In an earlier post today, yours truly noted that the CaliforniaSupreme Court was going to issue a ruling on redevelopment agencies that hadpotential consequences for the state budget. Please look at that post for background details. The opinion (with only one dissent) has nowbeen posted. It may be that theredevelopment agencies will regret a) supporting Prop 22 which supposedlyprotected their funding and b) asking the Court to invalidate the compromisedeal worked out in the legislature.
The Court – based on a non-lawyer reading – seems to saythat 1) the legislature had a right to abolish the agencies but 2) it had noright to require them to pay tribute to avoid being terminated. The court seems also to have delayed the effective termination date. (See pp. 51-52 of the opinion - link below.) So maybe thelegislature will come up with some other deal. Thus, exactly what the eventual consequences for the state budget - and thus the UC budget - may beare uncertain.
The court decision, for those with better legal minds, is athttp://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/opinions/documents/S194861.PDF
A preliminary summary from the Sacramento Bee – which leavesthe above ambiguities intact – is at http://blogs.sacbee.com/capitolalertlatest/2011/12/california-high-court-says-state-can-eliminate-redevelopment.html
The preliminary summary from the San Francisco Chronicle seems to suggest that the redevelopment agencies are gone. I don't think that is quite so - as noted above, the legislature can still work out something: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/12/29/BA6R1MI73D.DTL
The LA Times version is similar to the Chronicle's: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2011/12/california-supreme-court-redevelopment-agency-ruling.html
The LA Business Journal's account refers to possible legislative action to save redevelopment agencies: http://labusinessjournal.com/news/2011/dec/29/court-upholds-brown-plan-dissolve-redevelopment-ag/
Maybe the lesson for all concerned in this case is sometimes its better to leave things alone:
The preliminary summary from the San Francisco Chronicle seems to suggest that the redevelopment agencies are gone. I don't think that is quite so - as noted above, the legislature can still work out something: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/12/29/BA6R1MI73D.DTL
The LA Times version is similar to the Chronicle's: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2011/12/california-supreme-court-redevelopment-agency-ruling.html
The LA Business Journal's account refers to possible legislative action to save redevelopment agencies: http://labusinessjournal.com/news/2011/dec/29/court-upholds-brown-plan-dissolve-redevelopment-ag/
Maybe the lesson for all concerned in this case is sometimes its better to leave things alone:
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