Opinion No. (1998)

DANIEL E. LUNGREN Attorney General ANTHONY M. SUMMERS Deputy Attorney General THE HONORABLE WILLIAM A. CRAVEN, MEMBER OF THE CALIFORNIA SENATE, has requested an opinion on the following questions: 1. What was the deadline for a community redevelopment agency to transfer to a housing authority "excess surplus" money in its Low and Moderate Income Housing Fund identified as of July 1, 1994? 2. Does Health and Safety Code section 33334.2 permit a community redevelopment agency to spend money in its Low and Moderate Income Housing Fund outside the boundaries of the community? 3. When a community redevelopment agency uses a nonprofit corporation to administer its housing activities, is the corporation required to comply with the same laws and regulations as the agency, including open meeting laws, acquisition and relocation requirements, and public bidding and prevailing wage statutes? 4. If a community redevelopment agency's activities with respect to the use of money in its Low and Moderate Income Housing Fund are not permitted by state law, what remedies exist for state agencies, local agencies, and private citizens to require a redevelopment agency's compliance with state law?…