Successor Agency

The Redevelopment (RDA) of the City of Placentia (“Former Agency”) was established as a community redevelopment agency that was previously organized and existing under the California Community Redevelopment Law, Health and Safety Code Section 33000, et seq., and previously authorized to transact business and exercise powers of a redevelopment agency pursuant to action of the City Council of the City of Placentia. Assembly Bill x1 26 added Parts 1.8 and 1.85 to Division 24 of the California Health and Safety Code, which caused the dissolution of all redevelopment agencies and wind down of the affairs of former agencies, including as such laws were amended by Assembly Bill 1484 and by other subsequent legislation (“Dissolution Law”).

As of February 1, 2012 the Former Agency was dissolved pursuant to the Dissolution Law, and as a separate public entity, corporate and policy the Successor Agency to the City of Placentia (“Successor Agency”) administers the enforcement obligations of the Former Agency and otherwise unwinds the Former Agency’s affairs, all subject to the review and approval by a seven-member oversight board.

Pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section 34179(j) on July 1, 2018 the Orange Countywide Oversight Board (“Oversight Board”) has jurisdiction over the Successor Agency and all other successor agencies in Orange County. The Oversight Board has a fiduciary responsibility to the holders of enforceable obligations and to the taxing entities that benefit from distributions of property tax and other revenues pursuant to Section 34188 of the Dissolution Law. 

Pursuant to Health and Safety Code (“HSC”) 34177 (l), successor agencies are required to prepare and submit a Recognized Obligation Payment Schedule (“ROPS”) detailing each enforceable obligation that requires property tax revenue to satisfy debt of the former Redevelopment Agency for a twelve-month reporting period.  Section 34177(m), 34177(o) and 34179 provide that each ROPS is submitted to, reviewed and approved by the Successor Agency and then reviewed and approved by the Oversight Board. 

Section 34177(l) and 34177(o) of the Dissolution Law requires that the annual ROPS A-B fiscal period of July 1st to June 30th shall be submitted to the State Department of Finance (“DOF”) by the Successor Agency, after approval by the Oversight Board, no later than February 1st of every year. If the ROPS is not submitted by the deadline, the City is subject to a $10,000 fine for every day the ROPS is late and the administrative cost allowance for the Successor Agency is reduced by 25% after 10 days.   

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Recognized Obligation Payment Schedule (ROPS):

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