California Health and Safety Code
§ 33030
HSC § 33030 Effective Jan 1, 2011Div. 24 · Part 1 · Ch. 1 · Art. 3
Statute text
View on leginfo.ca.gov(a)It is found and declared that there exist in many communities blighted areas that constitute physical and economic liabilities, requiring redevelopment in the interest of the health, safety, and general welfare of the people of these communities and of the state.
(b)A blighted area is one that contains both of the following:
(1)An area that is predominantly urbanized, as that term is defined in Section 33320.1, and is an area in which the combination of conditions set forth in Section 33031 is so prevalent and so substantial that it causes a reduction of, or lack of, proper utilization of the area to such an extent that it constitutes a serious physical and economic burden on the community that cannot reasonably be expected to be reversed or alleviated by private enterprise or governmental action, or both, without redevelopment.
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Legislative history
Amended by Stats. 2010, Ch. 665, Sec. 1. (AB 1641) Effective January 1, 2011.