* Editor’s Note: For statutory provisions on community redevelopment see Health & Saf. Code §§ 3000 et seq.; for provisions on local redevelopment agencies, see Health & Saf. Code § 33100.

The Hicks Camp Project Area official redevelopment plan, as amended on June 27, 1974 by the county and as so amended and prepared by the county of Los Angeles community redevelopment agency, is incorporated by reference, approved and adopted and designated as the official redevelopment plan for the Hicks Camp Project Area. (Ord. 10945 § 1, 1974: Ord. 10478 § 1 (part), 1972: Ord. 4099 Art. 60 § 1413, 1942.)

The purposes and intent of the board with respect to the Hicks Camp Project Area are to:
A. Eliminate the conditions of blight existing in the project area;
B. Insure, as far as possible, that the causes of blighting conditions will be either eliminated or protected against;
C. Provide participation for owners and tenants and a reasonable preference for persons engaged in business in the project area;
D. Encourage and insure the redevelopment of the project area;
E. Encourage and foster the economic revitalization of the project area;
F. Relocate the owners and occupants of the project area as needed; and
G. Develop public facilities in the project area to provide safer and more efficient service for the people in the area and the general public as a whole. (Ord. 10478 § 1 (part), 1974: Ord. 4099 Art. 60 § 1414, 1942.)

The board finds and determines that:
A. The project area is a blighted area, the redevelopment of which is necessary to effectuate the public purposes declared in the Community Redevelopment Law of the state of California;
B. The official redevelopment plan will redevelop the project area in conformity with the Community Redevelopment Law of the state of California in the interests of the public peace, health, safety and welfare;
C. The adoption and carrying out of the official redevelopment plan is economically sound and feasible;
D. The official redevelopment plan conforms to the general plan of the county of Los Angeles;
E. The carrying out of the official redevelopment plan will promote the public peace, health, safety and welfare of the county of Los Angeles and will effectuate the purposes and policies of the Community Redevelopment Law of the state of California;
F. The condemnation of real property, as provided for in the official redevelopment plan, is necessary to the execution of the official redevelopment plan and adequate provisions have been made for payment for property to be acquired as provided by law;
G. The community redevelopment agency has a feasible method and plan for the relocation of families and persons to be temporarily or permanently displaced from housing facilities in the project area;
H. There are or are being provided in the project area or in other areas not generally less desirable in regard to public utilities and public and commercial facilities and at rents or prices within the financial means of the families and persons displaced from the project area, decent, safe and sanitary dwellings equal in number to the number of and available to such displaced families and persons and reasonably accessible to their places of employment;
I. For purposes of federal financial aid, the project area, which may be financed through aid provided in federal contracts, shall be considered an urban renewal area and the aforesaid redevelopment project shall be considered an urban renewal project within the meaning of Title I of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended;
J. The redevelopment of the portions of the project area which may be financed through aid provided in federal contracts for predominantly nonresidential uses is necessary for the proper development of the community;
K. The official redevelopment plan will afford a maximum opportunity consistent with the sound needs of the locality as a whole for the redevelopment of such area by private enterprises;
L. The official redevelopment plan give due consideration to the provisions of adequate park and recreational areas and facilities, as may be desirable for neighborhood improvement, with special consideration for the health, safety and welfare of children residing in the general vicinity of the area covered by the plan;
M. In order to implement and facilitate the effectuation of the official redevelopment plan hereby approved and adopted, it is found and determined that certain official action must be taken by the board of supervisors with reference, among other things, to changes in zoning, the vacating and removal of streets, alleys and other public ways, the establishment of new street patterns, the location and relocation of sewer and water mains and other public facilities, and other public action, and accordingly the board of supervisors hereby:
1. Pledges its cooperation in helping to carry out such official redevelopment plan, and
2. Directs the various officials, departments, commissions and agencies of the county of Los Angeles having administrative responsibilities in the premises likewise to cooperate to such end and to exercise their respective functions and powers in a manner consistent with said official redevelopment plan, and
3. Pledges appropriate action upon proposals and measures designed to effectuate the official redevelopment plan;
N. The objectives of the official redevelopment plan cannot be achieved through rehabilitation of the project area. (Ord. 10478 § 1 (part), 1974: Ord. 4099 Art. 60 § 1415, 1942.)

The board declares that it is satisfied permanent housing facilities will be available within three years from the time occupants of the project area are displaced and that pending the development of such facilities there will be available to such displaced occupants adequate temporary housing facilities at rents comparable to those in the county of Los Angeles at the time of their displacement. No persons or families of low and moderate income shall be displaced from residences unless and until there is a suitable housing unit available and ready for occupancy by such displaced person or family at rents comparable to those at the time of their displacement. Such housing units shall be suitable to the needs of such displaced persons or families and must be decent, safe, sanitary and otherwise standard dwellings. The agency shall not displace such person or family until such housing units are available and ready for occupancy. (Ord. 10478 § 1 (part), 1974: Ord. 4099 Art. 60 § 1416, 1942.)

The Lancaster Homes neighborhood development project, as prepared by the county of Los Angeles community redevelopment agency, is hereby incorporated by reference, approved and adopted, and designated as the official redevelopment plan for the Lancaster Homes neighborhood development project. (Ord. 11208 § 1 (part), 1975: Ord. 4099 Art. 60 § 1420.1, 1942.)

The purposes and intent of the board with respect to the Lancaster Homes neighborhood development project are to:
A. Achieve an option balance and harmonious land-use configuration in accordance with the revealed needs and preferences of the residents of the project area;
B. Eliminate and discourage the spread of blight conditions and encourage both the rehabilitation and redevelopment of the project area to the extent permitted by law;
C. Eradicate negative environmental influences and deficiencies;
D. Remove structurally substandard buildings in the project area so that land may be put to its highest and best use by new construction through the acquisition and redevelopment of land;
E. To develop a plan in accordance with all aspects of the general plan for the area and the environmental development guide of the regional planning commission of the county of Los Angeles;
F. Provide a substantial number of housing units of low and moderate cost on land to be disposed of for residential purposes;
G. Provide participation for owners and tenants and a reasonable preference for persons engaged in business in the project area;
H. Encourage and foster the economic revitalization of the project area;
I. Relocate the owners and occupants of the project area as needed;
J. Develop public facilities in the project area to provide safer and more efficient service for the people in the area and the general public as a whole. (Ord. 11208 § 1 (part), 1975: Ord. 4099 Art. 60 § 1420.2, 1942.)

The board hereby finds and determines that:
A. The project area is a blighted area, the redevelopment of which is necessary to effectuate the public purposes declared in the Community Redevelopment Law of the state of California;
B. The official redevelopment plan will redevelop the project area in conformity with the Community Redevelopment Law of the state of California in the interests of the public peace, health, safety and welfare;
C. The adoption and carrying out of the official redevelopment plan is economically sound and feasible;
D. The official redevelopment plan conforms to the general plan of the county of Los Angeles;
E. The carrying out of the official redevelopment plan will promote the public peace, health, safety and welfare of the county of Los Angeles and will effectuate the purposes and policies of the Community Redevelopment Law of the state of California;
F. The condemnation of real property, as provided for in the official redevelopment plan, is necessary to the execution of the official redevelopment plan and adequate provisions have been made for payment for property to be acquired as provided by law;
G. The community redevelopment agency has a feasible method and plan for the relocation of families and persons to be temporarily or permanently displaced from housing facilities in the project area;
H. There are or are being provided in the project area or in other areas not generally less desirable in regard to public utilities and public and commercial facilities, and at rents or prices within the financial means of the families and persons displaced from the project area, decent, safe and sanitary dwellings equal in number to the number of and available to such displaced families and persons and reasonably accessible to their places of employment;
I. For purposes of federal financial aid, the project area which may be financed through aid provided in federal contracts shall be considered an urban renewal area and the aforesaid redevelopment project shall be considered an urban renewal project within the means of Title I of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended;
J. The redevelopment of the portions of the project area which may be financed through aid provided in federal contracts for predominantly nonresidential uses is necessary for the proper development of the community;
K. The official redevelopment plan will afford a maximum opportunity consistent with the sound needs of the locality as a whole for the redevelopment of such area by private enterprises;
L. The official redevelopment plan gives due consideration to the provisions of adequate park and recreational areas and facilities, as may be desirable for neighborhood improvement, with special consideration for the health, safety and welfare of children residing in the general vicinity of the area covered by the plan;
M. In order to implement and facilitate the effectuation of the official redevelopment plan hereby approved and adopted, it is found and determined that certain official action must be taken by the board of supervisors with reference, among other things, to changes in zoning, the vacating and removal of streets, alleys and other public ways, the establishment of new street patterns, the location and relocation of sewer and water mains and other public facilities, and other public action, and accordingly the board of supervisors hereby:
1. Pledges its cooperation in helping to carry out such official redevelopment plan, and
2. Directs the various officials, departments, commissions and agencies of the county of Los Angeles having administrative responsibilities in the premises likewise to cooperate to such end and to exercise their respective functions and powers in a manner consistent with said official redevelopment plan; and
3. Pledges appropriate action upon proposals and measures designed to effectuate the official redevelopment plan;
N. The objectives of the official redevelopment plan cannot be achieved only through rehabilitation of the project area. (Ord. 11208 § 1 (part), 1975: Ord. 4099 Art. 60 § 1420.3, 1942.)

The board declares that it is satisfied permanent housing facilities will be available within three years from the time occupants of the project area are displaced and that pending the development of such facilities there will be available to such displaced occupants adequate temporary housing facilities at rents comparable to those in the county of Los Angeles at the time of their displacement. No persons or families of low and moderate income shall be displaced from residences unless and until there is a suitable housing unit available and ready for occupancy by such displaced person or family at rents comparable to those at the time of their displacement. Such housing units shall be suitable to the needs of such displaced persons or families and must be decent, safe, sanitary and otherwise standard dwellings. The agency shall not displace such person or family until such housing units are available and ready for occupancy. (Ord. 11208 § 1 (part), 1975: Ord. 4099 Art. 60 § 1420.4, 1942.)

