State property: Department of the California Highway Patrol.

Existing law authorizes the Director of General Services to acquire and convey real property for the state, whenever that transfer of the real property is authorized or contemplated by law. This bill would authorize the director to sell, lease, exchange, or any combination thereof, all or a portion of the Pacific Highway Property, located at 4902 Pacific Highway in the City of San Diego, currently used by the Department of the California Highway Patrol as its San Diego area office, that is specifically declared not to be surplus to the needs of the state, and in return, to acquire land and facilities to provide a substitute location capable of accommodating its presently necessary and received future expansion. The bill would also provide that funds received from the sale, exchange lease, or any combination thereof of the real property would be appropriated to the Department of General Services to expend for the purposes of the bill. The bill would require the director to initially offer the Pacific Highway Property for disposition to the City of San Diego for purposes of a local government-owned facility to be used for affordable housing, and under terms and conditions that provide for continuous operation of the state's facilities at the Pacific Highway Property until relocation is accomplished. The bill would authorize the director, if the City of San Diego is unable to enter into an agreement within 120 days after notice from the Department of General Services, to instead offer the property for disposition to the public through a competitive selection process determined by the director to be in the best interest of the state. The bill would require the Department of General Services to be reimbursed for any reasonable cost or expense incurred in the disposition of the Pacific Highway Property from the proceeds of the disposition. The bill would also require the Department of General Services to obtain approval from the Department of Finance prior to the execution of any disposition agreement regarding the Pacific Highway Property, and to notify the chairperson of the Senate Committee on Appropriations, the chairperson of the Assembly Committee on Appropriations, and the chairperson of the Joint Legislative Budget Committee in writing of the director's intention to enter into a lease or an agreement, as provided.