ARTICLE 14. Merger of Redevelopment Project Areas in the City of San Bernardino [33470. - 33476.5.]

Cal. Health and Safety Code - HSC 14.

in effect

Cal. Health and Safety Code - HSC § 33470. Section 33470.

For the purpose of allocating taxes pursuant to Section 33670 and subject to the provisions of this article, redevelopment project areas under the jurisdiction of the redevelopment agency of the City of San Bernardino, for which redevelopment plans have been adopted pursuant to Article 5 (commencing with Section 33360) of this chapter, may be merged, irrespective of contiguity, by the amendment of each affected redevelopment plan as provided in Article 12 (commencing with Section 33450) of this chapter. Upon merger, the provisions of subdivisions (a) and (c) of Section 33413 shall apply to the project areas merged pursuant to this article and the redevelopment agency shall use all reasonable efforts and all available subsidies to implement the provisions of subdivision (b) of Section 33413. Each constituent project area so merged, including, without limitation, those previously merged pursuant to this section, shall continue under its own redevelopment plan, but, except as otherwise provided in this article, taxes attributable to each project area merged pursuant to this section which are allocated to the redevelopment agency pursuant to Section 33670 shall be allocated, as provided in subdivision (b) of such section, to the entire merged project area for the purpose of paying the principal of and interest on loans, moneys advanced to, or indebtedness (whether funded, refunded, assumed, or otherwise) incurred by the redevelopment agency to finance or refinance, in whole or in part, such merged redevelopment project.

Cal. Health and Safety Code - HSC § 33471. Section 33471.

If the redevelopment agency has, prior to merger of redevelopment project areas pursuant to Section 33470, incurred any indebtedness on account of a constituent project area so merged, taxes attributable to such area which are allocated to the agency pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 33670 shall be first used to comply with the terms of any bond resolution or other agreement pledging such taxes from such constituent project area until a refunding has occurred which satisfies the terms of such resolution or agreement.

Cal. Health and Safety Code - HSC § 33471.5. Section 33471.5.

After the refunding has occurred as provided in Section 33471, not less than 20 percent of all taxes which are allocated to the redevelopment agency pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 33670 for redevelopment projects merged pursuant to this article shall be used by the agency for the purposes set forth in Section 33334.2, provided that such taxes shall first be used for the payment of principal, interest, and premium, if any, under the bond resolution or resolutions providing for the issuance of the refunding bonds and providing necessary reserves for such refunding bonds, but only to the extent that such refunding is necessary to refinance existing bonded obligations.

Cal. Health and Safety Code - HSC § 33472. Section 33472.

The redevelopment plan for a project area which is merged pursuant to Section 33470 shall be amended in the same manner as other redevelopment plans are amended. Notice of the public hearing shall be mailed to the last known assessee of each parcel of land not owned by the agency within the boundaries of the project area described in the redevelopment plan being amended. Notice of the public hearing need not be mailed to assessees of parcels of land within the boundaries of other project areas combined into a merged project area pursuant to Section 33470, except that notice of the public hearing shall be given to the project area committee for each project area which is part of the merged project area.

Cal. Health and Safety Code - HSC § 33473. Section 33473.

In the proceedings for the merger of a redevelopment project, pursuant to this article, the legislative body may provide for the extension of any termination date in the redevelopment plan for any particular project area to such date as will enable a refunding to be accomplished by the issuance of bonds for the merged project area which will extend debt service for the purpose of attempting to prevent default. The termination date may also be extended for the purpose of financing projects under Section 33334.2 or 33471.5 or for any other purposes permitted by law.

Cal. Health and Safety Code - HSC § 33475. Section 33475.

This article is, unless otherwise provided, applicable only to redevelopment projects of the redevelopment agency of the City of San Bernardino for which a final redevelopment plan was adopted by ordinance on or before January 1, 1978. The Legislature finds and declares that conditions unique to the financing of redevelopment in the City of San Bernardino require the granting of authority to merge project areas in the manner provided in this article.

Cal. Health and Safety Code - HSC § 33476. Section 33476.

Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, except Section 33471.5, for the purpose of allocating taxes pursuant to Section 33670 that are subject to this article, redevelopment project areas under the jurisdiction of the redevelopment agency of the City of San Bernardino designated Meadowbrook/Central City, Central City East, and Central City South, are hereby merged into one contiguous project areas designated Central City. Each constituent project area so merged shall continue under its own redevelopment plan for the longest term of the three plans, but, except as otherwise provided in this article, taxes attributable to each project area merged pursuant to this section that are allocated to the redevelopment agency pursuant to Section 33670 shall be allocated, as provided in subdivision (b) of that section, to the entire merged project area for the purpose of paying the principal of and interest on loans, moneys advanced to, or indebtedness, whether funded, refunded, assumed, or otherwise, incurred by the redevelopment agency to finance or refinance, in whole or in part, the merged redevelopment project.

Cal. Health and Safety Code - HSC § 33476.3. Section 33476.3.

If the redevelopment agency has, prior to merger of redevelopment project areas pursuant to Section 33476, incurred any indebtedness on account of a constituent project area so merged, taxes attributable to such area which are allocated to the agency pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 33670 shall be first used to comply with the terms of any bond resolution or other agreement pledging such taxes from such constituent project area until a refunding has occurred which satisfies the terms of such resolution or agreement.

Cal. Health and Safety Code - HSC § 33476.5. Section 33476.5.

The Legislature finds and declares that the merger of the project areas specified in Section 33476 in the City of San Bernardino is necessary to prevent a default on the outstanding bonds of the Meadowbrook/Central City Project due to the drastic reduction in property taxes caused by the adoption of Article XIII A to the Constitution. This project area is already substantially redeveloped, making it unlikely that further redevelopment can be used to increase the tax base. The Redevelopment Agency of the City of San Bernardino has already had to call on the state for support of its bonded debt. This is an undesirable burden on the state which can be avoided by merging the two contiguous project areas into the combined Central City Project so that the tax increment from the buildout in Central City East and Central City South Project areas, when added to the tax increment of the Meadowbrook/Central City Project Area, resulting from combining the project areas, can serve the debt of all three projects, or the debt as refunded, thus preventing an undesirable default, or, in lieu thereof, further draws on the funds of the state.

Source: CA Legislative Counsel Bulk DataURL: https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zipFetched: 6/27/2026