The purposes and intent of the board with respect to the Amendment is to make certain land use changes within the project area and to make certain technical changes to the text of the redevelopment plan in connection therewith to provide for an increase of the supply of affordable housing and to provide consistency with the city’s general plan. (Ord. 84-0231 § 1 (part), 1984.)

The board does specifically find and determine that:
A. It is necessary and desirable to amend the redevelopment plan in the matter set forth in the Amendment in order to effectuate the redevelopment of the area and implement the purposes and policy of the Community Redevelopment Law. This finding is based on the fact that the Amendment will:
1. Provide for the use and improvement of land which has remained vacant, underutilized and undeveloped in a generally developable area, resulting in impaired investments and economic maladjustment;
2. Increase the supply of affordable housing; and
3. Eliminate inconsistency with the city’s general plan, therefore, permitting development in accordance with both the redevelopment plan and the city’s general plan.
B. The Amendment will enable the Project Area to be redeveloped in conformity with the Community Redevelopment Law and in the interests of the public peace, health, safety and welfare. This finding is based upon the fact that redevelopment of the project area, as contemplated by the redevelopment plan, as amended by the Amendment, will implement the objectives of the Community Redevelopment Law by aiding in the elimination and prevention of the spread of conditions of blight and deterioration in the project area, and will further the objectives of the redevelopment plan by facilitating the development of the project area, and increasing the supply of affordable housing.
C. The adoption and carrying out of the Amendment is economically sound and feasible. This finding is based upon the fact that the Amendment will not affect the existing method of financing of the project.
D. The Amendment conforms to the general plan of the city of Lancaster. This finding is based upon the findings of both the city and county planning commissions that the Amendment conforms to the general plan of the city.
E. The carrying out of the Amendment will promote the public peace, health, safety and welfare of the city and will effectuate the purposes and policy of the Community Redevelopment Law. This finding is based upon the fact that redevelopment, as contemplated by the redevelopment plan, as amended by the Amendment, will benefit the project area by correcting conditions of blight and by coordinating public and private action to stimulate development and improve the economic, social and physical conditions of the project area.
F. The Amendment does not provide for the condemnation of real property.
G. There will be no additional or temporary or permanent displacement by the commission of any occupants of housing facilities as a result of this Amendment. This finding is based upon the fact that the Amendment does not authorize any additional displacement of occupants. (Ord. 84-0231 § 1 (part), 1984.)

The board is convinced that the effect of tax increment financing to carry out the Amendment will not cause a severe financial burden or detriment on any taxing agency deriving revenues from the project area. (Ord. 84-0231 § 1 (part), 1984.)

Written objections to the Amendment filed with the executive officer-clerk of the board before the hour set for hearing and all oral objections presented to the board at the hearing having been considered are overruled. (Ord. 84-0231 § 1 (part), 1984.)

A. The redevelopment plan for the Lancaster Neighborhood Development Project, as adopted by Ordinance No. 11208 is hereby amended as set forth in the proposed “Amendment to the Redevelopment Plan for the Lancaster Neighborhood Development Project.” As so amended, the redevelopment plan is incorporated in this chapter by reference and designated as the official redevelopment plan for the Lancaster Homes Neighborhood Development Project.
B. The executive director of the commission is authorized to combine the redevelopment plan, as amended by this Amendment, into a single document, and the document, when filed with the executive officer-clerk of the board, shall constitute the official redevelopment plan in place of the document currently constituting the redevelopment plan. (Ord. 84-0231 § 1 (part), 1984.)

The county’s community development commission shall not establish or incur loans, advances or indebtedness for the redevelopment plan for the Lancaster Homes neighborhood development project after January 1, 2004, except as otherwise authorized by the State Community Redevelopment Law Health and Safety Code Sections 33000 et seq. (Ord. 94-0087 § 1, 1994.)

The redevelopment plan for the Lancaster Homes neighborhood development project shall be effective to and terminate on June 12, 2010. After June 12, 2010, the county’s community development commission shall have no authority to act pursuant to the Lancaster Homes redevelopment plan except to pay previously incurred indebtedness and to enforce existing covenants, contracts, or other obligations. (Ord. 94-0087 § 2, 1994.)

Except as provided in subdivisions (g) and (h) of Health and Safety Code Section 33333.6, or any successor statute of similar import, the county’s community development commission shall not pay indebtedness or receive property taxes pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section 33670 after June 12, 2020. (Ord. 94-0087 § 3, 1994.)

The Maravilla Project Area official redevelopment plan, as prepared by the county of Los Angeles community redevelopment agency, is hereby incorporated by reference, approved and adopted, and designated as the official redevelopment plan for the Maravilla Project Area. (Ord. 10661 § 1 (part), 1973: Ord. 4099 Art. 60 § 1417, 1942.)

The purposes and intent of the board with respect to the Maravilla Project Area are to:
A. Achieve an option balance and harmonious land-use configuration in accordance with the revealed needs and preferences of the residents of the project area;
B. Eliminate and discourage the spread of blight conditions and encourage both the rehabilitation and redevelopment of the project area to the extent permitted by law;
C. Preserve and enhance historical landmarks;
D. Eradicate negative environmental influences and deficiencies;
E. Remove structurally substandard buildings in the project area so that land may be put to its highest and best use by new construction through the acquisition and redevelopment of land;
F. Develop a plan in accordance with all aspects of the general plan for the area and the environmental development guide of the regional planning commission of the county of Los Angeles;
G. Provide a substantial number of housing units of low and moderate cost on land to be disposed of for residential purposes;
H. Provide participation for owners and tenants and a reasonable preference for persons engaged in business in the project area;
I. Encourage and foster the economic revitalization of the project area;
J. Relocate the owners and occupants of the project area as needed;
K. Develop public facilities in the project area to provide safer and more efficient service for the people in the area and the general public as a whole. (Ord. 10661 § 1 (part), 1973: Ord. 4099 Art. 60 § 1418, 1942.)

The board hereby finds and determines that:
A. The project area is a blighted area, the redevelopment of which is necessary to effectuate the public purposes declared in the Community Redevelopment Law of the state of California;
B. The official redevelopment plan will redevelop the project area in conformity with the Community Redevelopment Law of the state of California in the interests of the public peace, health, safety and welfare;
C. The adoption and carrying out of the official redevelopment plan is economically sound and feasible;
D. The official redevelopment plan conforms to the general plan of the county of Los Angeles;
E. The carrying out of the official redevelopment plan will promote the public peace, health, safety and welfare of the county of Los Angeles and will effectuate the purposes and policies of the Community Redevelopment Law of the state of California;
F. The condemnation of real property, as provided for in the official redevelopment plan, is necessary to the execution of the official redevelopment plan and adequate provisions have been made for payment for property to be acquired as provided by law;
G. The community redevelopment agency has a feasible method and plan for the relocation of families and persons to be temporarily or permanently displaced from housing facilities in the project area;
H. There are or are being provided in the project area or in other areas not generally less desirable in regard to public utilities and public and commercial facilities, and at rents or prices within the financial means of the families and persons displaced from the project area, decent, safe and sanitary dwellings equal in number to the number of and available to such displaced families and persons and reasonably accessible to their places of employment;
I. For purposes of federal financial aid, the project area which may be financed through aid provided in federal contracts shall be considered an urban renewal area and the aforesaid redevelopment project shall be considered an urban renewal project within the meaning of Title I of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended;
J. The redevelopment of the portions of the project area which may be financed through aid provided in federal contracts for predominately nonresidential uses is necessary for the proper development of the community;
K. The official redevelopment plan will afford a maximum opportunity consistent with the sound needs of the locality as a whole for the redevelopment of such area by private enterprises;
L. The official redevelopment plan gives due consideration to the provisions of adequate park and recreational areas and facilities, as may be desirable for neighborhood improvement, with special consideration for the health, safety, and welfare of children residing in the general vicinity of the area covered by the plan;
M. In order to implement and facilitate the effectuation of the official redevelopment plan hereby approved and adopted, it is found and determined that certain official action must be taken by the board of supervisors with reference, among other things, to changes in zoning, the vacating and removal of streets, alleys and other public ways, the establishment of new street patterns, the location and relocation of sewer and water mains and other public facilities and other public action, and accordingly the board of supervisors hereby:
1. Pledges its cooperation in helping to carry out such official redevelopment plan, and
2. Directs the various officials, departments, commissions and agencies of the county of Los Angeles having administrative responsibilities in the premises likewise to cooperate to such end and to exercise their respective functions and powers in a manner consistent with said official redevelopment plan, and
3. Pledges appropriate action upon proposals and measures designed to effectuate the official redevelopment plan;
N. The objectives of the official redevelopment plan cannot be achieved only through rehabilitation of the project area. (Ord. 10661 § 1 (part), 1973: Ord. 4099 Art. 60 § 1419, 1942.)

The board declares that it is satisfied permanent housing facilities will be available within three years from the time occupants of the project area are displaced and that pending the development of such facilities there will be available to such displaced occupants adequate temporary housing facilities at rents comparable to those in the county of Los Angeles at the time of their displacement. No persons or families of low and moderate income shall be displaced from residences unless and until there is a suitable housing unit available and ready for occupancy by such displaced person or family at rents comparable to those at the time of their displacement. Such housing units shall be suitable to the needs of such displaced persons or families, and must be decent, safe, sanitary and otherwise standard dwellings. The agency shall not displace such person or family until such housing units are available and ready for occupancy. (Ord. 10661 § 1 (part), 1973: Ord. 4099 Art. 60 § 1420, 1942.)

The portion of taxes divided and allocated to the commission pursuant to the redevelopment plan as authorized by California Health and Safety Code Section 33670 shall not exceed a cumulative total of $80,000,000.00. (Ord. 86-0213 § 1 (part), 1986.)

The county’s community development commission is authorized to establish or incur loans, advances, or indebtedness to finance, in whole or in part, the Maravilla Project Area official redevelopment plan at any time during which such redevelopment plan is effective. Loans, advances, or indebtedness may be repaid over a period of time beyond such time limit. (Ord. 2004-0013 § 1, 2004: Ord. 86-0213 § 1 (part), 1986.)

Eminent domain proceedings, if used to acquire property within the project area, must be commenced within 12 years from the effective date of the ordinance codified in Sections 2.60.141 through 2.60.144. (Ord. 86-0213 § 1 (part), 1986.)

