Todd Gloria‘s bill requiring California to dispose of its 1960s-era downtown office building and surrounding parking lots to make way for housing passed the state Assembly on Friday.
Assembly Bill 1164 passed 75-0 and went to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s desk for his signature.
“Right now, the state occupies two city blocks in downtown San Diego with a hazardous and crumbling building and blighted surface parking lots. This is prime real estate that could be used to build affordable housing and get our homeless off the street,” said Gloria, a state Assemblyman and candidate for San Diego mayor.
His bill would direct the state Department of General Services to dispose of the building and its parking lots.
The properties consist of almost two full city blocks, located on Front and State Streets bound by A Street and Ash Street. Specifically, the bill would deem all properties as surplus and start the process for disposal.
The San Diego State Office Building was constructed in 1963. Sixteen state agencies operate in the building, but only half of the usable space is currently occupied and the current occupants are seeking to relocate.
