1, 2014.)

title: 5. LOCAL AGENCIES

article: 1. General Provisions


text:
(a) The revenues available pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 53396) may be used directly for work allowed pursuant to Section 53395.3, may be accumulated for a period not to exceed five years to provide a fund for that work, may be pledged to pay the principal of, and interest on, bonds issued pursuant to Article 4 (commencing with Section 53397.1), or may be pledged to pay the principal of, and interest on, bonds issued pursuant to the Improvement Bond Act of 1915 (Division 10 (commencing with Section 8500) of the Streets and Highways Code) or the Mello-Roos Community Facilities Act of 1982 (Chapter 2.5 (commencing with Section 53311)), the proceeds of which have been or will be used entirely for allowable purposes of the district. The revenue of the district may also be advanced for allowable purposes of the district to an Integrated Financing District established pursuant to Chapter 1.5 (commencing with Section 53175), in which case the district may be party to a reimbursement agreement established pursuant to that chapter. The revenues of the district may also be committed to paying for any completed public facility acquired pursuant to Section 53395.3 over a period of time, including the payment of a rate of interest not to exceed the bond buyer index rate on the day that the agreement to repay is entered into by the city or county.

(b) The legislative body may enter into an agreement with any affected taxing entity providing for the construction of, or assistance in, financing public facilities.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 210, Sec. 9. (SB 184) Effective January 1, 2014.)

title: 5. LOCAL AGENCIES

article: 1. General Provisions


text:
(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 15 years or longer which satisfies the requirements of subdivision (b), (2) may finance planning and design work which is directly related to the purchase, construction, expansion, or rehabilitation of that property and (3) the costs described in Sections 53395.5, and 53396.5. A district may only finance the purchase of facilities for which construction has been completed, as determined by the legislative body. 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 public capital facilities of communitywide significance, which provide significant benefits to an area larger than the area of the district, including, but not limited to, all 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 for the collection and treatment of water for urban uses.

(4) Flood control levees and dams, retention basins, and drainage channels.

(5) Child care facilities.

(6) Libraries.

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

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

(c) Any district which constructs dwelling units shall set aside not less than 20 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, to persons and families of low- and moderate-income, as defined in Section 50093 of the Health and Safety Code.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 332, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1993.)

title: 5. LOCAL AGENCIES

article: 1. General Provisions


text:
(a) In addition to the projects authorized by Section 53395.3, any infrastructure financing district may finance public capital facilities or projects that include broadband. A district that finances public capital facilities or projects that include broadband may transfer the management and operation of any broadband facilities that were financed to a local agency that is authorized to provide broadband Internet access service, and that local agency when providing that service shall comply with the requirements of Article 12 (commencing with Section 53167) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5.

(b) For purposes of this section, “broadband” means communications network facilities that enable high-speed Internet access.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 963, Sec. 3. (AB 1999) Effective January 1, 2019.)

title: 5. LOCAL AGENCIES

article: 1. General Provisions


text: Notwithstanding subdivision (b) of Section 53395.3, a district may reimburse a developer of a project that is located entirely within the boundaries of that district for any permit expenses incurred and to offset additional expenses incurred by the developer in constructing affordable housing units pursuant to the Transit Priority Project Program established in Section 65470.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 162, Sec. 66. (SB 1171) Effective January 1, 2013.)

title: 5. LOCAL AGENCIES

article: 1. General Provisions


text:
(a) A district may finance only the facilities or services authorized in this chapter to the extent that the facilities or services are in addition to those provided in the territory of the district before the district was created. The additional facilities or services may not supplant facilities or services already available within that territory when the district was created but may supplement those facilities and services as needed to serve new developments.

(b) A district may include areas that are not contiguous.

(c) A district may finance a project or portion of a project that is located in, or overlaps with, a redevelopment project area or former redevelopment project area. The successor agency to the former redevelopment agency shall receive a finding of completion, as defined in Section 34179.7 of the Health and Safety Code, prior to the district financing any project or portion of a project under this subdivision.

(d) Notwithstanding subdivision (c), any debt or obligation of a district shall be subordinate to an enforceable obligation of a former redevelopment agency, as defined in Section 34171 of the Health and Safety Code. For the purposes of this chapter, the division of taxes allocated to the district pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 53396 shall not include any taxes required to be deposited by the county auditor-controller into the Redevelopment Property Tax Trust Fund created pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 34170.5 of the Health and Safety Code.

(e) The legislative body of the city or county forming the district may choose to dedicate any portion of its net available revenue to the district through the financing plan described in Section 53395.14.

(f) For the purposes of this section, “net available revenue” means periodic distributions to the city or county from the Redevelopment Property Tax Trust Fund, created pursuant to Section 34170.5 of the Health and Safety Code, that are available to the city or county after all preexisting legal commitments and statutory obligations funded from that revenue are made pursuant to Part 1.85 (commencing with Section 34170) of Division 24 of the Health and Safety Code. Net available revenue shall not include any funds deposited by the county auditor-controller into the Redevelopment Property Tax Trust Fund or funds remaining in the Redevelopment Property Tax Trust Fund prior to distribution. Net available revenues shall not include any moneys payable to a school district that maintains kindergarten and grades 1 to 12, inclusive, community college districts, or to the Educational Revenue Augmentation Fund, pursuant to paragraph (4) of subdivision (a) of Section 34183 of the Health and Safety Code.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 1, Sec. 1. (AB 471) Effective February 18, 2014.)

title: 5. LOCAL AGENCIES

article: 1. General Provisions


text:
It is the intent of the Legislature that the area of the districts created be substantially undeveloped, and the establishment of a district should not ordinarily lead to the removal of existing dwelling units. If, however, any dwelling units are proposed to be removed or destroyed in the course of private development or public works construction within the area of the district, the legislative body shall do all of the following:

(a) Within four years of the removal or destruction, cause or require the construction or rehabilitation, for rental or sale to persons or families of low or moderate income, of an equal number of replacement dwelling units at affordable housing cost, as defined in Section 50052.5 of the Health and Safety Code, within the territory of the district if the dwelling units removed were inhabited by persons or families of low or moderate income, as defined in Section 50093 of the Health and Safety Code.

(b) Within four years of the removal or destruction, cause or require the construction or rehabilitation, for rental or sale to persons of low or moderate income, a number of dwelling units which is at least one unit but not less than 20 percent of the total dwelling units removed at affordable housing cost, as defined in Section 50052.5 of the Health and Safety Code, within the territory of the district if the dwelling units removed or destroyed were not inhabited by persons of low or moderate income, as defined in Section 50093 of the Health and Safety Code.

(c) Provide relocation assistance and make all the payments required by Chapter 16 (commencing with Section 7260) of Division 7 of Title 1, to persons displaced by any public or private development occurring within the territory of the district. This displacement shall be deemed to be the result of public action.