If any part of the ordinance codified in Sections 2.60.141 through 2.60.144 is held to be invalid for any reason, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portion of the ordinance codified in Sections 2.60.141 through 2.60.144, and the board of supervisors declares that it would have passed the remainder of the ordinance codified in Sections 2.60.141 through 2.60.144, if such invalid portion thereof had been deleted. (Ord. 86-0213 § 1 (part), 1986.)

The Maravilla Project Area official redevelopment plan shall be effective to and terminate on February 20, 2013. After February 20, 2013, the county’s community development commission shall have no authority to act pursuant to the Maravilla redevelopment plan except to pay previously incurred indebtedness and to enforce existing covenants, contracts, or other obligations. (Ord. 99-0107 § 1, 1999: Ord. 94-0087 § 4, 1994.)

Except as provided in subdivisions (g) and (h) of Health and Safety Code Section 33333.6, or any successor statute of similar import, the county’s community development commission shall not pay indebtedness or receive property taxes pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section 33670 after February 20, 2013. (Ord. 94-0087 § 5, 1994.)

The Willowbrook neighborhood development program redevelopment plan, as prepared by the county of Los Angeles community redevelopment agency, is hereby incorporated by reference, approved and adopted, and designated as the official redevelopment plan for the Willowbrook neighborhood development program. (Ord. 11585 § 5 (part), 1977: Ord. 4099 Art. 60 § 1420.5, 1942.)

The purposes and intent of the board with respect to the Willowbrook neighborhood development program are to:
A. Achieve an option balance, and harmonious land-use configuration in accordance with the revealed needs and preferences of the residents of the project area;
B. Eliminate and discourage the spread of blight conditions and encourage both the rehabilitation and redevelopment of the project area to the extent permitted by law;
C. Eradicate negative environmental influences and deficiencies;
D. Remove structurally substandard buildings in the project area so that land may be put to its highest and best use by new construction through the acquisition and redevelopment of land;
E. Develop a plan in accordance with all aspects of the general plan of the county of Los Angeles and the environmental development guide of the regional planning commission of the county of Los Angeles;
F. Provide a substantial number of housing units of low and moderate cost on land to be disposed of for residential purposes;
G. Provide participation for owners and tenants and a reasonable preference for persons engaged in business in the project area;
H. Encourage and foster the economic revitalization of the project area;
I. Relocate the owners and occupants of the project area as needed;
J. Develop public facilities in the project area to provide safer and more efficient service for the people in the area and the general public as a whole. (Ord. 11585 § 5 (part), 1977: Ord. 4099 Art. 60 § 1420.6, 1942.)

The board hereby finds and determines that:
A. The project area is a blighted area, the redevelopment of which is necessary to effectuate the public purposes declared in the Community Redevelopment Law of the state of California;
B. The official redevelopment plan will redevelop the project area in conformity with the Community Redevelopment Law of the state of California in the interests of the public peace, health, safety and welfare;
C. The adoption and carrying out of the official redevelopment plan is economically sound and feasible;
D. The official redevelopment plan conforms to the general plan of the county of Los Angeles;
E. The carrying out of the official redevelopment plan will promote the public peace, health, safety and welfare of the county of Los Angeles and will effectuate the purposes and policies of the Community Redevelopment Law of the state of California;
F. The condemnation of real property, as provided for in the official redevelopment plan, is necessary to the execution of the official redevelopment plan and adequate provisions have been made for payment for property to be acquired as provided by law;
G. The community redevelopment agency has a feasible method and plan for the relocation of families and persons to be temporarily or permanently displaced from housing facilities in the project area;
H. There are or are being provided in the project area or in other areas not generally less desirable in regard to public utilities and public and commercial facilities, and at rents or prices within the financial means of the families and persons displaced from the project area, decent, safe and sanitary dwellings equal in number to the number of and available to such displaced families and persons and reasonably accessible to their places of employment;
I. There are no noncontiguous areas of the project area; all areas included within the project area are either blighted or necessary for the effective redevelopment of the project area, and are not included for the purpose of obtaining the allocation of taxes from such area pursuant to Section 33670 of the Health and Safety Code without other substantial justification for their inclusion;
J. Inclusion of any lands, buildings or improvements within the project area which are not detrimental to the public health, safety or welfare is necessary for the effective redevelopment of the area of which they are a part; any such area included is necessary for the effective redevelopment of the project area and is not included for the purpose of obtaining the allocation of tax increment revenues from such area pursuant to Section 33670 of the Health and Safety Code without other substantial justification for its inclusion;
K. The elimination of blight and the redevelopment of the project area could not be reasonably expected to be accomplished by private enterprise acting alone without the aid and assistance of the agency;
L. For purposes of federal financial aid, the project area which may be financed through aid provided in federal contracts shall be considered an urban renewal area and the aforesaid Willowbrook neighborhood development program shall be considered an urban renewal project within the meaning of Title I of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended;
M. The redevelopment of the portions of the project area which may be financed through aid provided in federal contracts for predominantly nonresidential uses is necessary for the proper development of the community;
N. The official redevelopment plan will afford a maximum opportunity consistent with the sound needs of the locality as a whole for the redevelopment of such area by private enterprises;
O. The official redevelopment plan gives due consideration to the provisions of adequate park and recreational areas and facilities, as may be desirable for neighborhood improvement, with special consideration for the health, safety and welfare of children residing in the general vicinity of the area covered by the plan;
P. In order to implement and facilitate the effectuation of the official redevelopment plan hereby approved and adopted, it is found and determined that certain official action must be taken by the board of supervisors with reference, among other things, to changes in zoning, the vacating and removal of streets, alleys and other public ways, the establishment of new street patterns, the location and relocation of sewer and water mains and other public facilities, and other public action, and accordingly the board of supervisors hereby:
1. Pledges its cooperation in helping to carry out such official redevelopment plan, and
2. Directs the various officials, departments, commissions and agencies of the county of Los Angeles having administrative responsibilities in the premises likewise to cooperate to such end and to exercise their respective functions and powers in a manner consistent with said official redevelopment plan, and
3. Pledges appropriate action upon proposals and measures designed to effectuate the official redevelopment plan;
Q. The objectives of the official redevelopment plan cannot be achieved only through rehabilitation of the project area. (Ord. 11585 § 5 (part), 1977: Ord. 4099 Art. 60 § 1420.7, 1942.)

The board declares that it is satisfied permanent housing facilities will be available within three years from the time occupants of the project area are displaced and that pending the development of such facilities there will be available to such displaced occupants adequate temporary housing facilities at rents comparable to those in the county of Los Angeles at the time of their displacement. No persons or families of low and moderate income shall be displaced from residences unless and until there is a suitable housing unit available and ready for occupancy by such displaced person or family at rents comparable to those at the time of their displacement. Such housing units shall be suitable to the needs of such displaced persons or families, and must be decent, safe, sanitary and otherwise standard dwellings. The agency shall not displace such person or family until such housing units are available and ready for occupancy. (Ord. 11585 § 5 (part), 1977: Ord. 4099 Art. 60 § 1420.8, 1942.)

The board declares that it is convinced that the effect of tax increment financing for the project area will not cause a severe financial burden or detriment on any taxing agency deriving revenues from the project area. (Ord. 11585 § 5 (part), 1977: Ord. 4099 Art. 60 § 1420.9, 1942.)

The county’s community development commission is authorized to establish or incur loans, advances or indebtedness to finance, in whole or in part, the Willowbrook neighborhood development program redevelopment plan at any time during which such redevelopment plan is effective. Loan, advances, or indebtedness may be repaid over a period of time beyond such time limit. (2004-0013 § 2, 2004.)

The Willowbrook neighborhood development program redevelopment plan shall be effective to and terminate on September 15, 2012. After September 15, 2012, the county’s community development commission shall have no authority to act pursuant to the Willowbrook redevelopment plan except to pay previously incurred indebtedness and to enforce existing covenants, contracts, or other obligations. (Ord. 94-0087 § 6, 1994.)

Except as provided in subdivisions (g) and (h) of Health and Safety Code Section 33333.6, or any successor statute of similar import, the county’s community development commission shall not pay indebtedness or receive property taxes pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section 33670 after September 15, 2022. (Ord. 94-0087 § 7, 1994.)

The purpose and intent of the board with respect to Amendment No. 1 is to extend use of eminent domain which is necessary for effective ongoing implementation of developments planned under the redevelopment plan for the Willowbrook Neighborhood Development Program. (Ord. 91-0069 § 1 (part), 1991.)

A. The redevelopment plan for the Willowbrook Neighborhood Development Program, as approved and adopted by Ordinance 11585, is hereby amended as set forth in the “Technical Amendment to the Willowbrook Neighborhood Development Plan.” As so amended, the redevelopment plan is incorporated in this chapter by reference and designated as the official redevelopment plan for the Willowbrook Neighborhood Development Program.
B. The executive director of the commission is authorized to combine the redevelopment plan, as amended, into a single document, and the document, when filed with the executive officer-clerk of the board, shall constitute the official redevelopment plan in place of the document currently constituting the redevelopment plan. (Ord. 91-0069 § 1 (part), 1991.)

The board hereby finds and determines that:
A. It is necessary and desirable to amend the redevelopment plan in the manner set forth in Amendment No. 1, incorporated by reference into Section 2.60.196, in order to effectuate the redevelopment of the area and implement the purposes and policies of the Community Redevelopment Law. This finding is based on the fact that Amendment No. 1 will extend the use of eminent domain for 10 years from June 21, 1991, the effective date of the ordinance codified in Sections 2.60.195 through 2.60.199.
B. The redevelopment plan, as amended, will enable the project area to be redeveloped in conformity with the Community Redevelopment Law. This finding is based on the fact that redevelopment of the project area, as contemplated by the redevelopment plan, as amended, will implement the objectives of the Community Redevelopment Law by aiding in the elimination and prevention of the spread of conditions of blight and deterioration in the project area, and will further the objectives of the redevelopment plan by facilitating the development of the project area.
C. The adoption and carrying out of the redevelopment plan, as amended, is economically sound and feasible. This finding is based on the fact that Amendment No. 1 will not affect the existing method of financing of the project.
D. The carrying out of the redevelopment plan, as amended, would promote the public peace, health, safety, and welfare of the community and would effectuate the purposes and policies of the Community Redevelopment Law. This finding is based on the fact that redevelopment, as contemplated by the redevelopment plan, as amended, will benefit the project area by correcting conditions of blight and by coordinating public and private action to stimulate development and improve the economic, social and physical conditions of the project area.
E. The condemnation of real property, as provided for in the redevelopment plan, as amended, was and continues to be necessary to the execution of the plan, as amended, and adequate provisions have been made for payment for property to be acquired as provided by law.
F. The commission has a feasible method and plan for the relocation of families and persons to be temporarily or permanently displaced from housing facilities in the project area.
G. There are, or are being provided, in the project area or in other areas not generally less desirable in regard to public utilities and public and commercial facilities and at rents or prices within the financial means of the families and persons displaced from the project area, decent, safe, and sanitary dwellings equal in number to the number of and available to the displaced families and persons and reasonably accessible to their places of employment. (Ord. 91-0069 § 1 (part), 1991.)

