TEMECULA: City suing to secure land for wetlands, habitat; North County Times, 5/11/09
By Aaron Claverie TEMECULA —- The city has filed two lawsuits against a landowner to acquire about 3 acres of land near Temecula Creek, parcels the city wants to convert into riparian habitat and wetlands. The city is required to provide the habitat and wetlands to replace the federally protected land that is being paved… Read more »
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 »
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 »
Supes may use eminent domain; The Reporter, 11/25/08
By Danny Bernardini Solano County supervisors will discuss the need to purchase or take by eminent domain eight properties needed in order to build the so-called North Connector project, linking Highway 12 in Jameson Canyon with Abernathy Road in Suisun Valley. The Board of Supervisors will hold a public hearing today before likely adopting Resolutions… Read more »
Claremont council wants more options for new police station; Contra Costa Times, 9/25/08
By Wes Woods II CLAREMONT – Instead of approving a Monte Vista location as the best site for a new police station, the City Council has decided to look at more options. The commission will return to the council with the information before the end of the year, Claremont Police Chief Paul Cooper said. The… Read more »
San Mateo County suing to gain land for crucial landslide repair in La Honda; San Mateo County Times, 9/23/08
Homeowner so far refusing to sell land that would allow repairs to be completed on project By Julia Scott LA HONDA — San Mateo County attorneys have begun eminent domain proceedings against a La Honda landowner who has so far refused to sell his property to the county for an urgent local land repair project…. Read more »