The Committee on Military and Veterans Affairs, chaired by Archuleta and including Senators Grove, McNerney, Menjivar, and Umberg, advances SB 855 to authorize the Director of General Services, with the approval of the Adjutant General, to transfer, exchange, or sell seven named armory properties in California, operating within the existing framework that governs armory dispositions and requires legislative approval.
The seven properties covered are: Atascadero Armory (approximately four acres at 6501 Olmeda Avenue, Atascadero); Eureka Armory (approximately 4.38 acres at 3517 W Street, Eureka); Gilroy Armory (approximately two acres at 8490 Wren Avenue, Gilroy); Lodi Armory (approximately 1.75 acres at 333 N Washington Street, Lodi); Montebello Armory (approximately one acre at 224 S Taylor Avenue, Montebello); Porterville Armory (approximately 4.7 acres at 29 N Plano Street, Porterville); and San Bruno Armory (approximately 1.97 acres at 455 3rd Avenue, San Bruno). The bill authorizes disposition by transfer, exchange, or sale for these properties, subject to the same provisions that apply to armory real-property transactions.
Proceeds from any disposition remain deposited into the Armory Fund and are available, upon legislative appropriation, for armory-related uses. The authority to disposition these properties is stated to operate notwithstanding other laws, but remains tied to Section 435 of the Military and Veterans Code and the Armory Fund framework. The bill does not specify appraisal standards, bidding procedures, environmental or historical reviews, or post-disposition transition plans within its text, and does not create new appropriations; fiscal considerations are anticipated to be reviewed by the Fiscal Committee.
In terms of scope and process, SB 855 narrows disposal authority to seven enumerated armories and adds transfer and exchange to permissible actions, all under DGS oversight with Adjutant General approval. It preserves the core funding mechanism via the Armory Fund while leaving implementation details and timelines to established processes and future legislative action for appropriations. The bill’s approach maintains the existing relationship between dispositions, fund uses, and oversight, without detailing procedural steps or local-community analytics.
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The Committee on Military and Veterans Affairs, chaired by Archuleta and including Senators Grove, McNerney, Menjivar, and Umberg, advances SB 855 to authorize the Director of General Services, with the approval of the Adjutant General, to transfer, exchange, or sell seven named armory properties in California, operating within the existing framework that governs armory dispositions and requires legislative approval.
The seven properties covered are: Atascadero Armory (approximately four acres at 6501 Olmeda Avenue, Atascadero); Eureka Armory (approximately 4.38 acres at 3517 W Street, Eureka); Gilroy Armory (approximately two acres at 8490 Wren Avenue, Gilroy); Lodi Armory (approximately 1.75 acres at 333 N Washington Street, Lodi); Montebello Armory (approximately one acre at 224 S Taylor Avenue, Montebello); Porterville Armory (approximately 4.7 acres at 29 N Plano Street, Porterville); and San Bruno Armory (approximately 1.97 acres at 455 3rd Avenue, San Bruno). The bill authorizes disposition by transfer, exchange, or sale for these properties, subject to the same provisions that apply to armory real-property transactions.
Proceeds from any disposition remain deposited into the Armory Fund and are available, upon legislative appropriation, for armory-related uses. The authority to disposition these properties is stated to operate notwithstanding other laws, but remains tied to Section 435 of the Military and Veterans Code and the Armory Fund framework. The bill does not specify appraisal standards, bidding procedures, environmental or historical reviews, or post-disposition transition plans within its text, and does not create new appropriations; fiscal considerations are anticipated to be reviewed by the Fiscal Committee.
In terms of scope and process, SB 855 narrows disposal authority to seven enumerated armories and adds transfer and exchange to permissible actions, all under DGS oversight with Adjutant General approval. It preserves the core funding mechanism via the Armory Fund while leaving implementation details and timelines to established processes and future legislative action for appropriations. The bill’s approach maintains the existing relationship between dispositions, fund uses, and oversight, without detailing procedural steps or local-community analytics.
| Ayes | Noes | NVR | Total | Result |
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| 80 | 0 | 0 | 80 | PASS |
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