The board reaffirms its declaration set forth in Section 2.60.180 that it is satisfied that temporary and permanent housing facilities will be available in the manner and time frames previously declared in that section. (Ord. 91-0069 § 1 (part), 1991.)

A. Eminent domain proceedings, if used to acquire property within the project area, must be commenced within 10 years from June 21, 1991, the effective date of the ordinance codified in Sections 2.60.195 through Section 2.60.199. Eminent domain proceedings, if any, shall be limited to any or all of the properties located within the following program area boundaries:
1. Imperial Highway on the north;
2. Compton Avenue on the west;
3. Willowbrook Avenue on the east;
4. 120th Street on the south.
B. To the extent permitted and in the manner required by law, the commission may declare specific property within the identified boundaries to be exempt from acquisition by eminent domain under the redevelopment plan. All properties outside the identified boundaries shall be exempt from acquisition by eminent domain proceedings under redevelopment plan for the Willowbrook Neighborhood Development Program. (Ord. 91-0069 § 1 (part), 1991.)

That certain document entitled “Redevelopment Plan for the Los Angeles County Valley Boulevard Redevelopment Project,” the map contained therein, and such other reports as are incorporated therein by reference, having been duly reviewed and considered, is hereby incorporated in this Part 6 by reference and made a part hereof, and as so incorporated is hereby designated, approved and adopted as the official Redevelopment Plan for the Los Angeles County Valley Boulevard Redevelopment Project. (Ord. 82-0138 § 1 (part), 1982.)

The purpose and intent of the board of supervisors with respect to the project area is to accomplish the following:
A. To control unplanned growth by guiding new development to meet the needs of the community as reflected in the redevelopment plan;
B. To retain by means of redevelopment and rehabilitation as many existing businesses as possible;
C. To remove impediments to land assembly and development through acquisition and reparcelization of land into reasonably sized and shaped parcels served by an improved street system and improved public facilities;
D. To improve certain environmental deficiencies, including among others, substandard streets and surface drainage;
E. To encourage the cooperation and participation of owners, business persons and public agencies in the revitalization of the area;
F. To eliminate and prevent the spread of blight and deterioration and to conserve, rehabilitate and redevelop the project area in accordance with the redevelopment plan;
G. To achieve an environment reflecting a high level of concern for architectural, landscape and urban design principles appropriate to the objectives of the redevelopment plan;
H. To promote the economic well-being of the redevelopment project by encouraging the diversification of its commercial and industrial base and of employment opportunities;
I. To encourage the development of an industrial environment which positively relates to adjacent land uses and to upgrade and stabilize existing industrial uses;
J. To provide opportunities for industrial firms to locate their operations in an attractive, safe and economically sound environment in accordance with the redevelopment plan;
K. To make provision for a pedestrian and vehicular circulation system (specifically for Valley Boulevard and Puente-Third-Workman Mill roadway alignment) which is coordinated with land uses and densities and adequate to accommodate traffic;
L. To improve the visual environment of the community, and in particular to strengthen and enhance its image and identity;
M. To develop safeguards against noise and pollution;
N. To promote the development of local job opportunities;
O. To coordinate the revitalization effort in the redevelopment project with other public economic development programs in the county of Los Angeles;
P. To improve the visual character of Valley Boulevard by the renovation of existing commercial and industrial structures in accordance with a consistent implementation of streetscape improvements. (Ord. 82-0138 § 1 (part), 1982.)

The board of supervisors hereby finds and determines that:
A. The project area is a blighted area, the redevelopment of which is necessary to effectuate the public purposes declared in the California Community Redevelopment Law (Health and Safety Code, Section 33000 et seq.);
B. The redevelopment plan will redevelop the project area in conformity with the Community Redevelopment Law and in the interests of the public peace, health, safety and welfare;
C. The adoption and carrying out of the redevelopment plan is economically sound and feasible;
D. The redevelopment plan conforms to the General Plan of the County of Los Angeles;
E. The carrying out of the redevelopment plan will promote the public peace, health, safety and welfare of the county of Los Angeles, and will effectuate the purposes and policy of the Community Redevelopment Law;
F. The condemnation of real property, as provided for in the redevelopment plan, is necessary to the execution of the redevelopment plan, and adequate provisions have been made for the payment for property to be acquired as provided by law;
G. The agency has a feasible method and plan for the relocation of families and persons who might be displaced, temporarily or permanently, from housing facilities in the project area;
H. There are, or are being provided, within the project area or within other areas not generally less desirable with regard to public utilities and public and commercial facilities and at rents or prices within the financial means of the families and persons who might be displaced from the project area, decent, safe and sanitary dwellings equal in number to the number of and available to such displaced families and persons and reasonably accessible to their places of employment;
I. All noncontiguous areas of the project area are either blighted or necessary for effective redevelopment, and are not included for the purpose of obtaining the allocation of taxes from such areas pursuant to the Community Redevelopment Law, Section 33670, without other substantial justification for their inclusion;
J. Inclusion of any lands, buildings or improvements which are not detrimental to the public health, safety or welfare is necessary for the effective redevelopment of the entire area of which they are a part, and any such area is not included for the purpose of obtaining the allocation of tax increment revenues from such area pursuant to Section 33670 of the Community Redevelopment Law without other substantial justification for its inclusion;
K. The elimination of blight and the redevelopment of the project area could not reasonably be expected to be accomplished by private enterprise acting alone without the aid and assistance of the agency;
L. The redevelopment plan will afford the maximum opportunity, consistent with the sound needs of the county of Los Angeles as a whole, for the redevelopment of the project area by private enterprise;
M. The redevelopment plan contains adequate safeguards so that the work of redevelopment will be carried out pursuant to the redevelopment plan, and it provides for the retention of controls and the establishment of restrictions and covenants running with the land sold or leased for private use for periods of time and under conditions specified in the redevelopment plan, which the board deems necessary to effectuate the purposes of the Community Redevelopment Law. (Ord. 82-0138 § 1 (part), 1982.)

The board of supervisors is satisfied that permanent housing facilities will be available within three years from the time occupants of the project area are displaced, if any, and that pending development of such facilities, there will be available to any such displaced occupants temporary housing facilities at rents comparable to those in the county of Los Angeles at the time of their displacement. No persons or families of low and moderate income shall be displaced from residences unless and until there is a suitable housing unit available and ready for occupancy by such displaced persons or families at rents comparable to those at the time of their displacement. Such housing units shall be suitable to the needs of such displaced persons or families, and must be decent, safe, sanitary and otherwise standard dwellings, the agency shall not displace any such persons or families until such housing units are available and ready for occupancy. (Ord. 82-0138 § 1 (part), 1982.)

The board of supervisors is convinced that the effect of tax increment financing will not cause a severe financial burden or detriment on any taxing agency deriving revenues from the project area. (Ord. 82-0138 § 1 (part), 1982.)

Written objections to the redevelopment plan filed with the executive officer-clerk of the board of supervisors before the hours set for hearing and all oral objections presented to the board of supervisors at the hearing having been considered are hereby overruled. (Ord. 82-0138 § 1 (part), 1982.)

The board of supervisors hereby:
A. Pledges its cooperation in helping to carry out the redevelopment plan;
B. Requests the various officials, departments, boards and agencies of the county having administrative responsibilities in the project area likewise to cooperate to such end and to exercise their respective functions and powers in a manner consistent with the redevelopment of the project area;
C. Stands ready to consider and take appropriate action upon proposals and measures designed to effectuate the redevelopment plan; and
D. Declares its intention to undertake and complete any proceeding necessary to be carried out by the county under the provisions of the redevelopment plan. (Ord. 82-0138 § 1 (part), 1982.)

If any part of the ordinance codified in this Part 6, or the redevelopment plan which it approves, is held to be invalid for any reason, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portion of this Part 6 or of the redevelopment plan, and the board hereby declares that it would have passed the remainder of the redevelopment plan if such invalid portion thereof had been deleted. (Ord. 82-0138 § 1 (part), 1982.)

That certain document entitled “Redevelopment Plan for the East Compton Community Redevelopment Project,” the map contained therein and such other reports as are incorporated therein by reference having been duly reviewed and considered, is hereby incorporated in this Part 7 by reference and made a part hereof, and as so incorporated is hereby designated, approved, and adopted as the official Redevelopment Plan for the East Compton Community Redevelopment Project. (Ord. 84-0113 § 1 (part), 1984.)

That certain redevelopment project entitled “East Compton Community Redevelopment Project,” as identified in the Redevelopment Plan for the East Compton Community Redevelopment Project designated, approved, and adopted on July 10, 1984, by Ordinance 84-0113, shall be known as the “East Rancho Dominguez Community Redevelopment Project” from October 18, 1992, the effective date of the ordinance adding this section to the Los Angeles County Code. (Ord. 92-0100 § 1, 1992.)

