State Supreme Court Upholds Law Nullifying Redevelopment Agencies

RIVERSIDE - The California Supreme Court today affirmed the Legislature's power to abolish redevelopment agencies throughout the state, including Riverside County, but invalidated a law requiring counties and municipalities to pour revenue into state-mandated accounts as a condition of continuing revitalization projects.

The two laws, Assembly bills 1x26 and 1x27, were passed by the Legislature and signed by Gov. Jerry Brown earlier this year.

''Today's ruling by the California Supreme Court validates a key component of the state budget and guarantees more than a billion dollars of ongoing fun...