Banning to Use Eminent Domain on Vacant Parcel, 5/13/11
By A.J. Hazarabedian The City of Banning adopted a resolution of necessity this week, authorizing the use of eminent domain to acquire a vacant parcel which sits in the middle of their planned project area. The project, Village at Paseo San Gorgonio, plans to revitalize a currently “blighted” downtown area. The Banning-Beaumont Patch reported in… Read more »
The Los Angeles Dodgers and Eminent Domain, 5/12/11
By A.J. Hazarabedian There is an interesting article in the Los Angeles Daily Journal today written by Professor Gideon Kanner relating the Los Angeles Dodgers to eminent domain. “The Curse of Chavez Ravine” points out that the land upon which Dodger Stadium sits was acquired by eminent domain in the 1950s for a low-income housing… Read more »