Redevelopment Roundup, January 7, 2013
- Jan 7, 2013
- 1 min read
As cities around the state are still stinging from the state's decision to deny many of their 240 redevelopment appeals, redevelopment skirmishes still continue around the state -- often about affordable housing projects that cities claim are nearing completion. Here's a sampling:
KABC
The City of Santa Ana in Orange County is suing the state Department of Finance over DOF's decision not to permit the city to complete construction on a 41-unit low-income housing project the city claims is 75% completed. Meanwhile, Santa Ana's city manager and city attorney are under fire and may be at risk of losing their jobs, though this controversy appears unrelated to the redevelopment situation.
Eureka Times-Standard
Meanwhile, the North Coast city of Arcata in Humboldt County claims that much of the money DOF has demanded was already paid to -- or is still owed to -- contractors on the Sandpipe affordable housing project.
Porterville Recorder
Redevelopment may not exist anymore, but that didn't stop Tulare County from suing Porterville over a 1,500-acre expansion to its redevelopment project area in 2010. Presumably Tulare County is seeking a financial settlement over tax-increment funds collected between June 2010, when the expansion occurred, and February 2012, when redevelopment ended.
