Desk Item
PREPARED BY : MATT MORLEY
DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND PUBLIC WORKS
Reviewed by: Assistant Town Manager Town Attorney Finance
MEETING DATE: 09/06/16
ITEM NO : 2
DESK ITEM
COUNCIL AGENDA REPORT
DATE: SEPTEMBER 6 , 2016
TO: MAYOR AND TOWN COUNCIL
FROM: LAUREL PREVETTI , TOWN MANAGER
SUBJECT: ADOPT A RESOLUTION:
A. DECLARING CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY AT 4 N EW YORK AVENUE APN
529 -27 -024 SURPLUS TO THE NEEDS OF THE TOWN.
B. DIRECTING STAFF TO CONDUCT NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS
PURSUANT TO CALIFORNIA GOVERNMENT CODE §54222.
C. DIRECTING STAFF TO E XPLORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR SALE OR LEASE OF
THE PROPERT Y SUBSEQUENT TO CO MPLETION OF THE REQU IRED
NOTIFICATIONS.
REMARKS :
A Councilmember asked staff to provide information about California Senate Bill 1413 (Leno). This bill
has passed both the Senate and the Assembly and is before the Governor for signature. That signature is
expected at any time.
The bill establishes the Teacher Housing Act of 2016. The act provides that school districts can offer
affordable housing (low or very low income levels) on land owned by the school district where residents
are limited to teach ers or school district employees only. Through the development of affordable
housing, the bill allows the school district to “l everage federal, state, and local public, private, and
nonprofit programs and fiscal resources available to housing developers.”
School districts with an interest in pursuing property for this purpose have the first opportunity to
negotiate with the Town through the prescribed California Government Code §54222 process . Los
Gatos School Districts will be noticed directly on the a vailability of this property.
The full language of Senate B ill 1413 is provided as Attachment 2.
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MAYOR AND TOWN COUNCIL
SUBJECT: DECLARING CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY AT 4 NEW YORK AVENUE APN 529 -
27 -024 SURPLUS TO THE NEEDS OF THE TOWN
SEPTEMBER 6 , 2016
Attachment previously received with Staff Report on September 2, 2016 :
1. Resolution
Attachment received with this Desk Item:
2. Senate Bill 1413 full l anguage
ATTACHMENT 2
BILL NUMBER: SB 1413 ENROLLED
BILL TEXT
PASSED THE SENATE AUGUST 29, 2016
PASSED THE ASSEMBLY AUGUST 24, 2016
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY JUNE 16, 2016
AMENDED IN SENATE MAY 10, 2016
AMENDED IN SENATE APRIL 27, 2016
AMENDED IN SENATE APRIL 19, 2016
AMENDED IN SENATE MARCH 30, 2016
INTRODUCED BY Senator Leno
(Coauthors: Assembly Members Chiu and Ting)
FEBRUARY 19, 2016
An act to add Part 14 (commencing with Section 53570) to Division
31 of the Health and Safety Cod e, relating to housing.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 1413, Leno. School districts: employee housing.
Existing law establishes various housing and home loan programs
throughout the state to help low -income families and other specified
groups. Existing law authorizes the governing board of any school
district, when leasing a building for housing of school district
employees, to lease the building for any period they deem necessary.
This bill would authorize a school district to establish and
implement programs, as provided, that address the housing needs of
teachers and school district employees who face challenges in
securing affordable housing.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. (a) The Legislature fi nds and declares that the changes
made by this act are necessary in order to provide affordable
housing opportunities to teachers and other school district
employees.
(b) California places a high value on our public education system,
and the stability o f housing for school employees is critical to the
overall success and stability of each school in California.
(c) The supply of new preschool through grade 12 teachers in
California has hit a 12 -year low, and enrollment in educator
preparation programs has dropped by more than 70 percent over the
last decade, and this shortage most impacts schools serving more
low -income and minority students.
(d) Demand for teachers and staff is projected to grow further as
school districts continue to recover from t he recession and seek to
replace previously eliminated programs and positions. Districts are
also coping with attrition, which averages about 8 percent of all
teachers annually. This attrition includes inevitable retirements, as
fully one -third of Californ ia teachers are over 50 years of age and
10 percent are over 60 years of age, but most attrition is due to
younger teachers leaving.
ATTACHMENT 2
(e) A growing trend driving teacher turnover is the steadily
increasing cost of housing in certain markets. In addition to the
negative emotional and developmental impacts teacher turnover has on
students, the costs borne by school districts to recruit, hire, and
train new teachers each summer is immense. In San Francisco alone,
during the summer of 2015, the school district had to recruit, hire,
and train 700 new teachers. Many cited housing costs as the reason
why the teacher was leaving the school district.
(f) St udents and the community at large are benefited by teachers
living in the community in which they practice their profession. It
ensures stability, community involvement, and stronger ties between
teachers, their students, and their families.
(g) By crea ting affordable housing options for teachers near or on
schoolsites, it also reduces vehicle miles traveled and time away
from teachers' homes, thereby reducing or eliminating commute time.
SEC. 2. Part 14 (commencing with Section 53570) is added to
Div ision 31 of the Health and Safety Code, to read:
PART 14. Teacher Housing Act of 2016
53570. This part may be cited as the Teacher Housing Act of 2016.
53571. (a) The purpose of this part is to facilitate the
acquisition, construction, r ehabilitation, and preservation of
affordable rental housing for teachers and school district employees
to allow teachers or school district employees to access and maintain
housing stability.
(b) A program established under this part shall be restricte d to
"teacher or school district employees."
53572. As used in this part:
(a) "Affordable rental housing" means a rental housing
development, as defined in subdivision (d) of Section 50675.2, with a
majority of its rents restricted to levels that are affordable to
persons and families of low or moderate income, as defined in Section
50093, but neither definition is restrictive to only projects with
five or more units.
(b) "Teacher or school district employ ee" means any person
employed by a unified school district maintaining prekindergarten,
transitional kindergarten, and grades 1 to 12, inclusive, an
elementary school district maintaining prekindergarten, transitional
kindergarten, and grades 1 to 8, inclu sive, or a high school district
maintaining grades 9 to 12, inclusive, including, but not limited
to, certificated and classified staff.
53573. A school district may establish and implement programs
that address the housing needs of teachers and school district
employees who face challenges in securing affordable housing. To the
extent feasible, the school district may establish and implement
programs that, among other things, do the following:
(a) Leverage federal, state, and local public, private, and
nonprofit programs and fiscal resources available to housing
developers.
(b) Promote public and private partnerships.
(c) Foster innovative financing opportunities.
53574. This part specifically creates a state policy supporting
housing for t eachers and school district employees, as described in
Section 42(g)(9) of the Internal Revenue Code, and, further, permits
ATTACHMENT 2
school districts and developers in receipt of local or state funds or
tax credits designated for affordable rental housing to restrict
occupancy to teachers and school district employees on land owned by
school districts, so long as that housing does not violate any other
applicable laws.