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AB 130 expands Surplus Land Act oversight for K–12 property dispositions, district counsel warns
Summary
Legal counsel told the Inglewood Unified School District asset management committee that AB 130 removes prior K–12 exemptions from the Surplus Land Act, creating parallel public‑offering and NOA timelines and giving priority negotiation rights to affordable‑housing developers meeting a 25% threshold; members pressed for clarification on valuation, waivers and educational exemptions.
Legal counsel explained to the Inglewood Unified School District Asset Management Committee on Aug. 26 that recently enacted AB 130 changes how the district must handle surplus properties and exchanges, adding state‑level notice and timeline obligations that could affect how the district disposes of closed school sites.
Serene Aberhanian, legal counsel with Orbach, Huff & Henderson LLP, told the committee the key change is that properties considered through the district’s 7/11 committee process or potential exchange transactions are no longer categorically exempt from the Surplus Land Act (SLA). "Those exemptions have been removed," she said, meaning the district must run its K–12 public‑offering process in…
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