(d) Ensure that removal or destruction of any dwelling units occupied by persons or families of low or moderate income not take place unless and until there are suitable housing units, at comparable cost to the units from which the persons or families were displaced, available and ready for occupancy by the residents of the units at the time of their displacement. The housing units shall be suitable to the needs of these displaced persons or families and shall be decent, safe, sanitary, and otherwise standard dwellings.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1575, Sec. 1.)

title: 5. LOCAL AGENCIES

article: 1. General Provisions


text: Any action or proceeding to attack, review, set aside, void, or annul the creation of a district, adoption of an infrastructure financing plan, including a division of taxes thereunder, or an election pursuant to this chapter shall be commenced within 30 days after the enactment of the ordinance creating the district pursuant to Section 53395.23. Consistent with the time limitations of this section, such an action or proceeding with respect to a division of taxes under this chapter may be brought pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 860) of Title 10 of Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure, except that Section 869 of the Code of Civil Procedure shall not apply.

title: 5. LOCAL AGENCIES

article: 1. General Provisions


text: An action to determine the validity of the issuance of bonds pursuant to this chapter may be brought pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 860) of Title 10 of Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure. However, notwithstanding the time limits specified in Section 860 of the Code of Civil Procedure, the action shall be commenced within 30 days after adoption of the resolution pursuant to Section 53397.6 providing for issuance of the bonds if the action is brought by an interested person pursuant to Section 863 of the Code of Civil Procedure. Any appeal from a judgment in that action or proceeding shall be commenced within 30 days after entry of judgment.

title: 5. LOCAL AGENCIES

article: 1. General Provisions


text:
(a) This section applies only to the City and County of San Francisco, and to any waterfront district.

(b) In addition to the findings and declarations in Section 53395, the Legislature further finds and declares that providing the ability to capture property tax increment revenues to finance needed public facilities in waterfront lands in San Francisco that are subject to the public trust to the public agencies with the responsibility to administer those areas will further the objectives of the public trust and enjoyment of those trust lands by the people of the state.

(c) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings except as otherwise provided:

(1) “Affected taxing entity” means any governmental taxing agency, except San Francisco and its local educational agencies, that levied or had levied on its behalf a property tax on all or a portion of the land located in the proposed district in the fiscal year prior to the designation of the district, all or a portion of which the district proposes to collect in the future under its infrastructure financing plan, except as provided in subdivision (h).

(2) “Base year” means the fiscal year in which the assessed value of taxable property in the district was last equalized prior to the effective date of the ordinance adopted to create the district, or a subsequent fiscal year specified in the infrastructure financing plan for the district.

(3) “Board” means the Board of Supervisors of the City and County of San Francisco, which shall be the legislative body for any district formed under this section.

(4) “Debt” means loans, advances, or other forms of indebtedness and financial obligations, including, but not limited to, commercial paper, variable rate demand notes, all moneys payable in relation to the debt, and all debt service coverage requirements in any debt instrument, in addition to the obligations specified in the definition of “debt” in Section 53395.1.

(5) “District” means any district created under this chapter, including any project area within a district.

(6) “ERAF” means the Educational Revenue Augmentation Fund.

(7) “ERAF-secured debt” means debt incurred to finance a Pier 70 district subject to a Pier 70 enhanced financing plan that is secured by and will be repaid from the ERAF share.

(8) “ERAF share” means the county ERAF portion of incremental tax revenue committed to a Pier 70 district under a Pier 70 enhanced financing plan.

(9) “Local educational agencies” means, collectively, the San Francisco Unified School District, the San Francisco Community College District, and the San Francisco County Office of Education.

(10) “Mirant site” means the San Francisco waterfront land owned by Mirant Corporation, on which it or its affiliate formerly operated a coal gasification powerplant.

(11) “Pier 70 district” means a waterfront district that includes 65 acres of waterfront land in the area near Pier 70.

(12) “Pier 70 enhanced financing plan” means an infrastructure district financing plan for a Pier 70 district that contains a provision authorized under subparagraph (D) of paragraph (3) of subdivision (g).

(13) “Port” means the Port of San Francisco.

(14) “Project area” means a defined area designated for development within a waterfront district formed under this chapter in accordance with subdivision (g).

(15) “Public facilities” means facilities and, where the context requires, related services, authorized to be financed in whole or in part by a district formed under this chapter in accordance with subdivision (g). Public facilities may be publicly owned or privately owned utility infrastructure if they are available to or serve the general public. “Public facilities” includes any capital facility fees used to pay for public facilities.

(16) “San Francisco” means the City and County of San Francisco. For purposes of applying this chapter, San Francisco is a city.

(17) “Waterfront district” means a district formed under this chapter on land under port jurisdiction along the San Francisco waterfront and any special waterfront district as defined in Section 53395.81.

(18) “Waterfront set-aside” means the restricted funds required to be set aside under clause (ii) of subparagraph (C) of paragraph (3) of subdivision (g).

(19) “County tax collector” means the county auditor-controller, tax collector, or other officer responsible for the payment of property taxes into the funds of taxing entities.

(d) In addition to the facilities and services authorized by Section 53395.3, a waterfront district may finance any of the following:

(1) Remediation of hazardous materials in, on, under, or around any real or tangible property.

(2) Seismic and life-safety improvements to existing buildings.

(3) Rehabilitation, restoration, and preservation of structures, buildings, or other facilities having special historical, architectural, or aesthetic interest or value and that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places, are eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places individually or because of their location within an eligible registered historic district, or are listed on a state or local register of historic landmarks.

(4) Structural repairs and improvements to piers, seawalls, and wharves, and installation of piles.

(5) Removal of bay fill.

(6) Stormwater management facilities, other utility infrastructure, or public open-space improvements.

(7) Shoreline restoration.

(8) Other repairs and improvements to maritime facilities.

(9) Planning and design work that is directly related to any public facilities authorized to be financed by a waterfront district.

(10) Reimbursement payments made to the California Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank in accordance with paragraph (5) of subdivision (e) of Section 53395.81.

(11) Improvements, which may be publicly owned, to protect against potential sea level rise.

(e) A waterfront district may include, and finance public facilities on, tidelands and submerged lands, including filled or unfilled lands, subject to the public trust for commerce, navigation, and fisheries, and the applicable statutory trust grant or grants. Public facilities located on tidelands and submerged lands shall serve and promote uses and purposes consistent with the public trust and applicable statutory trust grants. Public facilities that increase access to, or the use or enjoyment of, public trust lands will be deemed to be facilities of communitywide significance that provide significant benefits to an area larger than the area of the district.

(f) Public facilities financed by a waterfront district shall be public trust assets subject to the administration and control of the district, except for the following:

(1) Utility infrastructure and public transportation facilities, except maritime transportation facilities that are administered and controlled by another entity under an agreement with the port.

(2) Public facilities on land located in a previously formed waterfront district that the port subsequently leases, sells, or otherwise transfers to any person free of the public trust, the Burton Act trust, and any additional restrictions on use or alienability created by the Burton Act transfer agreement, provided that the State Lands Commission has concurred in the lifting of trust restrictions on the transferred land and that the transferred land will remain in and subject to the district.

(g) For a waterfront district, the requirements of this subdivision supplant and replace the provisions of Sections 53395.10 to 53395.25, inclusive. The board may adopt or amend one or more infrastructure financing plans for districts along the San Francisco waterfront according to the procedures in this section. Except as provided otherwise in this subdivision or in Section 53395.81, the provisions of subdivisions (a) and (b) of Section 53395.4 shall not apply to a waterfront district. A waterfront district may be formed and become effective at any time. A district may be divided into project areas, each of which may be subject to distinct limitations established under this subdivision. Within a district, one or more project areas may be a special waterfront district as defined in Section 53395.81.

(1) The board shall initiate proceedings for the establishment of a district by adopting a resolution of intention to establish the proposed district that does all of the following:

(A) States an infrastructure financing district is proposed to be established and describes the boundaries of the proposed district. The boundaries may be described by reference to a map on file in the office of the clerk of the board.

(B) States the type of public facilities proposed to be financed by the district.

