California Public Resources Code 5648 – (a) The local assistance program created by this chapter is …
(a) The local assistance program created by this chapter is intended to include grants for the acquisition or development, or both, of parcels of property of any size that will serve residents of a critically underserved community and otherwise meet the requirements of this chapter. The department shall not assign an application a lower priority on the basis that the application proposes the acquisition of a city lot or other small parcel.
(b) A grant may be expended to acquire the fee title, a leasehold, or other interest in real property. If an application proposes to acquire less than fee title, the applicant shall demonstrate in the application, to the satisfaction of the department, that the proposed project will provide public benefits that are commensurate with the type and duration of the interest in real property to be acquired.
Terms Used In California Public Resources Code 5648
- City: means a city or the City and County of San Francisco. See California Public Resources Code 5642
- Critically underserved community: means a community that meets either of the following:
California Public Resources Code 5642
- department: means the Department of Parks and Recreation and "director" means the Director of Parks and Recreation. See California Public Resources Code 5001.1
- Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
(Amended by Stats. 2008, Ch. 623, Sec. 12. Effective January 1, 2009.)