This article is, unless otherwise provided, applicable only to redevelopment projects of the redevelopment agency of the City of San Bernardino for which a final redevelopment plan was adopted by ordinance on or before January 1, 1978.
The Legislature finds and declares that conditions unique to the financing of redevelopment in the City of San Bernardino require the granting of authority to merge project areas in the manner provided in this article.
Ca. Health and Saf. Code § 33475