State highways: property leases.

Existing law provides that the Department of Transportation has full possession and control of the state highway system, including associated property. Existing law requires the department, when requested to do so by a city, county, or special district, to lease unoccupied unimproved property that is held for future highway purposes to the city, county, or special district within which the property is located, and requires the lease to be renewable. Existing law authorizes the city, county, or special district to use the leased property first for agricultural and community garden purposes, and 2nd for recreational purposes, and requires the lease amount to be $1 per year for not less than one year. Existing law authorizes the department to lease specified property in the City of San Diego to a city, county, a political subdivision of a city or county, or another state agency for an emergency shelter, a feeding program, or the establishment of a day care center for children, at a lease amount of $1 per month and payment of an administrative fee not to exceed $500 per year, as specified. This bill would authorize the department to lease specified property in the City of San Diego to a city or county, a political subdivision of a city or county, or another state agency, for purposes of an emergency shelter or feeding program.