0974 Pollution Control Financing Authority
Program Descriptions

0870 - CALIFORNIA RECYCLE UNDERUTILIZED SITES (CALReUSE) PROGRAM

The CALReUSE program assists with the reuse and redevelopment of underutilized properties with real or perceived contamination issues (brownfields). CALReUSE addresses a funding and information gap in the development of brownfields to help bring these properties into productive reuse. Beginning in 2000, the CALReUSE Assessment Program provided forgivable loans of up to $300,000 per brownfield site. The funds assisted with brownfield site assessment and characterization, technical assistance, remedial action plans and site access. Eligible projects included sites with potential beneficial reuse not currently redeveloped due to lack of information about real or perceived contamination, uncertainty about clean-up costs, or concerns regarding time frames and the regulatory process.

Additionally, Proposition 1C, the Housing and Emergency Shelter Trust Fund Act of 2006, included provisions to fund brownfield cleanup that resulted in the expansion of CALReUSE. The CALReUSE Remediation Program received $60 million in Proposition 1C funds and is providing up to $5 million per project in loans and grants for the purpose of brownfield cleanup that promotes infill residential and mixed-used development, including affordable housing, consistent with regional and local land use plans.