(C) States that incremental property tax revenue from San Francisco and some or all affected taxing entities within the district, but none of the local educational agencies, except as provided in subdivision (h) or as a result of the allocation of the ERAF share, may be used to finance these public facilities.

(D) Directs the executive director of the port, or an appropriate official designated by the executive director, to prepare a proposed infrastructure financing plan.

(2) The board shall direct the city clerk to mail a copy of the resolution of intention to any affected taxing entities.

(3) The proposed infrastructure financing plan shall be consistent with the general plan of San Francisco, as amended from time to time, and shall include all of the following:

(A) A map and legal description of the proposed district, which may include all or a portion of the district designated by the board in its resolution of intention.

(B) A description of the public facilities required to serve the development proposed in the district, including those to be provided by the private sector, those to be provided by governmental entities without assistance under this chapter, those public facilities to be financed with assistance from the proposed district, and those to be provided jointly. The description shall include the proposed location, timing, and projected costs of the public facilities. The description may consist of a reference to the capital plan for the territory in the district that is approved by the board, as amended from time to time.

(C) A financing section that shall contain all of the following:

(i) A provision that specifies the maximum portion of the incremental tax revenue of San Francisco and of any affected taxing entity proposed to be committed to the district, and affirms that the plan will not allocate any portion of the incremental tax revenue of the local educational agencies to the district.

(ii) Limitations on the use of levied taxes allocated to and collected by the district that provide that, except as provided by this section or Section 53395.81, incremental tax revenues allocated to a district must be used within the district for purposes authorized under this section, and that not less than 20 percent of the amount allocated to a district shall be set aside to be expended solely on shoreline restoration, removal of bay fill, or waterfront public access to or environmental remediation of the San Francisco waterfront.

(iii) A projection of the amount of incremental tax revenues expected to be received by the district, assuming a district receives incremental tax revenues for a period no later than 45 years after San Francisco projects that the district will have received one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) in incremental tax revenues under this chapter.

(iv) Projected sources of financing for the public facilities to be assisted by the district, including debt to be repaid with incremental tax revenues, projected revenues from future leases, sales, or other transfers of any interest in land within the district, and any other legally available sources of funds. The projection may refer to the capital plan for the territory in the district that is approved by the board, as amended from time to time.

(v) A limitation on the aggregate number of dollars of levied taxes that may be divided and allocated to the district. Taxes shall not be divided or be allocated to the district beyond this limitation, except by amendment of the infrastructure financing plan pursuant to the procedures in this subdivision. In the event San Francisco divides a district into project areas, the project areas may share this limit and the limit may be divided among the project areas or a separate limit may be established for a project area.

(vi) A date on which the effectiveness of the infrastructure financing plan and all tax allocations to the district will end and a date on which the district’s authority to repay indebtedness with incremental tax revenues received under this chapter will end, not to exceed 45 years from the date the district has actually received one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) in incremental tax revenues under this chapter. After the time limits established under this subparagraph, a district shall not receive incremental tax revenues under this chapter.

(vii) An analysis of the costs to San Francisco for providing facilities and services to the district while the district is being developed and after the district is developed, and of the taxes, fees, charges, and other revenues expected to be received by San Francisco as a result of expected development in the district.

(viii) An analysis of the projected fiscal impact of the district and the associated development upon any affected taxing entity. If no affected taxing entities exist within the district because the plan does not provide for collection by the district of any portion of property tax revenues allocated to any taxing entity other than San Francisco, the district has no obligation to any other taxing entity under this subdivision.

(ix) A statement that the district will maintain accounting procedures in accordance, and otherwise comply, with Section 6306 of the Public Resources Code for the term of the plan.

(D) For a Pier 70 district only, the Pier 70 enhanced financing plan may contain a provision meeting the requirements of Section 53396 that allocates a portion of the incremental tax revenue of San Francisco and of other designated affected taxing entities to the Pier 70 district.

The portion of incremental tax revenue of San Francisco to be allocated to the Pier 70 district must be equal to the portion of the incremental tax revenue of the county ERAF proposed to be committed to the Pier 70 district. In addition to all other requirements under this section, a Pier 70 district shall also be subject to the following additional limitations:

(i) A Pier 70 district subject to a Pier 70 enhanced financing plan shall not be formed and become effective prior to January 1, 2014.

(ii) Any Pier 70 enhanced financing plan shall contain all of the following:

(I) A time limit on the issuance of new ERAF-secured debt to finance the district, which may not exceed 20 fiscal years from the fiscal year in which any Pier 70 district subject to a Pier 70 enhanced financing plan first issues debt. The ERAF-secured debt may be repaid over the period of time ending on the time limit established under clause (vi) of subparagraph (C). This time limit on the issuance of new ERAF-secured debt shall not prevent a Pier 70 district from subsequently refinancing, refunding, or restructuring ERAF-secured debt if all of the following conditions are met: the time during which the debt is to be repaid is not extended beyond the time limit established under clause (vi) of subparagraph (C); in the case of a refinancing or refunding to achieve savings, the total interest cost to maturity on the new debt plus the principal amount of the new debt does not exceed the total interest cost to maturity on the debt to be refunded plus the principal of the debt to be refunded; and the principal amount of the new debt does not exceed the amount required to defease the debt to be refunded, refinanced, or restructured, to establish customary debt service reserves and to pay related costs of issuance. If these conditions are satisfied, the initial principal amount of the new debt may be greater than the outstanding principal amount of the debt to be refunded, refinanced, or restructured.

(II) A statement that the Pier 70 district shall be subject to a limitation on the number of dollars of the ERAF share that may be divided and allocated to the Pier 70 district pursuant to the Pier 70 enhanced financing plan, including any amendments to the plan, which shall be established in consultation with the county tax collector. This limitation and a schedule specifying the amount of the ERAF share that must be divided and allocated to the district in each succeeding fiscal year until all ERAF-secured debt has been paid shall be included in the statement of indebtedness that the Pier 70 district files for the 19th fiscal year after the fiscal year in which any ERAF-secured debt is first issued. The ERAF share shall not be divided and shall not be allocated to the Pier 70 district beyond that limitation.

(III) The limitations established by subclauses (I) and (II) may be amended only by amendment of this section. When the ERAF-secured debt, if any, has been paid, all moneys thereafter allocated to the ERAF share shall be paid into ERAF as taxes on all other property are paid. In addition, beginning in the 21st fiscal year after the fiscal year in which ERAF-secured debt is first issued, any portion of the ERAF share in excess of the amount required to meet the Pier 70 district’s ERAF-secured debt service obligations shall be paid into ERAF.

(4) The proposed infrastructure financing plan shall be mailed to each affected taxing entity for review, together with, to the extent available, any report required by the California Environmental Quality Act (Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000) of the Public Resources Code) that pertains to the proposed public facilities and any proposed development project for which the public facilities are needed, and shall be made available for public inspection. The report also shall be sent to the San Francisco Planning Department and the board.

(5) Except as provided in subdivision (h) and except as a result of an ERAF share allocation, the board shall not enact a resolution proposing formation of a district and providing for the division of taxes of any affected taxing entities for use in the Pier 70 district as set forth in the proposed infrastructure financing plan unless a resolution approving the plan has been adopted by the governing body of each affected taxing entity that is proposed to be subject to division of taxes as set forth in the proposed infrastructure financing plan, and that resolution has been filed with the board at or prior to the time of the hearing. A resolution approving the plan adopted by the governing body of an affected taxing entity shall be deemed the affected taxing entity’s agreement to participate in the plan for the purposes of Section 53395.19.

