Codes and Standards
California likely to eliminate redevelopment agencies
By By BD+C Staff
Feb. 8, 2012
A California state senate bill that would delay the elimination of the 400 community redevelopment agencies in the state does not have sufficient support to pass by the Feb. 1 deadline.
Leaders of California cities had been trying to fashion a compromise with lawmakers after the state Supreme Court ruled the state had the authority to eliminate the agencies and use their property tax money for local services.
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