Linwood seeks covenant swap to clear path for 55 affordable homes
Summary
AB 13 38 would let Linwood move a public‑purpose covenant from a contaminated Caltrans parcel to an adjacent city parcel, freeing the site for mixed‑use development that includes 55 affordable housing units; the city’s manager and the bill author urged the committee to advance the measure.
The Senate Transportation Committee heard AB 13 38, a district bill that would transfer a public‑purpose covenant from a contaminated parcel adjacent to Interstate 105 to a neighboring city‑owned lot to enable mixed‑use development and 55 units of affordable housing. The bill’s sponsor said the swap preserves the covenant’s public intent while unlocking a parcel that has sat vacant and blighted for nearly a decade.
Susia Lowenthal, Linwood’s city manager, told the committee the city has remediated contamination and complied with surplus‑land requirements but cannot remove the deed restriction without legislative help. “Moving the covenant to an adjoining city owned parcel allows us to preserve public purpose while freeing the site for 55 units of affordable housing,” she said. The author asked the committee for an aye vote once a quorum was established; the committee later recorded the bill as passed to the Committee on Appropriations (final roll call recorded in committee minutes).
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