Richmond, California Has Yet to Exercise Eminent Domain to Seize Underwater Mortgages, 6/30/14
While the city of Richmond is the first municipality to approve the concept of using eminent domain to acquire underwater mortgages, the city has yet to actually do so. The City Council has been unable to get the needed 5 out of 7 votes to go through with eminent domain proceedings. Therefore, the city is… Read more »
California Eminent Domain Project News: Senate Committee Rejects Attempts at Another Vote for the California High Speed Rail
The ongoing tug-of-war between rail backers and opponents to the project has led to delays in California’s plan to build a high speed rail. Since its voter-back initiative, Proposition 1A, was passed back in 2008, the California High Speed Rail project has encountered numerous bumps in the road. The latest was the appeal denied by… Read more »
California Eminent Domain Project News: Update, CHSRA’s Petition Denied by Appeals Court: Next Stop, Trial
Late Tuesday, three justices with the Third District Court of Appeals denied the California High Speed Rail Authority’s (CHSRA) petition asking the court to overturn a decision by the Sacramento County Superior Court. The Superior court had ordered a trial on one part of an ongoing lawsuit between Kings County farmer John Tos, Hanford homeowner… Read more »
California Eminent Domain Project News: California Speeds Up on the High-Speed Rail Project
Even as the controversial High-Speed Rail project continues to be debated on in the Capitol and challenged in the courts, the California High-Speed Rail Authority (“CHSRA”) is already taking action towards the project. CHSRA has begun to acquire private property to build the foundation for the speed-rail’s tracks. Thousands of properties will be affected by… Read more »
California Eminent Domain Law Group Launches New Website, 11/11/11
California Eminent Domain Law Group has launched a new firm website at www.eminentdomainlaw.net. The new website features updated case results, highlighting the successful results obtained for our property and business owner clients. The site also includes our informative California Eminent Domain Handbook. The handbook is designed for property and business owners whose properties and/or businesses… 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 »
City to buy Third St. home for $580K; Morgan Hill Times, 7/11/09
By Natalie Everett The Morgan Hill City Council, acting as the Redevelopment Agency, will likely close on a deal to purchase this home at 35 E. Third St. Wednesday night. In the past month, the council put off two public hearings on eminent domain action to acquire the home. The city will likely put eminent… Read more »
Long Beach homeowners fight eminent domain law; Contra Costa Times, 7/11/09
Despite city’s assurances, residents fear losing properties to development. By Karen Robes Meeks LONG BEACH — When guests come to his North Long Beach home of 26 years, Lupe Arvizo proudly shows off his artistry. A plasterer for 54 years, the now-retired Arvizo sweeps a hand toward the faux brick finishes that frame the house… Read more »
District votes to purchase homes through eminent domain; Santa Monica Daily Press, 6/27/09
By Melodi Hanatani District officials on Thursday voted to acquire two homes through eminent domain for the expansion of Edison Language Academy after months of negotiations with the property owners failed to yield results. The Board of Education adopted a resolution to begin a process that through court-authority gives government entities the power to purchase… Read more »