(6) If the governing body of an affected taxing entity has not approved the infrastructure financing plan before the board considers the plan, the board may amend the infrastructure financing plan to remove the allocation of the tax revenues of the nonconsenting affected taxing entity. If a plan is so amended, the plan also shall be amended to provide that San Francisco will allocate to the Pier 70 district funds equal on a dollar-for-dollar basis to the tax revenues that the Pier 70 district would have received from the allocation of tax revenues of the affected taxing entity that is removed from the plan.

(7) The board shall hold a public hearing regarding the infrastructure financing plan that shall be scheduled on a date no earlier than 60 days after the plan has been sent to each affected taxing entity, or in the absence of any affected taxing entities, no earlier than 30 days after the plan has been lodged with the clerk of the board. Notice of the public hearing must be published not less than once a week for four successive weeks in a newspaper designated by the board for the publication of official notices in San Francisco, or if the board no longer designates a newspaper for the publication of official notices, a newspaper of general circulation serving primarily San Francisco residents. The notice shall state that the district will be established to finance public facilities, briefly describe the public facilities and the proposed financial arrangements, including the proposed commitment of incremental tax revenue, describe the boundaries of the proposed district, and state the day, hour, and place when and where any persons having any objections to the proposed infrastructure financing plan, or the regularity of any of the previous proceedings, may appear before the board and object to the adoption of the proposed infrastructure financing plan by the board.

(8) At the hour set in the required notices, the board shall proceed to hear and pass upon all written and oral objections. The hearing may be continued from time to time. The board shall consider any recommendations of affected taxing entities, and all evidence and testimony for and against the adoption of the infrastructure financing plan.

(9) No election will be required to form the district, and at the conclusion of the hearing, the board may adopt an ordinance adopting the infrastructure financing plan, as drafted or as modified by the board, or it may abandon the proceedings.

(10) Any public or private owner of land that is not within an existing district, but that has any boundary line contiguous to a boundary of the waterfront district, may petition the board for inclusion of the land in the waterfront district without an election. The annexation shall take effect on the effective date of the ordinance of the board’s annexation approval. As a condition to inclusion of its land in the waterfront district, the petitioning landowner shall acknowledge and agree that any portion of the land within 100 feet of the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission shoreline (shoreline band) will include contiguous public access along the length of the shoreline band, improved and maintained to standards equal to adjacent waterfront public access ways on public land, as certified by the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission. Nothing in this section is intended to affect or limit the authority of the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission pursuant to Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 66600) of Title 7.2, or any other law. This procedure will apply to any petition to include the Mirant site in the Pier 70 district, but the board may amend the Pier 70 financing plan to include the Mirant site in the Pier 70 district only after the Director of Finance’s approval.

(11) The ordinance creating a district and adopting or amending an infrastructure financing plan shall establish the base year for the district. The base year of land annexed into a district shall be the fiscal year in which the assessed value of the annexed land was last equalized prior to the effective date of the annexation, or a subsequent fiscal year specified in the ordinance of the board approving the annexation. The board may amend an infrastructure financing plan by ordinance for any purpose, including, but not limited to, dividing an established district into one or more project areas, reducing the district area, or expanding a waterfront district to include the petitioning landowner’s land in the district in accordance with the board’s established procedures. Any ordinance adopting or amending an infrastructure financing plan will be deemed an ordinance adopted for the purposes of Section 53395.23.

(12) With respect to a waterfront district, San Francisco may enter into an agreement for the construction of discrete portions or phases of public facilities. The agreement may include any provisions that San Francisco determines are necessary or convenient, but shall do all of the following:

(A) Identify the specific public facilities or discrete portions or phases of public facilities to be constructed and purchased. San Francisco may agree to purchase discrete portions or phases of public facilities if the portions or phases are capable of serviceable use as determined by San Francisco.

(B) Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), when the purchase value of a public facility exceeds one million dollars ($1,000,000), San Francisco may agree to purchase discrete portions or phases of the partially completed public facility.

(C) Identify procedures to ensure that the public facilities are constructed pursuant to plans, standards, specifications, and other requirements as determined by San Francisco.

(D) Specify a price or a method to determine a price for each public facility or discrete portion or phase of a public facility. The price may include an amount reflecting the interim cost of financing cash payments that must be made during construction of the project, at the discretion of San Francisco.

(E) Specify procedures for final inspection and approval of public facilities or discrete portions or phases of public facilities, for approval of payment and for acceptance and conveyance.

(h) (1) All the amounts calculated under this subdivision shall be calculated after deducting the waterfront set-aside required under clause (ii) of subparagraph (C) of paragraph (3) of subdivision (g) of this section or the set-aside required for a special waterfront district under paragraph (3) of subdivision (c) of Section 53395.81, as applicable, from the total amount of tax increment funds allocated to a district in the applicable fiscal year. The payments made by the county tax collector under this subdivision to the affected taxing entities shall be allocated among the affected taxing entities in proportion to the percentage share of property taxes each affected taxing entity receives during the fiscal year the funds are allocated. The percentage share shall be determined without regard to any amounts allocated to a city, county, or city and county under Sections 97.68 and 97.70 of the Revenue and Taxation Code.

(2) (A) Prior to incurring any debt, except loans or advances from San Francisco, a district may subordinate to the debt the amount required to be paid by the county tax collector to an affected taxing entity under this subdivision, if any, provided the affected taxing entity has approved these subordinations as provided in this paragraph.

(B) At the time the district requests an affected taxing entity to subordinate the amount to be paid by the county tax collector to it, the district shall provide the affected taxing entity with substantial evidence that sufficient tax increment funds will be available to pay when due both the debt service on the debt and the payments by the county tax collector to the affected taxing entity required under this subdivision.

(C) Within 45 days after receipt of the district’s request, the affected taxing entity shall approve or disapprove the request for subordination. An affected taxing entity may disapprove a request for subordination only if it finds, based upon substantial evidence, that the tax increment funds will be insufficient to pay when due the debt payments and the amount required to be paid by the county tax collector to the affected taxing entity. If the affected taxing entity does not act within 45 days after receipt of the district’s request, the request to subordinate shall be deemed approved and its deemed approval shall be final and conclusive.

(D) For the purpose of this paragraph only, “affected taxing entity” shall mean any governmental agency that levied, or had levied on its behalf, a property tax on all or a portion of the land located in the proposed district in the fiscal year prior to the designation of the waterfront district.

(3) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:

(A) The payments to be made under this subdivision are necessary in order to alleviate the financial burden and detriment that affected taxing entities may incur as a result of the adoption of an infrastructure financing plan, and payments made under this subdivision will benefit the district.

(B) The payments to be made under this subdivision are the exclusive payments that are required to be made by a district to affected taxing entities during the term of an infrastructure financing plan.

(4) Nothing in this section requires a district, either directly or indirectly, as a measure to mitigate a significant environmental effect or as part of any settlement agreement or judgment brought in any action to contest the validity of a district under Section 53395.6, to make any other payments to affected taxing entities, or to pay for public facilities that will be owned or leased to an affected taxing entity.

(i) The portion of taxes required to be allocated to the Pier 70 district under a duly adopted infrastructure financing plan shall be allocated and paid to the district by the county tax collector under the procedure contained in this subdivision. If the approved plan allocates to the Pier 70 district 100 percent of the incremental tax revenue of San Francisco that is available under applicable law to be allocated to the Pier 70 district, then the district shall not make a payment to ERAF, but if the plan allocates less than 100 percent of the incremental tax revenue of San Francisco that is available under applicable law to be allocated to the Pier 70 district, then the district shall pay a proportionate share of incremental tax revenue into ERAF.

