CA Food & Agric Code Section 4101.2

(a)

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the California Science Center, with the approval of the Director of General Services, may enter into a long-term lease agreement, not to exceed 40 years, with terms and conditions determined by the director to be in the best interest of the state, with the Los Angeles Unified School District to convert the Armory and surrounding land in or near Exposition Park to a demonstration mathematics and science-based school.

(b)

For the purposes of carrying out subdivision (a), all of the following requirements apply:

(1)

Plans shall be developed by the Los Angeles Unified School District for the conversion described in subdivision (a).

(2)

The Los Angeles Unified School District shall demonstrate to the Director of General Services that it has sufficient funds, from sources other than the California Science Center, to complete the conversion.

(3)

The Los Angeles Unified School District shall give attention to the historical preservation of the Armory in developing plans and completing the conversion.

(4)

All lease documents necessary to complete the conversion shall be approved by the Director of General Services prior to their execution.