That the purpose and intent of the board with respect to the project area is to accomplish the following:
A. Eliminate blighting influences and correct environmental deficiencies in the project area, including, among others, deteriorated and inadequate public improvements, small and irregular-sized or -shaped lots, obsolete and deteriorated building types, and mixed character of uses;
B. Assemble land into parcels suitable for modern, integrated development with improved pedestrian and vehicular circulation in the project area;
C. Establish and implement performance criteria to assure high site design standards and environmental quality and other design elements which will develop safeguards against noise and pollution, improve the visual environment and provide unity and integrity to the entire project;
D. Replan and develop undeveloped areas which are stagnant or improperly utilized;
E. Provide adequate land for parking and open spaces;
F. Strengthen and encourage industrial and commercial functions in the project area;
G. Strengthen the economic base of the project area and the community by installing needed site improvements to stimulate commercial/industrial expansion, employment and economic growth; and
H. To retain by means of redevelopment and rehabilitation as many existing businesses as possible by encouraging the cooperation and participation of existing property owners, business persons and public agencies in the revitalization of the area; and
I. Expand and improve the supply of housing for low-income and moderate-income persons. (Ord. 84-0113 § 1 (part), 1984.)

The board hereby finds and determines that:
A. The project area is a blighted area the redevelopment of which is necessary to effectuate the public purposes declared in the California Community Redevelopment Law (Health and Safety Code Section 33000 et seq.) This finding is based upon the following conditions which characterize the project area:
1. The existence of unfit or unsafe buildings and structures due to deterioration, obsolescence, faulty exterior spacing and mixed character and shifting of uses;
2. The existence of properties which suffer from deterioration and disuse because of: inadequate public improvements, facilities, utilities and open spaces, including inadequate and insufficient traffic circulation, parking, drainage, sidewalks, curbs, gutters, street lights, water distribution and sewers and lots (parcels) of irregular form, shape and size, which cannot be remedied with private or governmental action without redevelopment;
3. The existence of properties which suffer from economic dislocation, deterioration and disuse resulting from faulty planning;
4. A lack of proper utilization of property, resulting in a stagnant and unproductive condition of land potentially useful and valuable;
5. A prevalence of economic maladjustment evidenced by a stagnation of retail sales and the existence of vacant buildings.
It is further found and determined that such conditions are causing and will increasingly cause a reduction and lack of proper utilization of the area to such an extent that it constitutes a serious physical, social and economic burden on the county, which cannot reasonably be expected to be reversed or alleviated by private enterprise acting alone, requiring redevelopment in the interest of the health, safety and general welfare of the people of the county and the state. This finding is based on the fact that governmental action available to the county without redevelopment would be insufficient to cause any significant correction of the blighting conditions, and that the nature and costs of the public improvements and facilities required to correct the blighting conditions are beyond the capacity of the county and cannot be undertaken or borne by private enterprise acting alone or in concert with available governmental action.
B. The redevelopment plan will redevelop the project area in conformity with the Community Redevelopment Law and in the interests of the public peace, health, safety and welfare. This finding is based upon the fact that redevelopment of the project area will implement the objectives of the Community Redevelopment Law by aiding in the elimination and correction of the conditions of blight, providing for planning, development, redesign, clearance, reconstruction or rehabilitation of properties which need improvement and providing for higher economic utilization of potentially useful land.
C. The adoption and carrying out of the redevelopment plan is economically sound and feasible. This finding is based on the fact that under the redevelopment plan no public redevelopment activity will be undertaken unless the commission can demonstrate that it has adequate revenue to finance the activity.
D. The redevelopment plan conforms to the general plan of the county of Los Angeles. This finding is based on the finding of the planning commission that the redevelopment plan conforms to the general plan for the county of Los Angeles.
E. The carrying out of the redevelopment plan will promote the public peace, health, safety and welfare of the county of Los Angeles and will effectuate the purpose and policy of the Community Redevelopment Law. This finding is based on the fact that redevelopment will benefit the project area by correcting conditions of blight and by coordinating public and private actions to stimulate development and improve the economic, social and physical conditions of the project area.
F. The condemnation of real property, as provided for in the redevelopment plan, is necessary to the execution of the redevelopment plan, and adequate provisions have been made for the payment for property to be acquired as provided by law. This finding is based upon the need to ensure that the provisions of the redevelopment plan will be carried out and to prevent the recurrence of blight.
G. The commission has a feasible method and plan for the relocation of families and persons who might be displaced, temporarily or permanently, from housing facilities in the project area. This finding is based upon the fact that the redevelopment plan provides for relocation assistance according to law.
H. There are, or are being provided, within the project area or within other areas not generally less desirable with regard to public utilities and public and commercial facilities and at rents or prices within the financial means of the families and persons who might be displaced from the project area, decent, safe and sanitary dwellings equal in number to the number of and available to such displaced families and persons and reasonably accessible to their places of employment. This finding is based upon the fact that no person or family will be required to move from any dwelling unit until suitable replacement housing is available.
I. Inclusion of any lands, buildings or improvements which are not detrimental to the public health, safety or welfare is necessary for the effective redevelopment of the entire area of which they are a part, and any such area is not included for the purpose of obtaining the allocation of tax increment revenues from such area pursuant to Section 33670 of the Community Redevelopment Law without other substantial justification for its inclusion. This finding is based upon the fact that the boundaries of the project area were chosen as a unified and consistent whole to include lands that were underutilized because of blighting influences, or affected by the existence of blighting influences, and land uses significantly contributing to the conditions of blight, which inclusion is necessary to accomplish the objectives and benefits of the redevelopment plan.
J. The elimination of blight and the redevelopment of the project area could not reasonably be expected to be accomplished by private enterprise acting alone without the aid and assistance of the commission. This finding is based upon the existence of blighting influences, including the lack of adequate public improvements and facilities, and the inability of individual developers to economically remove these blighting influences without substantial public assistance in providing adequate public improvements and facilities, the inability of low-income and moderate-income persons to finance needed improvements, and the inadequacy of other governmental programs and financing mechanisms to eliminate blight, including the provision of necessary public improvements and facilities.
K. The redevelopment plan for the project area will afford the maximum opportunity, consistent with the sound needs of the county as a whole, for the redevelopment of such area by private enterprise.
L. The redevelopment plan contains adequate safeguards so that the work of redevelopment will be carried out pursuant to the redevelopment plan, and it provides for the retention of controls and the establishment of restrictions and covenants running with the land sold or leased for private use for periods of time and under conditions specified in the redevelopment plan, which this board deems necessary to effectuate the purpose of the Community Redevelopment Law. (Ord. 84-0113 § 1 (part), 1984.)

The board is satisfied that permanent housing facilities will be available within three years from the time occupants of the project area are displaced, if any, and that pending the development of such facilities, there will be available to any such displaced occupants temporary housing facilities at rents comparable to those in the county of Los Angeles at the time of their displacement. No persons or families of low or moderate income shall be displaced from residences unless and until there is a suitable housing unit available and ready for occupancy by such displaced persons or families at rents comparable to those at the time of their displacement. Such housing units shall be suitable to the needs of such displaced persons or families and must be decent, safe, sanitary and otherwise standard dwellings. The commission shall not displace any such persons or families until such housing units are available and ready for occupancy. (Ord. 84-0113 § 1 (part), 1984.)

The board is convinced that the effect of tax increment financing will not cause a severe financial burden or detriment on any taxing agency deriving revenues from the project area. (Ord. 84-0113 § 1 (part), 1984.)

Written objections to the redevelopment plan filed with the executive officer-clerk before the hour set for hearing and all oral objections presented to the board at the hearing having been considered are hereby overruled. (Ord. 84-0113 § 1 (part), 1984.)

In order to implement and facilitate the effectuation of the redevelopment plan hereby approved, this board hereby (a) pledges its cooperation in helping to carry out the redevelopment plan, (b) requests the various officials, departments, boards and agencies of the county having administrative responsibilities in the project area likewise to cooperate to such end and to exercise their respective functions and powers in a manner consistent with the redevelopment of the project area, (c) stands ready to consider and take appropriate action upon proposals and measures designed to effectuate the redevelopment plan, and (d) declares its intention to undertake and complete any proceeding necessary to be carried out by the county under the provisions of the redevelopment plan. (Ord. 84-0113 § 1 (part), 1984.)

If any part of the ordinance codified in this part or the redevelopment plan which it approves is held to be invalid for any reason, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portion of the ordinance codified in this part or of the redevelopment plan, and this board hereby declares that it would have passed the remainder of the ordinance codified in this part or approved the remainder of the redevelopment plan if such portion thereof had been deleted. (Ord. 84-0113 § 1 (part), 1984.)

The county’s community development commission is authorized to establish or incur loans, advances, or indebtedness to finance, in whole or in part, the official Redevelopment Plan for the East Rancho Dominguez Community Redevelopment Project at any time during which such redevelopment plan is effective. Loans, advances, or indebtedness may be repaid over a period of time beyond such limit. (Ord. 2004-0013 § 3, 2004: Ord. 94-0087 § 8, 1994.)

The official Redevelopment Plan for the East Rancho Dominguez Community Redevelopment Project shall be effective to and terminate on July 10, 2024. After July 10, 2024, the county’s community development commission shall have no authority to act pursuant to the Redevelopment Plan for East Rancho Dominguez except to pay previously incurred indebtedness and to enforce existing covenants, contracts, or other obligations. (Ord. 94-0087 § 9, 1994.)

Except as provided in subdivisions (g) and (h) of Health and Safety Code Section 33333.6, or any successor statute of similar import, the county’s community development commission shall not pay indebtedness or receive property taxes pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section 33670 after July 10, 2034. (Ord. 94-0087 § 10, 1994.)

That certain document entitled “Redevelopment Plan for the Los Angeles County West Altadena Community Redevelopment Project,” the maps contained therein and such other reports as are incorporated therein by reference, having been duly reviewed and considered, is hereby incorporated in this Part 8 by reference and made a part hereof, and as so incorporated is hereby designated, approved and adopted as the official “Redevelopment Plan for the Los Angeles County West Altadena Community Redevelopment Project.” (Ord. 86-0136 § 1 (part), 1986.)