(1) No later than October 1 of each year, for each district for which the infrastructure financing plan provides for the division of taxes, the district shall file with the county tax collector a statement of indebtedness and a reconciliation statement for the previous fiscal year certified by the chief financial officer of the district.

(2) Each statement of indebtedness shall contain all of the following:

(A) For each debt the district has incurred or entered into, all of the following:

(i) The date the district incurred or entered into the debt.

(ii) The principal amount, term, purpose, interest rate, and total interest payable over the term of the debt.

(iii) The principal amount and interest due in the fiscal year in which the statement is filed.

(iv) The total amount of principal and interest remaining to be paid over the term of the debt.

(B) The sum of the principal and interest due on all debts in the fiscal year in which the statement is filed.

(C) The sum of principal and interest remaining to be paid on all debts.

(D) The available revenues as of the end of the previous fiscal year.

(3) The district may estimate the amount of principal or interest, the interest rate, or term of any debt if the nature of the debt is such that the amount of principal or interest, the interest rate, or term cannot be precisely determined. The district may list on a statement of indebtedness any debt incurred or entered into on or before the date the statement is filed.

(4) Each reconciliation statement shall include all of the following:

(A) A list of all debts listed on the previous year’s statement of indebtedness, if any.

(B) A list of all debts not listed on the previous year’s statement of indebtedness, but incurred or entered into in the previous year and paid in whole or in part from incremental tax revenue received by the district. This listing may aggregate into a single item debts incurred or entered into in the previous year for a particular purpose, such as relocation expenses, administrative expenses, consultant expenses, or remediation of hazardous materials.

(C) For each debt described in subparagraph (A) or (B), all of the following shall be included:

(i) The total amount of principal and interest remaining to be paid as of the later of the beginning of the previous year or the date the debt was incurred or entered into.

(ii) Any increases or additions to the debt occurring during the previous year.

(iii) The amount paid on the debt in the previous year from incremental tax revenue received by the district.

(iv) The amount paid on the debt in the previous year from revenue other than incremental tax revenue received by the district.

(v) The total amount of principal and interest remaining to be paid as of the end of the previous fiscal year.

(D) The available revenues of the district as of the beginning of the previous fiscal year.

(E) The amount of incremental tax revenue received by the district in the previous fiscal year.

(F) The amount of available revenue received by the district in the previous fiscal year other than incremental tax revenue.

(G) The sum of the amounts paid on all debts from sources other than incremental tax revenue, to the extent that the amounts are not included as available revenues under subparagraph (F).

(H) The sum of the amounts specified in subparagraphs (D) to (G), inclusive.

(I) The sum of the amounts specified in clauses (iii) and (iv) of subparagraph (C) of paragraph (4).

(J) The amount determined by subtracting the amount determined under subparagraph (I) from the amount determined under subparagraph (H). The amount determined under this paragraph shall be the available revenues as of the end of the previous fiscal year to be reported in the statement of indebtedness.

(5) For the purposes of this paragraph, available revenues shall include all cash or cash equivalents held by the district that were received by the district under subparagraph (D) of paragraph (3) of subdivision (g) and all cash or cash equivalents held by the district that are irrevocably pledged or restricted to payment of a debt that the district has listed on a statement of indebtedness. In no event shall available revenues include funds allocated to the waterfront set-aside.

(6) For the purposes of this subdivision: (A) the amount a district is required to deposit into the waterfront set-aside shall constitute an indebtedness of the district, (B) no debt that a district intends to pay from the waterfront set-aside shall be listed on a statement of indebtedness or reconciliation statement as a debt of the district, and (C) any statutorily authorized deficit in or borrowing from funds in the waterfront set-aside shall constitute an indebtedness of the district.

(7) The county tax collector shall allocate and pay, at the same time or times as the payment of taxes into the funds of the respective taxing agencies of the county, the portion of incremental tax revenues allocated to each district under the infrastructure financing plan. The amount allocated and paid shall not exceed the amount of the district’s remaining debt obligations, as determined under subparagraph (C) of paragraph (2), minus the amount of available revenues as of the end of the previous fiscal year, as determined under subparagraph (D) of paragraph (2).

(8) The statement of indebtedness constitutes prima facie evidence of the debts of the district.

(A) If the county tax collector disputes the amount of the district’s debts as shown on the statement of indebtedness, the county tax collector, within 30 days after receipt of the statement, shall give written notice to the district thereof.

(B) The district, within 30 days after receipt of notice under subparagraph (A), shall submit any further information it deems appropriate to substantiate the amount of any debt that has been disputed. If the county tax collector still disputes the amount of debt, final written notice of that dispute shall be given to the district, and the amount disputed may be withheld from allocation and payment to the district as otherwise required by paragraph (7). In that event, the county tax collector shall bring an action in the superior court for declaratory relief to determine the matter no later than 90 days after the date of the final notice.

(C) In any court action brought under this paragraph, the issue shall involve only the amount of debt, and not the validity of any contract or debt instrument or any expenditures pursuant thereto. Payments to a trustee under a bond resolution or indenture of any kind or payments to a public agency in connection with payments by that public agency under a lease or bond issue shall not be disputed in any action under this paragraph. The matter shall be set for trial at the earliest possible date and shall take precedence over all other cases except older matters of the same character. Unless an action is brought within the time provided for herein, the county tax collector shall allocate and pay the amount shown on the statement of indebtedness as provided in paragraph (7).

(D) Nothing in this subdivision shall be construed to permit a challenge to or attack on matters precluded from challenge or attack by reason of Sections 53395.6 and 53395.7. However, nothing in this subdivision shall be construed to deny a remedy against the district otherwise provided by law.

(E) The Controller shall prescribe uniform forms consistent with this subdivision for a district’s statement of indebtedness and reconciliation statement. In preparing these forms, the Controller shall obtain the input of the San Francisco City Controller, the San Francisco Tax Collector, and the district.

(F) For the purposes of this subdivision, a fiscal year shall be a year that begins on July 1 and ends the following June 30.

(j) (1) Prior to the adoption by the board of an infrastructure financing plan providing for tax increment financing under subparagraph (D) of paragraph (3) of subdivision (g), any affected taxing entity may elect to be allocated, and every local educational agency shall be allocated, all or any portion of the tax revenues allocated to the district under subparagraph (D) of paragraph (3) of subdivision (g) attributable to increases in the rate of tax imposed for the benefit of the taxing entity which levy occurs after the tax year in which the ordinance adopting the infrastructure financing plan becomes effective.

(2) The governing body of any affected taxing entity electing to receive allocation of taxes under this subdivision shall adopt a resolution to that effect and transmit the same, prior to the adoption of the infrastructure financing plan, to (A) the board, (B) the district, and (C) the county tax collector. Upon receipt by the county tax collector of the resolution, allocation of taxes under this section to the affected taxing entity shall be made at the time or times allocations are made under subdivision (a) of Section 33670 of the Health and Safety Code.

