Government Code section 62457
(a)
A downtown revitalization financing plan shall contain a provision that taxes, if any, levied upon opted-in taxable property in the area included within the downtown financing district each year by or for the benefit of the State of California, or the local government, shall be divided, subject to the provisions of Section 53993, as follows:(1)
That portion of the taxes that would be produced by the rate upon which the tax is levied each year by or for the local government upon the total sum of the assessed value of all of the opted-in taxable property in the district, as established pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 62459, shall be allocated to, and when collected shall be paid to, that local government as taxes on all other property are paid.(2)
That portion of the levied taxes each year specified in the adopted downtown revitalization financing plan for the local government in excess of the amount specified in paragraph (1) shall be allocated to, and when collected shall be paid into a special fund of, the district for all lawful purposes of the district. Unless and until the total assessed valuation of the opted-in taxable property in a district exceeds the total assessed value of the opted-in taxable property in the district as shown by the last equalized assessment rolls referred to in paragraph (1), all of the taxes levied and collected upon the opted-in taxable property in the district shall be paid to the local government. When the district ceases to exist pursuant to the adopted downtown revitalization financing plan, all moneys thereafter received from taxes upon the opted-in taxable property in the district shall be allocated to, and, when collected, shall be apportioned to, the local government.(b)
Notwithstanding subdivision (a), where any district boundaries overlap with the boundaries of any former redevelopment project area, any debt or obligation of the district shall be subordinate to any and all enforceable obligations of the former redevelopment agency, as approved by the oversight board and the Department of Finance. For the purposes of this chapter, the division of taxes allocated to the district pursuant to subdivision (a) shall not include any taxes required to be deposited by the county auditor-controller into the Redevelopment Property Tax Trust Fund created pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 34170.5 of the Health and Safety Code.(c)
The governing body may choose to dedicate any portion of its net available revenue, as defined in subdivision (k) of Section 62450, to the district through the downtown revitalization financing plan.(d)
The downtown revitalization financing plan shall not divide revenues that are allocated to other taxing entities that are not part of the local government.(e)
The portion of the incremental tax revenues described in subdivisions (a) and (c) generated by a commercial-to-residential conversion project that can be allocated to the district shall be limited to the incremental tax revenues generated by residential use in the project, with residential use measured based on square footage.
Source:
Section 62457, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=GOV§ionNum=62457. (updated Jan. 1, 2026; accessed Dec. 15, 2025).
