San Jose to pay $2 million to acquire parcel and settle lawsuit; Mercury News, 10/23/09
By John Woolfolk San Jose officials are offering more than $2 million to buy the site of an East Taylor Street drug and alcohol rehabilitation center and settle the owner’s lawsuit accusing the city of unfairly denying its expansion. City officials say the land, about seven-tenths of an acre between East Taylor Street, Highway 101… Read more »
State plans to sue BeauRivage owner; Malibu Times, 10/21/09
Caltrans will file a lawsuit against Daniel Forge so it can seize part of his property through eminent domain in order to install fish ladders in Solstice Creek By Olivia Damavandi The California Transportation Commission in a hearing last week authorized Caltrans to sue the owner of the BeauRivage restaurant property in order to seize… Read more »
Tulare County now wants 11 more parcels on Road 80; Visalia Times-Delta, 10/22/09
Up to 14 properties may now be affected under eminent domain By Valerie Gibbons The county moved to ask for a pre-judgment order that will begin the eminent domain process for 11 parcels, bringing the total number of properties in jeopardy of being seized by the agency up to 14. The fate of three more… Read more »
Tulare County Board of Supervisors to vote on getting more land for Road 80 widening plan; Visalia Times-Delta, 10/20/09
By Valerie Gibbons Tulare County officials, who’ve placed eminent domain claims on three pieces of property as part of the widening of Road 80, may do the same for 19 additional parcels. The Tulare County Board of Supervisors will vote Wednesday on whether to ask a court to allow the use of eminent domain. Hearings… Read more »
Exeter may close C Street; Visalia Times-Delta, 10/20/09
By Eric Woomer An Exeter City Council vote expected next week could determine whether a street closes down and residents lose their homes. It also could mean a harsh battle involving the homeowners, the City Council and the Exeter Public School District. Closing C Street The school district will ask the city to close C… Read more »
Council OKs eminent domain for PCH turn lane; The Press-Telegram, 10/20/09
By Paul Eakins LONG BEACH – The City Council made the rare decision Tuesday to use its power of eminent domain to acquire a sliver of property along Pacific Coast Highway in order to widen the roadway. The council voted 8-1, with Councilwoman Gerrie Schipske dissenting, to force the sale of the 9,934-square-foot strip of… Read more »
First phase of UC Merced Campus Parkway could be done later this year; Merced Sun-Star, 10/16/09
By Corinne Reilly The first stretch of Campus Parkway, the long-awaited expressway that will eventually connect Highway 99 to UC Merced, could be open to traffic by the end of this year. In the works for more than a decade, the four-lane, $110 million expressway has been billed as vital to UC Merced’s success. It… Read more »
REGION: Bullet train’s proposed path rips through Rainbow man’s property; North County Times, 10/10/09
By Chris Nichols Curt Nicolaisen fell in love with Rainbow’s rural charm 24 years ago. The town’s warmhearted residents and natural beauty convinced him to leave suburban Orange County and build a home on Rice Canyon Road. But never once did Nicolaisen, a soft-spoken product quality engineer, expect a multibillion-dollar bullet train line could one… Read more »
Furniture on the outside; Examiner.com, 10/3/09
By Kaleene Kenning A jury sided with the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency in its eminent domain suit against the owners of a large, empty, but somewhat artsy former tenement building, the Hugo Hotel at Howard and Sixth. The 144-room, 99-year-old hotel has been vacant since it was gutted by fire 20 years ago. San Francisco’s… Read more »
Details unveiled for high-speed rail; The Monterey County Herald, 10/1/09
The Monterey County Herald Love it or hate it, the California high-speed train will bolt through each neighborhood along the Caltrain tracks on either 20-foot high rail bridges, alongside the current railroad, or underground, according to state plans revealed Wednesday. The California High-Speed Rail Authority released the much-anticipated “alternatives analysis,” far and away the most… Read more »