Redevelopment Suit
How AB 1x 26 Will Pick the RDA Carcass
By Bill Fulton on 30 December 2011 - 2:58pmThe Supreme Court’s redevelopment ruling yesterday didn’t just kill redevelopment agencies. By upholding AB 1x 26 – the kill-redevelopment bill – the court ruling also triggered an entire funeral procession that will shut the agencies down and transition their debt and their assets to other agencies.
AG Harris Expresses Opposition to RDA Suit
By Josh Stephens on 2 August 2011 - 7:52amAttorney General Kamala Harris took the unusual measure of pre-emptively voicing her official opposition to the lawsuit that was filed two weeks ago to overturn the budget bills that force redevelopment agencies to either disband or pay a total of $1.7 billion in “remittances” to the state. The suit was filed by the California Redevelopment Association and the League of California Cities in the state Supreme Court; the petition calls on the court to declare the actions unconstitutional in light of Prop. 22.