The purpose and intent of the board with respect to the project area is to accomplish the following:
A. To control unplanned growth by guiding new development to meet the needs of the community as reflected in the redevelopment plan;
B. To retain by means of redevelopment and rehabilitation as many existing businesses as possible;
C. To remove impediments of land assembly and development through acquisition and reparcelization of land into reasonably sized and shaped parcels served by an improved street system and improved public facilities;
D. To improve environmental deficiencies;
E. To encourage the cooperation and participation of owners, business persons, and public agencies in the revitalization of the area;
F. To eliminate and prevent the spread of blight and deterioration and to conserve, rehabilitate, and redevelop the project area in accordance with the redevelopment plan;
G. To achieve an environment reflecting a high level of concern for architectural, landscape and urban design principles appropriate to the objectives of the redevelopment plan;
H. To promote the economic well-being of the project by encouraging the diversification of its commercial base and of employment opportunities;
I. To provide opportunities for business park firms to locate their operations in an attractive, safe and economically sound environment in accordance with the redevelopment plan;
J. To make provision for a pedestrian and vehicular circulation system which is coordinated with land uses and densities and adequate to accommodate traffic;
K. To improve the visual environment of the community, and in particular to strengthen and enhance its image and identity;
L. To develop safeguards against noise and pollution;
M. To promote the development of local job opportunities;
N. To coordinate the revitalization efforts in the project with other public economic development programs in the county;
O. To provide for opportunities for minority business enterprises to remain, expand and participate in the redevelopment of the project area;
P. To provide continuing opportunities for the West Altadena Project Area committee to advise the commission concerning private developments, rehabilitation activities, and the desired tenant mix in developments which may be assisted by the commission. (Ord. 86-0136 § 1 (part), 1986.)

The board hereby finds and determines that:
A. The project area is a blighted area, the redevelopment of which is necessary to effectuate the public purposes declared in the California Community Redevelopment Law (Health and Safety Code Section 33000 et seq.). This finding is based upon the following conditions which characterize the project area:
1. The existence of unfit or unsafe buildings and structures due to age, obsolescence, faulty exterior spacing and mixed character, shifting of uses and abandonment;
2. The existence of properties which suffer from economic dislocation, deterioration and disuse because of inadequate public improvements, facilities and utilities, including inadequate and insufficient traffic circulation, parking, drainage, sidewalks, curbs, gutters, water distribution and sewers, and lots (parcels) of irregular form, shape and size and a prevalence of economic maladjustment which cannot be remedied with private or governmental action without redevelopment; and
3. A lack of proper utilization of property, resulting in a stagnant and unproductive condition of land potentially useful and valuable.
It is further found and determined that such conditions are causing and will increasingly cause a reduction and lack of proper utilization of the area to such an extent that it constitutes a serious physical, social and economic burden on the county, which cannot reasonably be expected to be reversed or alleviated by private enterprise acting alone, requiring redevelopment in the interest of the health, safety and general welfare of the people of the county and the state. This finding is based on the fact that governmental action available to the county without redevelopment would be insufficient to cause any significant correction of the blighting conditions, and that the nature and costs of the public improvements and facilities required to correct the blighting conditions are beyond the capacity of the county and cannot be undertaken or borne by private enterprise acting alone or in concert with available governmental action.
B. The redevelopment plan will redevelop the project area in conformity with the Community Redevelopment Law and in the interests of the public peace, health, safety and welfare. This finding is based upon the fact that redevelopment of the project area will implement the objectives of the Community Redevelopment Law by aiding in the elimination and correction of the conditions of blight, providing for planning, development, redesign, clearance, reconstruction or rehabilitation of properties which need improvement and providing for higher economic utilization of potentially useful land.
C. The adoption and carrying out of the redevelopment plan is economically sound and feasible. This finding is based on the facts that under the redevelopment plan the commission will be authorized to seek and utilize a variety of potential financing resources, including tax increments; that the nature and timing of public redevelopment assistance will depend on the amount and availability of such financing resources, including tap increments generated by new investment in the project area; and that under the redevelopment plan no public redevelopment activity will be undertaken unless the commission can demonstrate that it has adequate revenue to finance the activity.
D. The redevelopment plan conforms to the general plan of the county of Los Angeles. This finding is based on the finding of the planning commission that the redevelopment plan conforms to the general plan for the county of Los Angeles.
E. The carrying out of the redevelopment plan will promote the public peace, health, safety and welfare of the county of Los Angeles and will effectuate the purposes and policy of the Community Redevelopment Law. This finding is based on the fact that redevelopment will benefit the project area by correcting conditions of blight and by coordinating public and private actions to stimulate development and improve the economic, social and physical conditions of the project area.
F. The condemnation of real property, as provided for in the redevelopment plan, is necessary to the execution of the redevelopment plan, and adequate provisions have been made for the payment for property to be acquired as provided by law. This finding is based upon the need to ensure that the provisions of the redevelopment plan will be carried out and to prevent the recurrence of blight.
G. The commission has a feasible method and plan for the relocation of families and persons who might be displaced, temporarily or permanently, from housing facilities in the project area. This finding is based upon the fact that the redevelopment plan provides for relocation assistance according to law.
H. There are, or are being provided, within the West Altadena area or within other areas not generally less desirable with regard to public utilities and public and commercial facilities and at rents or prices within the financial means of the families and persons who might be displaced from the project area, decent, safe and sanitary dwellings equal in number to the number of and available to such displaced families and persons and reasonably accessible to their places of employment. This finding is based upon the fact that no person or family will be required to move from any dwelling unit until suitable replacement housing is available.
I. Inclusion of any lands, buildings or improvements which are not detrimental to the public health, safety or welfare is necessary for the effective redevelopment of the entire area of which they are a part, and any such area is not included for the purpose of obtaining the allocation of tax increment revenues from such area pursuant to Section 33670 of the Community Redevelopment Law without other substantial justification for its inclusion. This finding is based upon the fact that the boundaries of the project area were chosen as a unified and consistent whole to include lands that were underutilized because of blighting influences, or affected by the existence of blighting influences, and land uses significantly contributing to the conditions of blight, whose inclusion is necessary to accomplish the objectives and benefits of the redevelopment plan.
J. The elimination of blight and the redevelopment of the project area could not reasonably be expected to be accomplished by private enterprise acting alone without the aid and assistance of the commission. This finding is based upon the existence of blighting influences, including the lack of adequate public improvements and facilities, and the inability of individual developers to economically remove these blighting influences without substantial public assistance in providing adequate public improvements and facilities, the inability of low and moderate-income persons to finance needed improvements, and the inadequacy of other governmental programs and financing mechanisms to eliminate blight, including the provision of necessary public improvements and facilities.
K. The redevelopment plan for the project area will afford the maximum opportunity, consistent with the sound needs of the county as a whole, for the redevelopment of such area by private enterprise.
L. The redevelopment plan contains adequate safeguards so that the work of redevelopment will be carried out pursuant to the redevelopment plan, and it provides for the retention of controls and the establishment of restrictions and covenants running with the land sold or leased for private use for periods of time and under conditions specified in the redevelopment plan, which this board deems necessary to effectuate the purposes of the Community Redevelopment Law.
M. The effect of tax increment financing will not cause a severe financial burden or detriment on any taxing agency deriving revenues from the project area. This finding is based upon the following facts:
1. Pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section 33676, any affected taxing agency may elect, and every school and community college district shall elect, to be allocated a portion of the tax revenues allocated to the commission and attributable to tax rate increase imposed for the benefit of such taxing agency or assessed value increases calculated pursuant to subdivision (f) of Section 110.1 of the Revenue and Taxation Code;
2. The tax revenues to be allocated to the commission from the project are a relatively small percentage of each affected taxing agency’s total property tax revenue; and
3. The commission will make payments to affected taxing agencies which are necessary and appropriate to alleviate any financial burden or detriment caused to such taxing agencies by the project. (Ord. 86-0136 § 1 (part), 1986.)

The board is satisfied that permanent housing facilities will be available within three years from the time occupants of the project area are displaced, if any, and that pending the development of such facilities, there will be available to any such displaced occupants temporary housing facilities at rents comparable to those in the West Altadena area at the time of their displacement. No persons or families of low or moderate income shall be displaced from residences unless and until there is a suitable housing unit available and ready for occupancy by such displaced persons or families at rents comparable to those at the time of their displacement. Such housing units shall be suitable to the needs of such displaced persons or families and must be decent, safe, sanitary and otherwise standard dwellings. The commission shall not displace any such persons or families until such housing units are available and ready for occupancy. (Ord. 86-0136 § 1 (part), 1986.)

Written objections to the redevelopment plan filed with the executive officer-clerk before the hour set for hearing and all oral objections presented to the board at the hearing having been considered are hereby overruled. (Ord. 86-0136 § 1 (part), 1986.)

In order to implement and facilitate the effectuation of the redevelopment plan hereby approved, this board hereby:
A. Pledges its cooperation in helping to carry out the redevelopment plan;
B. Requests the various officials, departments, boards and agencies of the county having administrative responsibilities in the project area likewise to cooperate to such end and to exercise their respective functions and powers in a manner consistent with the redevelopment of the project area;
C. Stands ready to consider and take appropriate action upon proposals and measures designed to effectuate the redevelopment plan; and
D. Declares its intention to undertake and complete any proceeding necessary to be carried out by the county under the provisions of the redevelopment plan. (Ord. 86-0136 § 1 (part), 1986.)

If any part of the ordinance codified in this Part 8 or the redevelopment plan which it approves is held to be invalid for any reason, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portion of the ordinance or of the redevelopment plan, and this board hereby declares that it would have passed the remainder of the ordinance or approved the remainder of the redevelopment plan if such invalid portion thereof had been deleted. (Ord. 86-0136 § 1 (part), 1986.)

The mitigation measures identified in the board resolution, adopted on August 12, 1986, making findings as to the final environmental impact report/environmental assessment on the redevelopment plan are hereby incorporated into the proposed redevelopment of the project area. (Ord. 86-0136 § 1 (part), 1986.)

The county’s community development commission is authorized to establish or incur loans, advances or indebtedness for the Redevelopment Plan for the Los Angeles County West Altadena Community Redevelopment Project at any time during which such redevelopment plan is effective. Loans, advances, or indebtedness may be repaid over a period of time beyond such time limit. (2004-0013 § 4, 2004: Ord. 94-0087 § 11, 1994.)

The Redevelopment Plan for West Altadena shall be effective to and terminate on August 12, 2026. After August 12, 2026, the county’s community development commission shall have no authority to act pursuant to the Redevelopment Plan for West Altadena except to pay previously incurred indebtedness and to enforce existing covenants, contracts, or other obligations. (Ord. 94-0087 § 12, 1994.)

