Anaheim Housing Authority declares 1301 N. Anaheim Blvd. exempt surplus land to seek affordable housing developer
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The Anaheim Housing Authority unanimously declared two parcels at 1301 N. Anaheim Blvd. exempt surplus land, directing staff to pursue developers and planning steps for a roughly 6‑acre site expected to yield at least 300 units with minimum 25% affordability.
The Anaheim Housing Authority voted unanimously on May 14 to declare authority‑owned property at 1301 North Anaheim Boulevard and 401 West Karl Karcher Way as exempt surplus land and to begin the surplus‑land procedures under state law to pursue an affordable housing developer.
City staff told the board the site comprises nearly six acres and that preliminary planning assumes the site could support about 300 housing units, with a minimum of 25% designated as affordable under the stricter affordability tiers referenced in state law. Staff said the minimum affordability requirement qualifies the site for an exemption from the Surplus Land Act process that otherwise constrains how public land is disposed of for housing.
Councilmember Stephen Kurtz, who pulled the item for discussion, asked staff to confirm that the designation would be used to seek an affordable housing developer and to ensure the site could include senior housing. Staff replied that the authorization is to start developer solicitation and that, given proximity to an existing PACE center, they had considered co‑locating senior units. The motion to declare the parcels as exempt surplus land and to begin the statutorily required procedures passed 7‑0.
Staff said additional actions—environmental review under CEQA, formal developer solicitation, and subsequent entitlements and budget approvals—will be brought back to the Authority and council for specific approvals. The declaration is an early, non‑binding step that opens the process to identify interested developers and begin planning, not a final land sale or commitment to a specific project.
