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Perspective

Jul. 20, 2011

With budget approved, gutting of redevelopment agencies begins

Two trailer bills attempt to pave the way for redevelopment agencies to continue to operate. By Ursula Hyman and Peter Gutierrez of Latham & Watkins LLP


By Ursula Hyman and Peter Gutierrez


After months of protracted negotiations surrounding California's fiscal crisis, the Legislature finally adopted a budget, which Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law on June 29. Since January, when Brown first floated the idea of eliminating redevelopment agencies to capture their tax increment for use in closing the state's massive funding gap, a cloud of uncertainty has hung over these agencies, limiting their ability to a...

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