As used in this article, the following definitions shall apply: (a) (1) âLocal agencyâ means every city, whether organized under general law or by charter, county, city and county, district, including school, sewer, water, utility, and local and regional park districts of any kind or class, joint powers authority, successor agency to a former redevelopment agency, housing authority, or other political subdivision of this state and any instrumentality thereof that is empowered to acquire and hold real property. (2) The Legislature finds and declares that the term âdistrictâ as used in this article includes all districts within the state, including, but not limited to, all special districts, sewer, water, utility, and local and regional park districts, and any other political subdivision of this state that is a district, and therefore the changes in paragraph (1) made by the act adding this paragraph that specify that the provisions of this article apply to all districts, including school, sewer, water, utility, and local and regional park districts of any kind or class, are declaratory of, and not a change in, existing law. (b) (1) âSurplus landâ means land owned in fee simple by any local agency for which the local agencyâs governing body takes formal action in a regular public meeting declaring that the land is surplus and is not necessary for the agencyâs use. Land shall be declared either âsurplus landâ or âexempt surplus land,â as supported by written findings, before a local agency may take any action to dispose of it consistent with an agencyâs policies or procedures. A local agency, on an annual basis, may declare multiple parcels as âsurplus landâ or âexempt surplus land.â (2) âSurplus landâ includes land held in the Community Redevelopment Property Trust Fund pursuant to Section 34191.4 of the Health and Safety Code and land that has been designated in the long-range property management plan approved by the Department of Finance pursuant to Section 34191.5 of the Health and Safety Code, either for sale or for future development, but does not include any specific disposal of land to an identified entity described in the plan. (3) Nothing in this article prevents a local agency from obtaining fair market value for the disposition of surplus land consistent with Section 54226. (4) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), a local agency is not required to make a declaration at a public meeting for land that is âexempt surplus landâ pursuant to subparagraph (A), (B), (E), (K), (L), or (Q) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (f) if the local agency identifies the land in a notice that is published and available for public comment, including notice to the entities identified in subdivision (a) of Section 54222, at least 30 days before the exemption takes effect. (c) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), âagencyâs useâ shall include, but not be limited to, land that is being used, or is planned to be used pursuant to a written plan adopted by the local agencyâs governing board, for agency work or operations, including, but not limited to, utility sites, property owned by a port that is used to support logistics uses, watershed property, land being used for conservation purposes, land for demonstration, exhibition, or educational purposes related to greenhouse gas emissions, sites for broadband equipment or wireless facilities, and buffer sites near sensitive governmental uses, including, but not limited to, waste disposal sites, and wastewater treatment plants. âAgencyâs useâ by a local agency that is a district shall also include land disposed for uses described in subparagraph (B) of paragraph (2). (2) (A) âAgencyâs useâ shall not include commercial or industrial uses or activities, including nongovernmental retail, entertainment, or office development. Property disposed of for the sole purpose of investment or generation of revenue shall not be considered necessary for the
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