The California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) released Surplus Land Act guidelines. Beginning Jan. 1, 2021, local agencies are required to send, and HCD is required to review, negotiation summaries for each surplus land transaction in the state. HCD is also required to notify local agencies of violations and may notify the Attorney General and assess fines, as necessary.
Given the expanded role HCD will assume in implementation, Surplus Land Act Guidelines have been made available to help local agencies subject to the law understand the new procedures for disposing of surplus land and the new compliance mechanisms adopted to enforce the law.
