How well do you know redevelopment in San Diego? This quiz, originally prepared for a training session with the League of Women Voters, will help you find out. Click on the blue answer to reveal the correct choices.

1. The San Diego Redevelopment Agency is (choose one):

  1. a state agency
  2. a city agency
  3. a joint powers agency
  4. all of the above
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2. The Centre City Development Corporation (CCDC) is one of San Diego’s redevelopment agencies. True or false?

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3. CCDC and the Southeastern Economic Development Corporation (SEDC) are best described as (choose one):

  1. a 501(c)(3) charitable nonprofit corporation wholly owned by the San Diego Redevelopment Agency
  2. a 501(c)(3) charitable nonprofit corporation wholly owned by the city of San Diego
  3. a 501(c)(6) lobbying corporation wholly owned by the San Diego Redevelopment Agency
  4. a for-profit development corporation chartered by the State of California
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4. The San Diego Redevelopment Agency Board of Directors consists of (choose one):

  1. members appointed by the City Council
  2. members appointed by the Mayor
  3. the members of the City Council
  4. members elected by residents in the project areas
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5. The relationship between the San Diego Redevelopment Agency and the city of San Diego is best described as (choose one):

  1. the redevelopment agency is an agency of the city
  2. the redevelopment agency is a contractor to the city
  3. the city is an agency of the redevelopment agency
  4. the city is a contractor to the redevelopment agency
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6. San Diego has how many current (active) redevelopment project areas (choose one)?

  1. two (the original downtown area plus the 1993 expanded area)
  2. two (one for CCDC and one for SEDC)
  3. three (one for CCDC, one for SEDC, and one for the city)
  4. eight (one for each City Council district)
  5. 17
  6. 128
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7. San Diego’s redevelopment project areas expire when (choose one):

  1. all expire at the end of 2032
  2. all expire at the end of 2024, except downtown expires at the end of 2032
  3. each expires after the City Council passes a resolution directing the conclusion of that project area’s collection of tax increment revenues
  4. project areas adopted prior to 1994 expire 30 years after being adopted, and project areas adopted in 1994 and later expire 40 years after being adopted
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8. What is a redevelopment agency’s revenue source for revitalizing a project area? (choose one)

  1. all the property taxes collected in the project area
  2. all the locally collected taxes (property, sales, hotel/motel, utility, etc.) in the project area
  3. all the increases in property taxes in the project area resulting from new development, property improvements, and appreciation after the project area is designated
  4. all the increases in locally collected taxes (property, sales, hotel/motel, utility, etc.) in the project area resulting from enhanced economic activity after the project area is designated
  5. special assessments to pay off bonds
  6. c. and e.
  7. d. and e.
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9. Senate Bill 863, the state budget amendment that lifts the cap on collecting downtown redevelopment revenues, is (choose one):

  1. a good deal for the city of San Diego
  2. a bad deal for the County of San Diego
  3. neither a good deal nor a bad deal for San Diego schools
  4. a bad deal for the State of California
  5. all of the above
  6. none of the above
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10. Senate Bill 863 specifically authorizes using redevelopment revenue to build a football stadium downtown. True or false?

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bonus question. Which of the following organizations have formally called for a reorganization of the San Diego Redevelopment Agency, specifically asking that a professional, rather than the mayor, serve as the Agency Executive Director? (choose all that apply)

  1. the League of Women Voters San Diego
  2. the San Diego City Council
  3. the San Diego Grand Jury
  4. the Strong Mayor Charter Review Committee
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Michael Jenkins practiced law in the area of redevelopment, retiring in late 2009; before that, he served as Assistant Director of the city of San Diego’s Community and Economic Development Department, and previously was the Redevelopment Agency Deputy Executive Director. He lives near San Diego State.

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