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CONFLICT OF INTEREST-REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION
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12/7/1976
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Community Development
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OPINION 76-11
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OFFICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY <br />OPINION N0. 76-11 <br />December 7, 1976 <br />SUBJECT: Conflict of Interest--Redevelopment Commission <br />REQUESTED BY: Executive Director, Redevelopment Agency <br />OPINION BY: Keith L. Gow, City Attorney <br />Richard E. Lay, Deputy <br />QUESTION: What conflict of interest problems are presented <br />to a Member of the Redevelopment Commission who <br />also is a real estate salesman with sale oppor- <br />tunities in the project area? <br />ANSWER: The Member should make immediate disclosure of any <br />right he may acquire to receive a sales commission <br />from sale of property anywhere in the project area. <br />The Member should disqualify himself from partici- <br />pating in any decision to be made by the Redevelop- <br />ment Commission which could affect the purchase <br />price of any property in which either the Member <br />or the broker with whom he is associated has <br />obtained a right to receive brokerage fees or sales <br />commission and the purchase price of the property <br />has not yet been fixed. <br />I <br />GENERAL <br />Both the Community Redevelopment Law (Health and Safety <br />Code Sections 33130-33130.5) and the Political Reform Act of 1974 <br />(Government Code Sections 87100-87312) impose conflict of inter- <br />est requirements on members of the Redevelopment Commission. <br />The two laws set forth requirements which are quite <br />distinct from each other and which must be analyzed separately. <br />The Redevelopment Law contains two primary restrictions: (1) <br />an absolute prohibition against acquisition of "any interest in <br />any property within a project area;" and (2) a requirement that <br />a Redevelopment officer immediately disclose any property in the <br />project area which he "owns" or in which he has "any direct or <br />indirect financial interest." <br />The Political Reform Act, on the other hand, is, for the <br />present time, concerned only with insuring that public officials <br />
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