Government Code section 14670.9

(a)

Notwithstanding Section 11011 and 14670, and Section 118 of the Streets and Highways Code, the Director of General Services, with the approval of the State Public Works Board, may lease for a period of no longer than 66 years, to the City of San Jose, the County of Santa Clara, or a public authority formed by the City of San Jose or the County of Santa Clara, the following real property:
Approximately 102 acres of vacant land located in the northerly side of the east campus of Agnews State Hospital, County of Santa Clara. The southerly line of this parcel shall be located on Center Road.
The lease shall be for current market value and upon those terms and conditions and with such reservations and exception which in his or her opinion may be in the best interest of the state. The lease shall not permit the construction of any permanent building within 400 feet of the nearest hospital building.

(b)

Net revenues generated by the lease of the parcel of Agnews State Hospital land as described in subdivision (a), shall be deposited as follows:

(1)

Fifty percent in the General Fund.

(2)

Fifty percent in the special account of the Department of Developmental Services.
“Net revenues,” as used in this section, means cash and the cash value of any compensation other than cash.
It is the intent of the Legislature that the appropriations from this account shall be for the purposes of nonrecurring expenditures within the State Department of Developmental Services such as capital expenditures for developmental centers and startup of new state or private developmental services facilities.

(c)

Notice of every public auction or bid opening shall be posted on the property to be leased and shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation published in the county in which the real property to be leased is situated. The lease of property pursuant to this section is exempt from the provisions of Section 21100 to 21174, inclusive, of the Public Resources Code.

(d)

As to any property leased pursuant to this section, the Director of General Services shall except and reserve to the state all mineral deposits, as defined in Section 6407 of the Public Resources Code, below a depth of 500 feet, without surface rights of entry.

Source: Section 14670.9, https://leginfo.­legislature.­ca.­gov/faces/codes_displaySection.­xhtml?lawCode=GOV§ionNum=14670.­9.­ (accessed May 9, 2025).

Last Updated

Apr. 24, 2025

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