Leases: renewals: County of Ventura.

Existing law requires a county to follow specified procedures when leasing real property. Under existing law, a county board of supervisors is authorized to prescribe, by ordinance, a procedure alternative to those procedures for the leasing or licensing of any real property belonging to, leased by, or licensed by the county and requires the alternative procedure to include bidding. Existing law provides that leases or licenses of a duration not exceeding 10 years and that have an estimated monthly rent not exceeding a dollar limit that may be established by ordinance of the board, or, if no ordinance is adopted, not exceeding $10,000, may be excluded from those bidding procedures. Under existing law, the lease or license is prohibited from exceeding a term of 10 years and is not renewable. This bill would permit a lease for real property owned by the County of Ventura and located in the City of Simi Valley to also be excluded from those bidding procedures if the lease has an estimated monthly rent not exceeding $10,000, the lessee is a specified nonprofit organization, and the real property subject to the lease is only used for providing medical care, counseling, dental, and legal assistance to individuals and families in need. The bill would require notice to be provided as specified. The bill would prohibit the lease term from exceeding 99 years and would allow the lease to be renewable. This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the County of Ventura.