republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/ab-2492.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Community revitalization."
description: "The Community Redevelopment Law authorizes the establishment of redevelopment agencies in communities to address the effects of blight, as defined, by means of redevelopment projects financed by the issuance of bonds serviced by tax increment revenues derived from the project area. Existing law dissolved redevelopment agencies and community development agencies, as of February 1, 2012, and provides for the designation of successor agencies to wind down the affairs of the dissolved agencies and to fulfill the enforceable obligations of those agencies. Existing law also provides for various economic development programs that foster community sustainability and community and economic development initiatives throughout the state."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 2492"
citation: "California AB 2492 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Community revitalization."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alejo"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 24
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2016-02-19"
last_action: "2016-09-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/96d1e28b-811b-4888-b146-61cf36180070"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2492"
source_hash: "007948c2ed583aaf03b2d49273cad7fd7128c64fe1db115aee6e841c421ae90b"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 2492 (20152016) — Community revitalization.

The Community Redevelopment Law authorizes the establishment of redevelopment agencies in communities to address the effects of blight, as defined, by means of redevelopment projects financed by the issuance of bonds serviced by tax increment revenues derived from the project area. Existing law dissolved redevelopment agencies and community development agencies, as of February 1, 2012, and provides for the designation of successor agencies to wind down the affairs of the dissolved agencies and to fulfill the enforceable obligations of those agencies. Existing law also provides for various economic development programs that foster community sustainability and community and economic development initiatives throughout the state.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/19/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2492&version=20150AB249299INT)
2. **04/14/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2492&version=20150AB249298AMD)
3. **05/12/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2492&version=20150AB249297AMD)
4. **06/30/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2492&version=20150AB249296AMD)
5. **09/23/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2492&version=20150AB249294CHP)
6. **AB2492** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2492)
7. **08/23/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2492&version=20150AB249295ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading AB2492 Alejo By Lara — **28–10** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Local Government] — **5–2** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended — **9–2** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Transportation and Housing] — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- AB 2492 ALEJO Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **55–22** (pass) · lower
- AB 2492 ALEJO Assembly Third Reading — **51–29** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **6–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alejo — primary (person)
- Eduardo Garcia — author (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2016-02-19** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2016-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
- **2016-02-22** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2016-03-08** Referred to Coms. on H. & C.D. and L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-14** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on H. & C.D. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-04-18** Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D. `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-21** Assembly Rule 56 suspended. (Page 4448.)
- **2016-04-21** (pending re-refer to Com. on L. GOV.)
- **2016-04-27** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (April 27). Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-05-05** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (May 4). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-05-09** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-05-12** Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 4779.) `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-05-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 51. Noes 29. Page 5010.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-06-01** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2016-06-09** Referred to Coms. on GOV. & F. and T. & H. `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-15** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on T. & H. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (June 15). Re-referred to Com. on T. & H. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-06-29** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 9. Noes 2.) (June 28). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2016-06-30** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-15** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 28. Noes 10. Page 4986.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-16** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 18 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2016-08-22** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 55. Noes 22. Page 6045.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2016-08-29** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2016-09-23** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-09-23** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 524, Statutes of 2016.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/96d1e28b-811b-4888-b146-61cf36180070`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).