405 car-pool plan may face discal dead end; The Daily News, 4/20/09
By Sue Doyle A $1 billion plan to widen the San Diego Freeway through the Sepulveda Pass is the latest victim of the state’s financial crisis, with a $730 million shortfall threatening to delay – or even cancel – a car-pool lane that could ease commutes for San Fernando Valley motorists. The 10-mile car-pool lane… Read more »
2 traffic tourniquets along Louise targeted for widening; The Manteca Bulletin, 4/20/09
By Dennis Wyatt Driving Louise Avenue — one of the heaviest traveled streets in Manteca and Lathrop — will get a lot easier by this time in 2010. That’s when work is expected to be completed on two projects to widen narrow segments of Louise Avenue from two lanes to four lanes. One project involves… Read more »
OCEANSIDE: City considers eminent domain for water project: North County Times, 3/3/09
By Craig Tenbroeck A thirst for more local water may prompt the city to start eminent domain proceedings on a slice of land near Highway 76. Oceanside has drilled two wells in north Oceanside that tap into the Mission Basin. It wants to acquire an easement on a vacant piece of private land to run… Read more »
County could use eminent domain for Willow Road: Santa Maria Times, 3/5/09
By April Charlton San Luis Obispo County might invoke its eminent-domain powers so that the first phase of the Willow Road interchange project in Nipomo can begin as scheduled this summer. There are 20 parcels between Pomeroy and Hetrick roads that the county needs to secure so construction on the project’s first phase can begin… Read more »
San Jose residents express fears about location of high-speed rail line: Mercury News, 2/26/09
By Stephen Baxter A plan to bring California’s 800-mile, $45 billion high-speed rail project through San Jose left dozens of local residents wondering about the fate of their homes. Rail leaders are proposing to bring the new rail through several San Jose neighborhoods next to the Caltrain line, which would mean adding two sets of… Read more »
Artin N. Shaverdian Made Partner at California Eminent Domain Law Group, APC
Artin Shaverdian was recently made Partner at California Eminent Domain Law Group, APC, a boutique eminent domain law firm serving all of California. Press Release Glendale, CA – February 23, 2009 – California Eminent Domain Law Group, APC is pleased to announce that Artin Shaverdian has been made Partner at their boutique eminent domain law… Read more »
Downtown lots could be subject of eminent domain case; The Press Enterprise, 2/5/09
By Doug Haberman RIVERSIDE – Dr. V. Prabhu Dhalla is an immigrant success story. He has earned his reputation and his fortune as an orthopedic surgeon based in Riverside, and his success has enabled him to buy property as an investment, including sites in downtown Riverside. Now some of that property has landed him in… Read more »
Perris officials prepare to take properties by force to widen street; The Press-Enterprise, 1/31/09
By Julissa McKinnon The city of Perris is preparing to forcibly take three properties in north Perris in order to widen Indian Avenue between Ramona Expressway and Harley Knox Boulevard. Officials say the widening of the three-mile stretch of road would ease the flow of large trucks driving in and out of the new 1.3-million-square-foot… Read more »
Piercing shop owner gives up; The Signal, 1/25/09
Council takes final steps in eminent domain proceedings By Josh Premako The last obstacle to a new library in Newhall could fall Tuesday, and piercing shop owner Thomas Fitterer said he’s given up on fighting it. In November, the City Council agreed to use eminent domain to seize the property that houses the Just Passing… Read more »
Ruling reversal clears way for boxing gym’s lawsuit; The Union Tribune, 1/22/09
By Janine Zuniga NATIONAL CITY – A National City boxing gym challenging the city’s eminent domain authority will get to argue its case after all, an appeals court ruled Thursday. Less than a week after hearing arguments, a three-judge panel of the 4th District Court of Appeals unanimously reversed a lower-court ruling that threw out… Read more »