Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Blight: Voice of San Diego, 7/18/07
By Nina Peterson-Perlman Wednesday, July 18, 2007 | Grantville’s Friars Road Pet Hospital and National City’s Community Youth Athletic Center, while not gleaming edifices of commercial might, don’t fit the traditional definition of an eyesore. The windows aren’t cracked, the plaster isn’t peeling and they attract concerned pet owners and kids wanting to learn how… Read more »
Dan Walters: A preview of battle on seizure: Sacramento Bee, 7/13/07
By Dan Walters California voters will weigh in next year on “eminent domain,” the quaintly named procedure by which governments seize private property for ostensibly public purposes, and a preview of the forthcoming battle was staged in the Capitol on Thursday. Two Senate committees met back-to-back in the same room and approved a bill that’s… Read more »
Newhall Fears Eminent Domain: The Signal, 7/5/07
By Reina V. Slutske The concept of eminent domain is a scary one – especially to businesses and residents near public projects. Eminent domain is the practice of a government taking a private property, whether business or residential, for public use. Public projects such as roads and schools sometimes require the use of eminent… Read more »
Campaign to Reform Eminent Domain Abuse Kicks Off Signature Gathering: Californians for Property Rights Protection, 7/3/07
Press Release Today, a broad coalition announced it is launching its efforts to begin the signature gathering process to qualify the California Property Owners and Farmland Protection Act (CPOFPA) for the June 2008 ballot. Since the U.S. Supreme Court’s controversial Kelo v. New London decision two years ago, 41 states have enacted eminent domain… Read more »
Eminent domain battle resurfaces in Assembly: San Jose CA Mercury News, 7/1/07
By Steve Lawrence SACRAMENTO—The debate over how much to restrict government’s use of its eminent domain powers to obtain private property for shopping malls and other developments resumes this week in the state Assembly. The Judiciary Committee will consider rival constitutional amendments on Tuesday, one by Assemblyman Hector De La Torre, D-South Gate, and… Read more »