Except as provided in subdivisions (g) and (h) of Health and Safety Code Section 33333.6, or any successor statute of similar import, the county’s community development commission shall not pay indebtedness or receive property taxes pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section 33670 after August 12, 2036. (Ord. 94-0087 § 13, 1994.)

The purpose and intent of the board with respect to Amendment No. 2 is to extend the use of eminent domain which is necessary for effective ongoing implementation of developments planned under the Redevelopment Plan for the Los Angeles County West Altadena Community Redevelopment Project to alleviate blight. (Ord. 98-0044 § 1, 1998.)

A. The Redevelopment Plan for the Los Angeles County West Altadena Community Redevelopment Project, as approved and adopted by Ordinance No. 86-0136, is hereby amended as set forth in Amendment No. 2 to the Redevelopment Plan for the West Altadena Community Redevelopment Project. As so amended, the redevelopment plan is incorporated in this chapter by reference and designated as the official Redevelopment Plan for the Los Angeles County West Altadena Community Redevelopment Project.
B. The executive director of the commission is authorized to combine the redevelopment plan, as amended, into a single document, and the document, when filed with the executive officer-clerk of the board, shall constitute the official redevelopment plan in place of the document currently constituting the redevelopment plan. (Ord. 98-0044 § 2, 1998.)

The board hereby finds and determines that:
A. It is necessary and desirable to amend the redevelopment plan in the manner set forth in Amendment No. 2 incorporated by reference into Section 2.60.476 in order to continue to alleviate blight in the redevelopment project area and further implement the goals and objectives of the redevelopment plan. This finding is based on the fact that Amendment No. 2 will extend the use of eminent domain for 12 years to August 12, 2010.
B. The redevelopment plan, as amended, will enable the project area to be redeveloped in conformity with the Community Redevelopment Law and in the interests of the public peace, health, safety and welfare. This finding is based on the fact that redevelopment of the project area, as contemplated by the redevelopment plan, as amended, will implement the objectives of the Community Redevelopment Law by aiding in the elimination and correction of the conditions of blight and deterioration in the project area, and will further the objectives of the redevelopment plan by facilitating the development of the project area.
C. The adoption and carrying out of the redevelopment plan, as amended, is economically sound and feasible. This finding is based on the fact that Amendment No. 2 will not affect the existing method of financing of the project.
D. The carrying out of the redevelopment plan, as amended, would promote the public peace, health, safety, and welfare of the community and would effectuate the purposes and policies of the Community Redevelopment Law. This finding is based on the fact that redevelopment, as contemplated by the redevelopment plan, as amended, will benefit the project area by facilitating the alleviation of blight and by coordinating public and private actions to stimulate development and improve the economic, social and physical conditions of the project area.
E. The condemnation of real property, as provided for in the redevelopment plan, as amended, was and continues to be necessary to the execution of the redevelopment plan, as amended, and adequate provisions have been made for payment for property to be acquired by law. This finding is based upon the need to ensure that the provisions of the redevelopment plan will be carried out and to prevent the recurrence of blight.
F. The commission has a feasible method and plan for the relocation of families and persons to be temporarily or permanently displaced from housing facilities in the project area. This finding is based upon the fact that the redevelopment plan provides for relocation assistance according to law.
G. There are, or are being provided, in the project area or in other areas not generally less desirable in regard to public utilities and public and commercial facilities and at rents or prices within the financial means of the families and persons who might be displaced from the project area, decent, safe, and sanitary dwellings equal in number to the number of and available to the displaced families and persons and reasonably accessible to their places of employment. This finding is based upon the fact that no person or family will be required to move from any dwelling unit until suitable replacement housing is available, and all applicable requirements of the Community Redevelopment Law are complied with. (Ord. 98-0044 § 3, 1998.)

The board reaffirms its declaration set forth in Section 2.60.430 that it is satisfied that temporary and permanent housing facilities will be available in the manner and time frames previously declared in that section. (Ord. 98-0044 § 4, 1998.)

Eminent domain proceedings, if used to acquire property within the project area, must be commenced by August 12, 2010. (Ord. 98-0044 § 5, 1998.)

The board of supervisors hereby finds and declares as follows:
A. Certain portions of the city of Pasadena (“city”) are physically and economically related to adjoining portion of the unincorporated territory of the county of Los Angeles (“county”).
B. The city and the Pasadena Community Development Commission (“commission”) have proposed to consider the adoption of the Redevelopment Plan for the Halstead/Sycamore Redevelopment Project (“redevelopment plan”), which will authorize the redevelopment of property which is partially in the territorial boundaries of the city and partially in the unincorporated areas of the county.
C. Participation in the redevelopment efforts of the commission with regard to the adjoining property in the county’s unincorporated territory will be of benefit to both the county and city.
D. The county and the city have the authority under the California Community Redevelopment Law (California Health and Safety Code §§ 33000 et seq.) to allow the commission to exercise redevelopment powers in unincorporated county areas adjoining the city with the consent and approval of the county.
E. The city, as a charter city, has adopted its Ordinance No. 6525, establishing certain procedures for the consideration and possible approval of redevelopment plans for territory of the city adjoining that of the county. (Ord. 93-0058 § 1 (part), 1993.)

The county’s unincorporated territory which may be subject to the redevelopment powers to be exercised by the commission shall be those properties identified as those seven parcels bordered by the city of Pasadena city boundary on the west, Colorado Boulevard on the south, Sycamore Avenue on the east, and Walnut Street on the north (hereinafter the “county territory”). (Ord. 93-0058 § 1 (part), 1993.)

A. Upon the effective date of the ordinance codified in Part 9 of this chapter, the county does hereby approve and authorize the commission to undertake and administer the preparation and approval of the redevelopment plan for the county territory and adjoining city territory.
B. Except as conditioned in this section and except as provided in Section 2.60.530, upon the effective date of the ordinance codified in Part 9 of this chapter, the county of Los Angeles does and will continue to authorize the commission to undertake and administer redevelopment of the county territory in all respects authorized under the redevelopment plan to the extent not inconsistent with the Community Redevelopment Law (California Health and Safety Code §§ 33000 et seq.).
C. The county authorization under this section shall be conditioned upon the following:
1. The approval by the board of supervisors of the redevelopment plan as adopted by the commission and city; and,
2. The execution of an agreement between the county and the commission, whereby the county and commission reflect the contribution of each of them in the redevelopment process and to mitigate certain effects of redeveloping the area covered by the redevelopment plan through the distribution of revenues which may be received by the commission.
D. The county does hereby authorize and does bind itself to continually authorize the commission to receive a specific statutorily computed allocation of tax increment revenues from the properties within the county territory; provided, however, that the redevelopment plan or any amendment thereto contains the requisite provision for capturing tax increment revenues pursuant to Health and Safety Code § 33670; and further provided that the commission executes an agreement authorized under Health and Safety Code § 33401 or other relevant statutes to alleviate the financial burden and detriment caused to the county or any of the taxing entities governed by the board of supervisors. (Ord. 93-0058 § 1 (part), 1993.)

The county hereby retains the following rights which shall not be subject to control of the commission or city:
A. The county shall maintain its general plan and zoning designations of the county territory to be conforming with the proposed redevelopment plan.
B. The county shall maintain authority and control over the development of any real property owned or leased by the county within the area covered by the redevelopment plan, which authority and control shall not be subject to the approval or control of the commission, except with the written consent of the board of supervisors.
C. The county shall accept and retain the responsibility for the provision of all municipal services including police and fire protection, enforcement of building, fire, zoning, review of plans, issuance of all permits, and property inspection. (Ord. 93-0058 § 1 (part), 1993.)

The board of supervisors hereby authorizes the chief administrative officer to take such other and further action and to execute such documents as are necessary to carry out the purposes of Part 9 of this chapter. (Ord. 93-0058 § 1 (part), 1993.)

A. The county hereby reaffirms the findings, determinations and authorization found in Section 2.60.500 and Section 2.60.520.
B. The county hereby approves the Redevelopment Plan for the Halstead/Sycamore Redevelopment Project as adopted by the city of Pasadena on November 16, 1993 by Ordinance No. 6563, and which provides for the redevelopment of property which is partially in the territorial boundaries of the city and partially in the unincorporated areas of the county. (Ord. 93-0083 § 1, 1993.)

The board of supervisors hereby finds and declares as follows:
A. Certain portions of the city of Azusa (“city”) are physically and economically related to adjoining portions of the unincorporated territory of the county of Los Angeles (“county”).
B. The city and the Azusa Redevelopment Agency (“agency”) have proposed to consider the adoption of an amendment to the Redevelopment Plans for the Merged Central Business District and West End Redevelopment Projects (“redevelopment plans”), which will authorize the redevelopment of property which is partially in the territorial boundaries of the city and partially in the unincorporated areas of the county.
C. Participation in the redevelopment efforts of the agency with regard to the adjoining property in the county’s unincorporated territory may be of benefit to both the county and city.
D. The county and the city have the authority under the California Community Redevelopment Law (California Health and Safety Code Section 33000 et seq.) to allow the agency to exercise redevelopment powers in unincorporated county areas adjoining the city with the consent and approval of the county.
E. The city, as a general law city, has established certain procedures for the consideration and possible approval of redevelopment plans for territory of the city adjoining that of the county. (Ord. 2001-0006 § 1 (part), 2001.)

The county’s unincorporated territory which may be subject to the redevelopment powers to be exercised by the agency shall be those three parcels located on the northeast corner of Arrow Highway and Azusa Avenue and identified by Assessor’s Parcel Numbers 8621-024-001, 8621-024-002, and 8521-024-017 (hereinafter the “county territory”). (Ord. 2001-0006 § 1 (part), 2001.)

