§ 25365 County Property Transfer Authority

Key Takeaways

•The county can give away or trade stuff it owns (like land or buildings) to other government groups if they don’t need it anymore.
•They can also trade with regular people or companies, but only if it helps fix problems with the county’s property or if they’re getting something better in return.
•If the county is trading with someone who isn’t part of the government, the stuff they’re getting must be worth at least 75% of what they’re giving away.
•They have to tell everyone about the trade by putting a notice in the newspaper at least a week before doing it.

Example

The county has an old empty building it doesn’t need anymore. A school district wants to use it for a new school.

The county can vote (with at least four-fifths agreeing) to give the building to the school district without following the usual rules for selling stuff.

(a) The board of supervisors may, by a four-fifths vote, grant, convey, quitclaim, assign, or otherwise transfer to the state or to any community redevelopment agency, housing authority, community development commission, surplus property authority, federal agency, city, school district, county board of education, special district, joint powers agency, or any other public agency within the county or exchange with those public agencies, any real or personal property, or interest therein belonging to the county upon the terms and conditions as are agreed upon and without complying with any other provisions of this code, if the property or interest therein to be granted and conveyed or quitclaimed is not required for county use or in the event of an exchange, the property to be acquired is required for county use. (b) The board of supervisors may also, by a four-fifths vote, exchange real property with any person, firm, or corporation, for the purpose of removing defects in the title to real property owned by the county, or where the real property to be exchanged is not required for county use and the property to be acquired is required for county use. If the real properties to be exchanged are not of equal value, either party to the exchange may contribute cash or other real property assets, acceptable to the other party, to balance the transaction. The value of any private real property exchanged shall be equal to, or greater than, 75 percent of the value of the county property offered in exchange. The cash or other real property assets to be added to balance the transaction shall not be greater than 25 percent of the value of the county property proposed for exchange. (c) Unless the public agency to which the property is transferred pursuant to this section and the public agency transferring the property are governed by the same county board of supervisors, the transferring board of supervisors shall publish a notice of its intended action pursuant to Section 6061 at least one week prior thereto in a newspaper of general circulation published in the county. (Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 145, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2008.)

Key Takeaways

•The county can give away or trade stuff it owns (like land or buildings) to other government groups if they don’t need it anymore.
•They can also trade with regular people or companies, but only if it helps fix problems with the county’s property or if they’re getting something better in return.
•If the county is trading with someone who isn’t part of the government, the stuff they’re getting must be worth at least 75% of what they’re giving away.
•They have to tell everyone about the trade by putting a notice in the newspaper at least a week before doing it.

Example

The county has an old empty building it doesn’t need anymore. A school district wants to use it for a new school.

The county can vote (with at least four-fifths agreeing) to give the building to the school district without following the usual rules for selling stuff.

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