(3) An affected taxing entity, at any time after the adoption of the resolution, may elect not to receive all or any portion of the additional allocation of taxes under this section by rescinding the resolution or by amending the same, as the case may be, and giving notice thereof to the board, the district, and the county tax collector. After receipt of a notice by the county tax collector that an affected taxing entity has elected not to receive all or a portion of the additional allocation of taxes by rescission or amendment of the resolution, any allocation of taxes to the affected taxing entity required to be made under this section shall not thereafter be made, but shall be allocated to the district. After receipt of a notice by the county tax collector that an affected taxing entity has elected to receive additional tax revenues attributable to only a portion of the increases in the rate of tax, only that portion of the tax revenues shall thereafter be allocated to the affected taxing entity, and the remaining portion thereof shall be allocated to the district.

(k) This section implements and fulfills the intent of Article 2 (commencing with Section 53395.10) and of Article XIII B and is consistent with the conclusion of California courts that tax increment revenues are not “proceeds of taxes” for purposes of the latter. The allocation and payment to a district of the portion of taxes specified in this section for the purpose of paying principal of, or interest on, loans, advances, or indebtedness incurred for facilities or the cost of acquisition and construction of facilities under this section shall not be deemed the receipt by a district of proceeds of taxes levied by or on behalf of the district within the meaning or for the purposes of Article XIII B of the California Constitution, nor shall this portion of taxes be deemed receipt of proceeds of taxes by, or an appropriation subject to limitation of, any other public body within the meaning or for purposes of Article XIII B of the California Constitution or any statutory provision enacted in implementation of Article XIII B. The allocation and payment to a district of this portion of taxes shall not be deemed the appropriation by a district of proceeds of taxes levied by or on behalf of a district within the meaning or for purposes of Article XIII B of the California Constitution.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 785, Sec. 1. (AB 2259) Effective January 1, 2013.)

title: 5. LOCAL AGENCIES

article: 1. General Provisions


text:
(a) The Salton Sea Authority, a joint powers authority formed by the County of Imperial, the County of Riverside, the Coachella Valley Water District, and the Imperial Irrigation District, may use the provisions of this chapter to form an infrastructure financing district for the purpose of funding the construction of, and purchasing electrical power for, projects for the reclamation and environmental restoration of the Salton Sea. To the extent of any conflict, the provisions of this section shall prevail over any other provision of law. Any district formed pursuant to this section shall be known as “The Salton Sea Infrastructure Financing District.”

(b) For purposes of this chapter, the Salton Sea Authority is a “city.”

(c) The Salton Sea Infrastructure Financing District may exist for up to 40 years from the date of its formation.

(d) No public funds accruing to the Salton Sea Authority pursuant to this section shall be utilized for purposes of treating or making potable, agricultural tailwaters flowing into the Salton Sea.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 59, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2000.)

title: 5. LOCAL AGENCIES

article: 1. General Provisions


text:
A legislative body of a city or county may designate one or more proposed infrastructure financing districts pursuant to this chapter. Proceedings for the establishment of a district shall be instituted by the adoption of a resolution of intention to establish the proposed district and shall do all of the following:

(a) State that an infrastructure financing district is proposed to be established under the terms of this chapter and describe the boundaries of the proposed district, which may be accomplished by reference to a map on file in the office of the clerk of the city or county that is proposing to establish the district.

(b) State the type of public facilities proposed to be financed by the district. The district may only finance public facilities authorized by Section 53395.3.

(c) State that incremental property tax revenue from the city or county and some or all affected taxing entities within the district may be used to finance these public facilities.

(d) Fix a time and place for a public hearing on the proposal.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 201, Sec. 6. (SB 1462) Effective January 1, 2015.)

title: 5. LOCAL AGENCIES

path: 5. LOCAL AGENCIES > 2. CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES > 2.8. Infrastructure Financing Districts > 2. Preparation and Adoption of Infrastructure Financing Plans


text: The legislative body shall direct the clerk to mail a copy of the resolution of intention to create the district to each owner of land within the district.

title: 5. LOCAL AGENCIES

article: 2. Preparation and Adoption of Infrastructure Financing Plans


text: The legislative body shall direct the clerk to mail a copy of the resolution to each affected taxing entity.

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text: After adopting the resolution pursuant to Section 53395.10, the legislative body shall designate and direct the city or county engineer or other appropriate official to prepare an infrastructure plan pursuant to Section 53395.14.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 210, Sec. 11. (SB 184) Effective January 1, 2014.)

title: 5. LOCAL AGENCIES


text:
After receipt of a copy of the resolution of intention to establish a district, the official designated pursuant to Section 53395.13 shall prepare a proposed infrastructure financing plan. The infrastructure financing plan shall be consistent with the general plan of the city or county within which the district is located and shall include all of the following:

(a) A map and legal description of the proposed district, which may include all or a portion of the district designated by the legislative body in its resolution of intention.

(b) A description of the public facilities required to serve the development proposed in the area of the district including those to be provided by the private sector, those to be provided by governmental entities without assistance under this chapter, those public improvements and facilities to be financed with assistance from the proposed district, and those to be provided jointly. The description shall include the proposed location, timing, and costs of the public improvements and facilities.

(c) A finding that the public facilities are of communitywide significance and provide significant benefits to an area larger than the area of the district.

(d) A financing section, which shall contain all of the following information:

(1) A specification of the maximum portion of the incremental tax revenue of the city or county and of each affected taxing entity proposed to be committed to the district for each year during which the district will receive incremental tax revenue. The portion need not be the same for all affected taxing entities. The portion may change over time.

(2) A projection of the amount of tax revenues expected to be received by the district in each year during which the district will receive tax revenues, including an estimate of the amount of tax revenues attributable to each affected taxing entity for each year.

(3) A plan for financing the public facilities to be assisted by the district, including a detailed description of any intention to incur debt.

(4) A limit on the total number of dollars of taxes which may be allocated to the district pursuant to the plan.

(5) A date on which the district will cease to exist, by which time all tax allocation to the district will end. The date shall not be more than 30 years from the date on which the ordinance forming the district is adopted pursuant to Section 53395.23.

(6) An analysis of the costs to the city or county of providing facilities and services to the area of the district while the area is being developed and after the area is developed. The plan shall also include an analysis of the tax, fee, charge, and other revenues expected to be received by the city or county as a result of expected development in the area of the district.

(7) An analysis of the projected fiscal impact of the district and the associated development upon each affected taxing entity.

(8) A plan for financing any potential costs that may be incurred by reimbursing a developer of a project that is both located entirely within the boundaries of that district and qualifies for the Transit Priority Project Program, pursuant to Section 65470, including any permit and affordable housing expenses related to the project.

(e) If any dwelling units occupied by persons or families of low or moderate income are proposed to be removed or destroyed in the course of private development or public works construction within the area of the district, a plan providing for replacement of those units and relocation of those persons or families consistent with the requirements of Section 53395.5.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 210, Sec. 12. (SB 184) Effective January 1, 2014.)

title: 5. LOCAL AGENCIES


text: The infrastructure financing plan shall be sent to each owner of land within the proposed district and to each affected taxing entity together with any report required by the California Environmental Quality Act (Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000) of the Public Resources Code) that pertains to the proposed public facilities or the proposed development project for which the public facilities are needed, and shall be made available for public inspection. The report shall also be sent to the planning commission and the legislative body.

