Sac'to ID's These State-Owned Property Parcels In LB For Possible Consideration As Sites For Affordable (Subsidized/Low Income) Housing; See Details

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(April 13, 2019, 12:45 p.m.) -- On the day Gov. Newsom was sworn into office (Jan. 15, 2019), he signed Executive Order N-06-19 directing Sac'to's Dept. of General Services to create an inventory of all state-owned property parcels "in excess of state agencies' foreseeable needs." He then ordered that agency to work with Sac'to's Dept. of Housing and Community Development and Housing Finance Authority to prioritize affordable housing development on those parcels by identifying and evaluating them based on the following:

In Long Beach (apart from leased office space, the Governor-ordered process identified ten state-owned property sites in Long Beach, but several don't seem likely to be deemed "in excess of state agencies' foreseeable needs." These include the DMV office on Willow St., Marine Stadium, downtown LB's Deukmejian Courthouse plus parking structure and CSU Chancellor's office. They also include CSULB's campus (large open spaces but also space-constrained and in parts seismically challenged) as well as the off-campus Belmont Heights residence used by CSULB's President.

Among the ten sites were three state-owned properties currently used by CalTrans (images via CA Dept. of Gen'l Services GIS map at https://spigis.apps.dgs.ca.gov/). It's not immediately clear to what extent, if at all, these might be deemed in excess of the agency's "foreseeable needs" and might otherwise meet the criteria under Governor Newsom's Executive Order regarding use of state-owned properties for affordable (subsidized/low income) housing.

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5510 Willow St. at Bellflower Blvd.: 1.1 acres, used by CalTrans Electrical Crew, next to or underneath the 405 freeway between Bellflower and Los Coyotes Diagonal; has some structures and relocatable storage.)

3726 Pacific Place, CalTrans Maintenance Station, 0.64 acres between Del Mar Ave. and the L.A. river north of the 405 freeway and west of Los Cerritos Park; has some structures and relocatable storage.

22101 Santa Fe Ave. (listed as LB), 3.3 acres, CalTrans Long Beach Maintenance Station, has some structures on it.

[One acre = 43,560 square feet. It's commonly 660 feet by 66 feet but can be any shape.]

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