Monthly Archives:: November 2007

By Michael Miyamoto A commercial property in the 3700 block of South Mooney Boulevard will be demolished sometime this morning. The property was taken over by Caltrans through eminent domain, despite protests by the owners and others. A California Highway Patrol officer and an official from Caltrans were at the site to monitor the demolition… Read more »

NBC San Diego TORREY PINES, Calif. — Relief for North County commuters could mean nightmares for some high-end residents on properties along Interstate 5 — losing their homes to make way for new freeway connectors. As many as 30 homeowners who live on Portofino Drive, which parallels Interstate 5 immediately to the west in the… Read more »

By David Bolling If the California Property Owners and Farmland Protection Act sounds familiar, that’s because voters were led down a similar path just a year ago with Proposition 90, which sought to force government to pay property owners for any restrictive zoning. That measure lost by a 47.7 to 52.3 percent margin, but not… Read more »

By Bethania Palma AZUSA – Small-business owners said they will bear the brunt of redevelopment if the city moves forward with plans to buy their properties for projects, including larger national retail stores. In September 2006, the City Council gave its redevelopment agency authority to use eminent domain to acquire businesses in redevelopment zones. Although… Read more »

By Gerald Carroll A Visalia property owner can no longer access his Mooney Boulevard commercial property after it was fenced and padlocked Friday by Caltrans. The state’s highway-construction agency on Sept. 11 acquired — through court-ordered eminent domain — a portion of David McWilliams’ 33,000-square-foot commercial lot. Caltrans made it official Friday by formally evicting… Read more »