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text: The designated official shall consult with each affected taxing entity, and, at the request of any affected taxing entity, shall meet with representatives of an affected taxing entity. Any affected taxing entity may suggest revisions to the plan.

title: 5. LOCAL AGENCIES


text: The legislative body shall conduct a public hearing prior to adopting the proposed infrastructure financing plan. The public hearing shall be called no sooner than 60 days after the plan has been sent to each affected taxing entity. In addition to the notice given to landowners and affected taxing entities pursuant to Sections 53395.11 and 53395.12, notice of the public hearing shall be given by publication not less than once a week for four successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation published in the city or county in which the proposed district is located. The notice shall state that the district will be used to finance public works, briefly describe the public works, briefly describe the proposed financial arrangements, including the proposed commitment of incremental tax revenue, describe the boundaries of the proposed district and state the day, hour, and place when and where any persons having any objections to the proposed infrastructure financing plan, or the regularity of any of the prior proceedings, may appear before the legislative body and object to the adoption of the proposed plan by the legislative body.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 210, Sec. 13. (SB 184) Effective January 1, 2014.)

title: 5. LOCAL AGENCIES


text: At the hour set in the required notices, the legislative body shall proceed to hear and pass upon all written and oral objections. The hearing may be continued from time to time. The legislative body shall consider the recommendations, if any, of affected taxing entities, and all evidence and testimony for and against the adoption of the plan. The legislative body may modify the plan by eliminating or reducing the size and cost of proposed public works, by reducing the amount of proposed debt, or by reducing the portion, amount, or duration of incremental tax revenues to be committed to the district.

title: 5. LOCAL AGENCIES


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(a) The legislative body shall not enact a resolution proposing formation of a district and providing for the division of taxes of any affected taxing entity pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 53396) unless a resolution approving the plan has been adopted by the governing body of each affected taxing entity which is proposed to be subject to division of taxes pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 53396) has been filed with the legislative body at or prior to the time of the hearing.

(b) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent the legislative body from amending its infrastructure financing plan and adopting a resolution proposing formation of the infrastructure financing district without allocation of the tax revenues of any affected taxing entity which has not approved the infrastructure financing plan by resolution of the governing body of the affected taxing entity.

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(a) At the conclusion of the hearing, the legislative body may adopt a resolution proposing adoption of the infrastructure financing plan, as modified, and formation of the infrastructure financing district in a manner consistent with Section 53395.19, or it may abandon the proceedings. If the legislative body adopts a resolution proposing formation of the district, it shall then submit the proposal to create the district to the qualified electors of the proposed district in the next general election or in a special election to be held, notwithstanding any other requirement, including any requirement that elections be held on specified dates, contained in the Elections Code, at least 90 days, but not more than 180 days, following the adoption of the resolution of formation. The legislative body shall provide the resolution of formation, a certified map of sufficient scale and clarity to show the boundaries of the district, and a sufficient description to allow the election official to determine the boundaries of the district to the official conducting the election within three business days after the adoption of the resolution of formation. The assessor’s parcel numbers for the land within the district shall be included if it is a landowner election or the district does not conform to an existing district’s boundaries and if requested by the official conducting the election. If the election is to be held less than 125 days following the adoption of the resolution of formation, the concurrence of the election official conducting the election shall be required. However, any time limit specified by this section or requirement pertaining to the conduct of the election may be waived with the unanimous consent of the qualified electors of the proposed district and the concurrence of the election official conducting the election.

(b) If at least 12 persons have been registered to vote within the territory of the proposed district for each of the 90 days preceding the close of the hearing, the vote shall be by the registered voters of the proposed district, who need not necessarily be the same persons, with each voter having one vote. Otherwise, the vote shall be by the landowners of the proposed district and each landowner who is the owner of record at the close of the protest hearing, or the authorized representative thereof, shall have one vote for each acre or portion of an acre of land that he or she owns within the proposed district. The number of votes to be voted by a particular landowner shall be specified on the ballot provided to that landowner.

(c) Ballots for the special election authorized by subdivision (a) may be distributed to qualified electors by mail with return postage prepaid or by personal service by the election official. The official conducting the election may certify the proper mailing of ballots by an affidavit, which shall be exclusive proof of mailing in the absence of fraud. The voted ballots shall be returned to the election officer conducting the election not later than the hour specified in the resolution calling the election. However, if all the qualified voters have voted, the election shall be closed.

title: 5. LOCAL AGENCIES


text:
(a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the provisions of law regulating elections of the local agency that calls an election pursuant to this chapter, insofar as they may be applicable, shall govern all elections conducted pursuant to this chapter. Except as provided in subdivision (b), there shall be prepared and included in the ballot material provided to each voter, an impartial analysis pursuant to Section 9160 or 9280 of the Elections Code, arguments and rebuttals, if any, pursuant to Sections 9162 to 9167, inclusive, and 9190 of the Elections Code or pursuant to Sections 9281 to 9287, inclusive, and 9295 of the Elections Code.

(b) If the vote is to be by the landowners of the proposed district, analysis and arguments may be waived with the unanimous consent of all the landowners and shall be so stated in the order for the election.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 923, Sec. 78. Effective January 1, 1995.)

title: 5. LOCAL AGENCIES


text:
(a) If the election is to be conducted by mail ballot, the election official conducting the election shall provide ballots and election materials pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 53326 and Section 53327, together with all supplies and instructions necessary for the use and return of the ballot.

(b) The identification envelope for return of mail ballots used in landowner elections shall contain the following:

(1) The name of the landowner.

(2) The address of the landowner.

(3) A declaration, under penalty of perjury, stating that the voter is the owner of record or the authorized representative of the landowner entitled to vote and is the person whose name appears on the identification envelope.

(4) The printed name and signature of the voter.

(5) The address of the voter.

(6) The date of signing and place of execution of the declaration pursuant to paragraph (3).

(7) A notice that the envelope contains an official ballot and is to be opened only by the canvassing board.

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text: After the canvass of returns of any election pursuant to Section 53395.20, the legislative body may, by ordinance, adopt the infrastructure financing plan and create the district with full force and effect of law, if two-thirds of the votes upon the question of creating the district are in favor of creating the district.

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text: After the canvass of returns of any election conducted pursuant to Section 53395.20, the legislative body shall take no further action with respect to the proposed infrastructure financing district for one year from the date of the election if the question of creating the district fails to receive approval by two-thirds of the votes cast upon the question.

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text: The legislative body may submit a proposition to establish or change the appropriations limit, as defined by subdivision (h) of Section 8 of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution, of a district to the qualified electors of a proposed or established district. The proposition establishing or changing the appropriations limit shall become effective if approved by the qualified electors voting on the proposition and shall be adjusted for changes in the cost of living and changes in populations, as defined by subdivisions (b) and (c) of Section 7901, except that the change in population may be estimated by the legislative body in the absence of an estimate by the Department of Finance, and in accordance with Section 1 of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution. For purposes of adjusting for changes in population, the population of the district shall be deemed to be at least one person during each calendar year. Any election held pursuant to this section may be combined with any election held pursuant to Section 53395.20 in any convenient manner.

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text:
(a) This section shall apply only to a special waterfront district.

(b) A special waterfront district may be created as a waterfront district pursuant to, and shall be subject to, all applicable requirements of Sections 53395.3 and 53395.8, except as provided in this section.

(c) (1) The special waterfront district ERAF share produced in a Port America’s Cup district with a special waterfront district enhanced financing plan shall be used only to finance the following:

(A) Construction of the port’s maritime facilities at Pier 27.

(B) Planning and design work that is directly related to the port’s maritime facilities at Pier 27.

(C) Planning, design, and acquisition and construction of improvements to publicly owned waterfront lands held by trustee agencies, such as the National Park Service, the California State Parks, and departments of San Francisco, and used as public spectator viewing sites for America’s Cup-related events, including portions of the San Francisco Bay Trail under the jurisdiction of those trustee agencies. Any improvements authorized under this subparagraph shall not be required to be in the district.

