Monthly Archives:: January 2008

By Anna Kaplan   LATHROP – Lathrop is planning to use eminent domain to take over a 4,500-square-foot parcel of land along McKinley Avenue in order to build a sewer pumping station that would service future industrial development. City officials approved a resolution of necessity at a meeting Tuesday night, saying the city needs the… Read more »

By Helen Gao SAN DIEGO – A proposal to amend the city charter to outlaw the use of eminent domain for economic development was shot down by a San Diego City Council committee Wednesday. Representatives of the Grantville Action Group asked the Committee on Rules, Open Government and Intergovernmental Relations to limit eminent domain use… Read more »

By Dana M. Nichols SAN ANDREAS – A new Calaveras County Jail and courts complex will likely be built on land the county government already owns, top county officials said Tuesday. The pronouncement is a dramatic turnaround from a few weeks ago, when the county Board of Supervisors appeared poised to use eminent domain power… Read more »

By Karen Holzmeister Initiative would limit eminent domain, but Alameda County agencies say policy already excludes it for private development Alameda County agencies approach eminent domain differently, but it’s unlikely that at least one of two measures proposed for the June ballot would have any effect on their method of land acquisition. The eminent domain… Read more »

By Harrison Sheppard SACRAMENTO — Taxpayer groups are battling elected officials over the government’s right to seize property in a campaign that could impact thousands of homes and businesses in California. Each side is pushing a measure for the June ballot that would reform eminent domain, — which allows local governments to seize privately owned… Read more »

By Tania Chatila LA PUENTE – The city is moving forward in using eminent domain to obtain a nearly three-acre parcel of land along Hacienda Boulevard. In the coming weeks, La Puente expects to approve several guarantees to ensure financial security for Victor Gudzunas, who owns the land at 1313-1335 N. Hacienda Boulevard. City attorneys… Read more »

By Dana M. Nichols SAN ANDREAS – Calaveras County may resort to eminent domain to take 57 acres of land it wants for a new jail and county courthouse in San Andreas. The owners of the two parcels just north of the existing government center have not responded to the county’s purchase offer, said Brent… Read more »