Opinion No. (2005)

BILL LOCKYER Attorney General MARC J. NOLAN Deputy Attorney General THE HONORABLE JOHN FELLOWS, CITY PROSECUTING ATTORNEY, CITY OF TORRANCE, has requested an opinion on the following question: May an adult, non-dependent child of a member of a redevelopment agency purchase real property within the agency's redevelopment project area? CONCLUSION An adult, non-dependent child of a member of a redevelopment agency may purchase real property within the agency's redevelopment project area provided that the member does not obtain a direct or indirect financial interest in the property as a result of the purchase. ANALYSIS The Legislature has adopted a comprehensive scheme, known as the Community Redevelopment Law (Health Saf. Code, §§ 33000-33855), 1 "to protect and promote the sound development and redevelopment of blighted areas and the general welfare of the inhabitants of communities in which they exist. . . ." (§ 33037 , subd. (a); see Redevelopment Agency v. Rados Bros. (2001) 95 Cal.App.4th 309 , 314 ). "There is in each community a public body, corporate and politic, known as the redevelopment agency of the community." (§ 33100 ; see 82 Ops.Cal.Atty.Gen. 126…