A. Upon the effective date of the ordinance codified in Part 10 of this chapter, the county does hereby approve and authorize the agency to undertake and administer the preparation and approval of the redevelopment plan for the county territory and adjoining city territory.
B. Except as conditioned in this section and except as provided in Section 2.60.590, upon the effective date of the ordinance codified in Part 10 of this chapter, the county of Los Angeles does and will continue to authorize the agency to undertake and administer redevelopment of the county territory in all respects authorized under the redevelopment plan to the extent not inconsistent with the California Community Redevelopment Law (California Health and Safety Code Section 33000 et seq.).
C. The county authorization under this section shall be conditioned upon the approval by ordinance by the board of supervisors, of the redevelopment plan as adopted by the agency and city.
D. The county does hereby authorize and does bind itself to continually authorize the agency to receive a specific statutorily computed allocation of tax increment revenues from the properties within the county territory; provided, however, that the redevelopment plan or any amendment thereto contains the requisite provision for capturing tax increment revenues pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section 33670. (Ord. 2001-0006 § 1 (part), 2001.)

The county hereby retains the following rights which shall not be subject to control of the agency or city:
A. The county shall maintain its general plan and zoning designations of the county territory to be conforming with the proposed redevelopment plan.
B. The county shall maintain authority and control over the development of any real property owned or leased by the county within the area covered by the redevelopment plan, which authority and control shall not be subject to the approval or control of the agency, except with the written consent of the board of supervisors.
C. The county shall accept and retain the responsibility for the provision of all municipal services including police and fire protection, enforcement of building, fire, zoning, review of plans, issuance of all permits, and property inspection. (Ord. 2001-0006 § 1 (part), 2001.)

The board of supervisors hereby authorizes the chief administrative officer to take such other and further action and to execute such documents as are necessary to carry out the purposes of Part 10 of this chapter. (Ord. 2001-0006 § 1 (part), 2001.)

A. The county reaffirms the findings, determinations and authorization found in Section 2.60.560 and Section 2.60.580.
B. The county approves the amendment to the redevelopment plan for the Merged Project Area adopted by the city of Azusa on October 6, 2003 by Ordinance No. 03-06, which includes the redevelopment of county territory contiguous to the territorial boundaries of the city. (Ord. 2004-0004 § 1, 2004.)

The purposes and intent of the Board of Supervisors with respect to the area located within the unincorporated territory of the County of Los Angeles, known as the Whiteside area (“Project Area”) as designated in the Redevelopment Plan (“Plan”) for the Whiteside Redevelopment Project (“Project”), are to eliminate the conditions of blight, as defined by the California Redevelopment Law (“CRL”) (Health and Safety Code section 33000, et seq.), existing in the Project Area and to prevent the recurrence of deteriorating conditions in the Project Area. The Board of Supervisors proposes to eliminate such conditions and prevent their recurrence by providing, pursuant to the Plan, for the planning, development, replanning, redesign, redevelopment, reconstruction, and rehabilitation of the Project Area; and by providing for such facilities as may be appropriate or necessary in the interest of the general welfare, in accordance with the General Plan of the County of Los Angeles (“General Plan”) and other planning documents promulgated pursuant thereto as may be adopted or amended from time to time. The Board of Supervisors proposes to:
A. Encourage the redevelopment of the Project Area subject to and consistent with the General Plan and/or specific development plans as may be adopted from time to time through the cooperation of private enterprise and public agencies;
B. Enhance the long-term economic well-being of the Project Area;
C. Provide public infrastructure improvements and community facilities, such as the installation, construction, and/or reconstruction of streets, utilities, public buildings and facilities, storm drains, utility undergrounding, street lighting, landscaping, and other improvements which are necessary for the effective redevelopment of the Project Area;
D. Provide for participation in the redevelopment of property in the Project Area, where feasible, by owners who agree to so participate in conformity with the Plan;
E. Encourage joint and cooperative efforts among property owners, businesses, and public agencies to achieve desirable economic development goals and programs and to reduce or eliminate deteriorating conditions;
F. Increase, improve, and preserve the community’s supply of affordable housing within and outside of the Project Area; and
G. Acquire real property.
These actions will assist in the elimination of conditions of blight in the Project Area through necessary means and will prevent their reoccurrence through the undertaking of all appropriate redevelopment projects and programs outlined in the Plan and pursuant to the CRL. (Ord. 2006-0075 § 1 (part), 2006.)

Based on the evidence in the record, including, but not limited to, the Report of the Community Development Commission of the County of Los Angeles (“Commission”) to the Board of Supervisors on the Plan (“Report to the Board of Supervisors”) prepared in accordance with Health and Safety Code section 33352, and all documents referenced therein, and evidence and testimony received at the joint public hearing on adoption of the Plan, the Board of Supervisors hereby makes the following findings and determinations:
A. The Project Area is a blighted area, the redevelopment of which is necessary to effectuate the public purposes declared in the CRL. This finding is based on the following facts, as more particularly set forth in the Report to the Board of Supervisors. Portions of the Project Area are characterized by buildings in which it is unsafe or unhealthy to live or work due to the fact they are deteriorated or dilapidated and/or they exhibit defective design or physical construction characteristics. The Project Area exhibits factors that prevent or substantially hinder the economically viable use or capacity of buildings or lots, including advanced building age, parking deficiencies, poor site conditions, and site deficiencies; and commercial and industrial buildings that are inadequate in size compared to contemporary standards, and that are located on lots that are of irregular shape and inadequate size and in multiple ownership. The Project Area contains incompatible land uses, primarily industrial uses located adjacent to residential uses, that negatively affect the economic use of the adjacent and surrounding properties. Portions of the Project Area display economic maladjustment evidenced by stagnant property values and impaired investments evidenced by low residential, commercial, and industrial property sales and abnormally low lease rates. The Project Area also exhibits residential overcrowding and a lack of necessary commercial facilities to serve the community. The Project Area has a high crime rate that constitutes a threat to the public safety and welfare. In addition, portions of the Project Area include significant infrastructure deficiencies which impede the private sector’s ability to develop and rehabilitate the area. These significant blighting conditions constitute a serious physical and economic burden on the County which cannot reasonably be expected to be reversed or alleviated by private enterprise or governmental action, or both, without redevelopment.
B. The Plan will assist in the redevelopment of the Project Area in conformity with the CRL and in the interests of the public peace, health, safety, and welfare. This finding is based upon the fact that the purposes of the CRL would be attained by implementing the Plan to eliminate conditions of blight in the Project Area and to prevent their reoccurrence through the implementation of the Commission’s on-going projects and programs in conjunction with other agencies’ public and private projects and programs.
C. The adoption and carrying out of the Plan is economically sound and feasible. This finding is based on the fact that under the Plan the Commission will be authorized to seek and utilize a variety of potential financing resources, including property tax increment revenues; that the nature and timing of public redevelopment assistance within the Project Area will continue to depend upon the amount and availability of such financing resources, including tax increment generated by new investment in the Project Area; that under the Plan no public redevelopment activity can be undertaken unless the Commission can demonstrate that it has adequate revenue to finance the activity; and, that the financing plan included within the Report to the Board of Supervisors demonstrates that sufficient financial resources will be available to carry out the implementation of the Plan. The Plan will allow flexibility within the Project Area to address the most pressing needs and to respond to market forces more effectively. The Plan is consistent with the General Plan, including, but not limited to, the Housing Element of the General Plan, which General Plan substantially complies with the requirements of Article 10.6 (commencing with section 65580) of Chapter 3 of Division 1 of Title 7 of the Government Code. This finding is based upon the General Plan and the findings of the Regional Planning Commission of the County of Los Angeles (“Planning Commission”) that the Plan conforms to the General Plan as set forth in its resolution adopted in 2005.
D. The carrying out of the Plan would promote the public peace, health, safety, and welfare of the County and would effectuate the purposes and policies of the CRL. This finding is based on the fact that redevelopment will benefit the Project Area as a whole by correcting conditions of blight and by coordinating public and private actions to stimulate development and improve the economic and physical conditions of the Project Area.
E. The condemnation of real property within the Project Area, as described in the Plan, may be necessary for the overall execution of the Plan, and adequate provisions have been made for payment for property to be acquired as provided by law. This finding is based upon the facts set forth in the Plan and the Report to the Board of Supervisors, in particular, that without limited eminent domain authority, the Commission’s redevelopment efforts may be impaired. The Plan authorizes the Commission to use eminent domain within the Project Area to acquire properties, but does not authorize the Commission to use eminent domain to acquire any properties on which any person resides. This finding is further based on the fact that in connection with the acquisition of property by the Commission, the Commission will comply with all applicable provisions of the California Eminent Domain Law (Code of Civil Procedure section 1230.010 et seq.) and the California Relocation and Real Property Acquisition Law (Government Code section 7260 et seq.), including provisions requiring the payment of just compensation.
F. The Commission has a feasible method and plan for the relocation of families and persons who might be displaced, temporarily or permanently, from housing facilities in the Project Area. The Commission also has a feasible method and plan for relocation of businesses. This finding is based upon the fact that the Commission has prepared a method and plan for relocation of families, persons, and businesses that may be displaced by Commission projects. The relocation plan prepared for the Project Area as outlined in the Report to the Board of Supervisors provides for relocation assistance, including relocation payments, within the Project Area and such assistance constitutes a feasible method for relocation under state and federal law.
G. There are, or shall be provided, in the Project Area or in other areas not generally less desirable in regard to public utilities and public and commercial facilities and at rents or prices within the financial means of the families and persons who might be displaced from the Project Area, decent, safe, and sanitary dwellings. The number of such dwellings to be provided shall be equal in number to the number of such displaced families and persons and shall be available to such displaced families and persons and reasonably accessible to their places of employment. Families and persons shall not be displaced prior to the adoption of a relocation plan pursuant to Health and Safety Code sections 33411 and 33411.1. Dwelling units housing persons and families of low or moderate income shall not be removed or destroyed prior to the adoption of a replacement housing plan pursuant to Health and Safety Code sections 33334.5, 33413, and 33413.5. The above findings are based on the provisions of the Plan which require that no families and persons of low and moderate income shall be displaced until there is a suitable housing unit available and ready for occupancy by such displaced families or persons at rents comparable to those at the time of their displacement, and that dwelling units housing persons and families of low or moderate income shall not be removed or destroyed prior to the adoption of a replacement housing plan pursuant to Health and Safety Code sections 33334.5, 33413, and 33413.5.
H. The finding and determination required by Health and Safety Code section 33367(d)(9) is not warranted for the Plan because the Project Area does not contain any noncontiguous areas.
I. Inclusion of areas containing lands, buildings, or improvements which are not in a co