State of California • Department of Transportation
News Release
Date: March 19, 2024
District: 7 – Los Angeles and Ventura counties
For Immediate Release
LOS ANGELES- The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) has begun the rulemaking process to permanently adopt emergency regulations that expire on September 30, 2024. Caltrans is requesting the public’s input as it adopts permanent regulations to sell surplus properties in the cities of Los Angeles, South Pasadena, and Pasadena.
These proposed regulations outline how surplus properties along the SR-710 will be sold pursuant to state law. Caltrans initially purchased the SR-710 properties more than 60 years ago for the now canceled freeway extension project on State Route 710.
The 45-day public comment period ends on April 24, 2024. Anyone who wants to comment on the proposed regulations during this period may submit written comments by email to:
Additionally, Caltrans will also host a public hearing on April 26, 2024, from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. at South Pasadena High School to provide the opportunity for the public comment on the proposed regulations. After the end of the public comment period, Caltrans will submit final regulations to the Office of Administrative Law for approval later this summer.
Caltrans owns about 100 vacant single-family homes and multifamily residential units along the SR-710 corridor in Pasadena, South Pasadena and El Sereno, and more than half the vacant homes are in the sales process. All current residential tenants have received a Notice of Solicitation from Caltrans for an opportunity to purchase the homes they are renting. Caltrans has also leased 26 vacant homes to the Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles (HACLA) for its transitional housing program.
AVAILABILITY OF DOCUMENTS ON THE INTERNET
Copies of the Notice of Proposed Action, the Initial Statement of Reasons, and the express terms of the proposed regulations can be accessed through the Caltrans website at http://www.dot.ca.gov/710homes.
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