Article Archives – 2006
12/20 Orange County Register: California Focus: Next round in eminent domain fight
11/26 Orange County Register: California’s biggest, nastiest slumlord
11/24 Long Beach Press Telegram: Taxpayers group has eminent domain in sight – again
11/17 Sacramento Bee: Legislature, governor tinker with eminent domain
11/16 Capitol Weekly: Eminent-domain fight to move back to Legislature
11/12 Orange County Register: California was behind this trend
11/10 Washington Times: Nine states limit eminent domain
11/1 Sacramento Bee: Governor opposes Prop. 90
10/18 Property Rights Alliance: Seventy-Five Organizations and Policy Leaders Call for Eminent Domain Reform in Senate (Also: Read the Letter)
10/16 Orange County Register: Dodging Reform
10/16 Orange County Register: Local control of Caltrans sought
10/16 Orange County Register: State agency defends Caltrans
10/15 Orange Country Register: Highway Robbery
10/15 Stockton Record: Thornton residents win records request
9/30 Sacramento Bee: Another View: Yes on 90: Eminent Domain must be curbed
9/28 Los Angeles Times: Hollywood Luggage Shop Won’t Have to Pack Its Bags
9/15 Riverside Press Enterprise: Eminent-domain action goes to Inland council
9/15 Capital Press/Agriculture Weekly: Ranch owner settles for raw deal in Yolo Co.
9/9 Los Angeles Times – Yolo County Drops Its Eminent Domain Bid to Acquire Conaway Ranch
9/8 Davis Enterprise – Conaway reaction split
9/8 Woodland Daily Democrat – Conaway Ranch pact struck
9/8 Sacramento Bee – Yolo backs off seizure, strikes Conaway deal
9/7 Associated Press – Yolo County strikes deal averting condemnation of ranch
9/1 Orange County Register – Today’s editorial: Prop. 90: Restoring property rights
8/27 Davis Enterprise – Supervisor candidates eye issues
8/19 Santa Rosa Press Democrat – SR Avenue-area business owners sue city
8/17 Ventura County Star – March will protest city’s eminent domain plans
8/9 Sacramento Bee – Steven Greenhut: Eminent domain sense
8/2 Sacramento Bee: Dan Walters: Most ballot issues have deep ideological splits, but not this one
6/30 Moorpark Acorn – Downtown residents fear
eminent domain
6/26 San Francisco Chronicle: Property seizure revolt heads for California ballot Initiative
6/6 Woodland Daily Democrat: Conaway wins round in court
6/6 Sacramento Bee: A legal twist in sale of land
5/28 Contra Costa Times: Misuse of eminent domain in Hercules
5/18 San Francisco Chronicle: Property rights activists want county to pay
5/17 Davis Enterprise: Put the Brakes on Conaway
5/17 Ventura County Star: Eminent domain initiative could echo Prop. 13
5/17 Orange County Register: ‘Protect Our Homes’ closer to spot on ballot
5/17 Sacramento Bee: Yolo race keys on Conaway Ranch fight
5/10 Orange Country Register: O.C. woman fights to limit land taking
5/9 Orange County Register Editorial: Latest front in property rights fight
5/4 Sacramento Bee: Other view: Redevelop eminent domain
4/13 Sacramento Bee: Yolo gets key victory on Conaway Ranch
4/12 Davis Enterprise: Poll backs Conaway foes
4/6 Wall Street Journal: The Anti-Kelo
4/6 Capitol Weekly: Where are they now? Former State Senator Jim Nielson
4/1 Woodland Daily Democrat: Future of Conaway Ranch under discussion
3/31 Davis Enterprise: Dispute clouding vision for ranch’s future
3/29 Davis Enterprise: New voice jumps into Conaway fray
3/28 Sacramento Bee: Daniel Weintraub: Eminent domain reform morphs into broader battle
3/26 Orange County Register: Fight the power of eminent domain
3/22 Long Beach Press Telegram: Measure would target eminent domain
3/22 FlashReport: What’s Arnold’s Third Issue? How About Eminent Domain?
3/19 Woodland Daily Democrat: Cattlemen oppose Conaway purchase
3/17 Sacramento Business Journal: Potential payday fuels fight over Conaway Ranch
3/9 BP News: City moves to condemn SBC church using eminent domain
3/8 Woodland Daily Democrat: Revolution Under Way
3/5 Woodland Daily Democrat: Breaking the Silence
3/1 Davis Enterprise: Conaway cost slammed
3/1 Orange County Register: O.C. supervisors move to curb eminent domain
2/28 Wall Street Journal: Don’t Kelo My House
2/22 Woodland Appeal-Democrat: Property rights pushed
2/22 San Diego Union-Tribune: Eminent domain measure to go on Chula Vista ballot
2/21 New York Times: States Curbing Right to Seize Private Homes
2/17 San Diego Union-Tribune: Chula Vista group can add signatures
2-16 Sacramento Bee: Land removed from Yolo bid to seize ranch
2-12 Woodland Daily Democrat: No dice on Conaway compromise
2-11 Washington Times: Another government taking
2-6 San Francisco Examiner: Dems back curbs on eminent domain
2-5 San Francisco Chronicle: Another government taking
2-5 Sacramento Bee: Protecting property not partisan issue
2-5 Contra Costa Times: State bills aim to control scope of eminent domain
2-2 Davis Enterprise: Conaway acquisition defended at forum
2-1 San Diego Union-Tribune: Petition challenging eminent domain filed
1-24 Los Angeles Times: Can California curb land grabs?
1-23 Los Angeles Times: This land is whose land?
1-21 Associated Press: Group Seeks Souter Eviction As Protest
1-18 Contra Costa Times: ‘Eminent domain’ bills could affect San Ramon, Livermore plans
1-17 Los Angeles Times: Battle Builds over a Coveted Parcel
1-16 Ventura County Star: Simi proposes eminent domain limits