SB 519: State highways: property leases.

Existing law provides that the Department of Transportation has full possession and control of the state highway system, including associated property. Existing law authorizes the department to lease certain property, including the area above or below a state highway, and certain property held for future highway purposes, to public agencies under specified terms and conditions, including specific provisions governing leases of airspace and other property in the City and County of San Francisco for purposes of an emergency shelter or feeding program, and at a lease cost of $1 per month and payment of an administrative fee not to exceed $500 per year. Existing law also requires that a lease be offered on a right of first refusal by the department to the city and county or a political subdivision of the city and county and authorizes leases of property for park, recreational, or open-space purposes, subject to certain additional terms and conditions.

This bill would authorize the department to offer leases to the Cities of Los Angeles and San Jose on a right of first refusal basis for any airspace under a freeway or certain real property acquired for highway purposes located in each city for purposes of an emergency shelter or feeding program for a lease amount, for up to 10 parcels, of $1 per month, and a payment of an administrative fee not to exceed $500 per year, as specified.