(D) Future installations of shoreside power facilities on port maritime facilities.

(2) A special waterfront district enhanced financing plan for a Port America’s Cup district shall provide that the proceeds of special waterfront district ERAF-secured debt are restricted for use to finance directly, reimburse the port for its costs related to, or refinance other debt incurred in, the construction of the port’s maritime facilities at Pier 27, including public access and public open-space improvements, and for any other purposes for which the ERAF share can be used, subject to the set-aside requirements of paragraph (3).

(3) Twenty percent in the aggregate of the special waterfront district ERAF share allocated to a Port America’s Cup district under this section shall be set aside to finance costs of planning, design, acquisition, and construction of improvements to waterfront lands owned by federal, state, or local trustee agencies, such as the National Park Service or the California State Parks as provided in subparagraph (C) of paragraph (1). Any improvements authorized under this paragraph are not required to be located in the district.

(4) The 20 percent set-aside requirements applicable to a special waterfront district set forth in paragraph (3) are in lieu of the set-aside requirement set forth in clause (ii) of subparagraph (C) of paragraph (3) of subdivision (g) of Section 53395.8.

(5) All improvements authorized by this section in a Port America’s Cup district shall be deemed to be public facilities of communitywide significance, which provide significant benefits to an area larger than the area of the district.

(d) If any portion of the 20-percent set-aside funds described in paragraph (3) of subdivision (c) is allocated to a federal or state trustee agency, both of the following shall apply:

(1) The special waterfront district enhanced financing plan for the Port America’s Cup district shall specify the portion of the 20-percent set-aside funds described in paragraph (3) of subdivision (c) that is allocated to any federal or state trustee agency. However, the trustee agency’s proposed use of the 20-percent set-aside funds does not need to be described in the special waterfront district enhanced financing plan pursuant to subparagraph (B) of paragraph (3) of subdivision (g) of Section 53395.8.

(2) San Francisco shall direct the county tax collector to pay the 20-percent set-aside funds allocated to the federal or state trustee agency directly to such trustee agency.

(e) (1) Before adopting the resolution authorizing the first debt issuance by a Port America’s Cup district with a special waterfront district enhanced financing plan authorized by this section, the board of supervisors shall submit a fiscal analysis to the California Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank for review and approval.

(2) The bank may circulate the fiscal analysis to other state agencies, including, but not limited to, the Department of Finance, the Department of Housing and Community Development, and the Office of Planning and Research, and solicit their comments and recommendations. After considering the comments and recommendations of other state agencies, if any, the bank shall take one of the following actions:

(A) Approve the fiscal analysis if the bank makes the finding required pursuant to paragraph (4).

(B) Return the fiscal analysis to the board of supervisors with specific recommendations for changes that would allow the bank to approve the fiscal analysis.

(3) The bank shall have 90 days from the receipt of the fiscal analysis to act pursuant to this subdivision. If the bank does not act within 90 days, the fiscal analysis shall be deemed approved.

(4) For bank approval, the fiscal analysis shall demonstrate to the bank’s reasonable satisfaction a reasonable probability that the economic activity proposed to occur as a result of hosting the America’s Cup event in California would result in an amount of revenue to the General Fund with a net present value that is greater than the net present value of the amount of property tax increment revenues that would be diverted from ERAF over the term of the Port America’s Cup district, taking into consideration all pertinent data. In reviewing the board’s fiscal analysis, the bank shall consider only those General Fund revenues that would occur because of economic activity proposed to occur as a result of hosting the America’s Cup event in California. The bank shall not consider those General Fund revenues that would have occurred if the America’s Cup event were not held in California.

(5) The legislative body shall reimburse the bank for the reasonable cost of the review and approval of the fiscal analysis.

(f) The county tax collector shall allocate and pay to a special waterfront district the portion of taxes required to be allocated pursuant to an approved special waterfront district enhanced financing plan. If the plan allocates 100 percent of the incremental tax revenue of San Francisco that is available under applicable law to be allocated to the special waterfront district, then the special waterfront district shall not make a payment to ERAF, but if the plan allocates less than 100 percent of the incremental tax revenue of San Francisco that is available under applicable law to be allocated to a special waterfront district then the special waterfront district shall pay a proportionate share of incremental tax revenue into ERAF. The special waterfront district shall file a statement of indebtedness and a reconciliation statement annually in the same manner as described in subdivision (i) of Section 53395.8. It is the intent of this subdivision that any special waterfront district shall be deemed to be a district formed pursuant to subparagraph (D) of paragraph (3) of subdivision (g) of Section 53395.8 for purposes of allocation and payment of taxes by the county tax collector as set forth in subdivision (i) of Section 53395.8.

(g) This section implements and fulfills the intent of Article 2 (commencing with Section 53395.10) and of Article XIIIB and is consistent with the conclusion of California courts that tax increment revenues are not “proceeds of taxes” for purposes of the latter. The allocation and payment to a special waterfront district of the special waterfront district ERAF share for the purpose of paying principal of, or interest on, loans, advances, or indebtedness incurred for facilities or the cost of acquisition and construction of facilities under this section shall not be deemed the receipt by the special waterfront district of proceeds of taxes levied by or on behalf of the special waterfront district within the meaning or for the purposes of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution, nor shall this portion of taxes be deemed the receipt of proceeds of taxes by, or an appropriation subject to limitation of, any other public body within the meaning or for purposes of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution or any statutory provision enacted in implementation of Article XIIIB. The allocation and payment to a special waterfront district of this portion of taxes shall not be deemed the appropriation by a special waterfront district of proceeds of taxes levied by or on behalf of a district within the meaning or for purposes of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution.

(h) For purposes of this section, the meanings set forth in subdivision (c) of Section 53395.8 shall apply as appropriate, and the following terms have the following meanings, except as otherwise provided:

(1) “Port America’s Cup district” means a special waterfront district in the City and County of San Francisco that includes one or more of Seawall Lot 330, Pier 19, Pier 23, and Pier 29.

(2) “Special waterfront district” means a waterfront district in San Francisco that may comprise some or all of the America’s Cup venues or potential venues.

(3) “Special waterfront district enhanced financing plan” means an infrastructure financing plan for a special waterfront district that contains a provision substantially similar to that authorized for a Pier 70 district under subparagraph (D) of paragraph (3) of subdivision (g) of Section 55395.8, with only those changes deemed necessary by the legislative body of the special waterfront district to implement the financing of the improvements described in paragraph (1) of subdivision (c).

(4) “Special waterfront district ERAF-secured debt” means debt incurred in accordance with a special waterfront district enhanced financing plan that is secured by and will be repaid from the special waterfront district ERAF share. For a Port America’s Cup district, special waterfront district ERAF-secured debt includes the portion of any debt that is payable from the special waterfront district ERAF share as long as the same percentage of debt proceeds will be used for the purposes authorized by paragraph (2) of subdivision (c).

(5) (A) “Special waterfront ERAF share” means the county ERAF portion of incremental tax revenue committed, as applicable, to a special waterfront district under a special waterfront district enhanced financing plan.

(B) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the maximum amount of the county ERAF portion of incremental tax revenues committed to a special waterfront district under this section shall not exceed one million dollars ($1,000,000) in any fiscal year.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 785, Sec. 2. (AB 2259) Effective January 1, 2013.)

title: 5. LOCAL AGENCIES

article: 1. General Provisions