Article Archives – 2007

12/21 San Diego Union-Tribune – Caltrans loses suit over land seizure

12/19 Riverside Press-Enterprise – Supervisors won’t back Jurupa district on seizing Calvert property

12/16 Monterey Herald – Seaside protesters say no to
eminent domain

12/6 San Gabriel Valley Tribune – Eminent domain topic at Gold Line meeting

12/5 Sacramento Bee – Editorial notebook: Tex Mex rides again downtown

12/2 San Gabriel Valley Tribune – Residents say appraisers
on project too aggressive

11/29 Los Angeles Times – Disclosure of ballot campaign donors sought

11/27 Orange County Register – Editorial: Ballot measure seeks to rein in cities’ land grabs

11/25 Redding Record Searchlight – Property-rights advocates give ballot a new try

11/21 San Diego Union-Tribune: Property rights advocates collect 1 million signatures

11/5 SGV Tribune: Squeezing Small Stores

10/17 Fresno Bee: Autry talks of Running Horse transfer

10/16 Riverside Press-Enterprise: Appeals court backs Riverside questioning ballot measure

10/13 Riverside Press-Enterprise: Aggressive use of eminent domain at issue in Riverside City Council
races

10/4 Los Angeles Times: Lynwood council members ignore recall, stay put

10/3 Chicago Tribune: Minority areas hit hardest by eminent domain

9/26 San Diego Union-Tribune: Boxing program lawyers file suit

9/23 Fresno Bee: Business owners don’t want to budge

9/23 Fresno Bee: Urban rescuer

9/21 Ventura County Star: Eminent domain measure rejected

9/9 Sacramento Bee: Editorial notebook: A small K Street restaurant goes under, leaving a void and a bitter owner

9/7 Fresno Bee: Fresno bar owner wins his bid against a city takeover

9/5 San Diego Union Tribune: San Diego councilman gains influence

9/2 Orange County Register: Today’s editorial: Real steal posing as the real deal

8/31 Capitol Press: Protecting citizens, land from government abuse

8/31 San Diego Union Tribune: Just who’s ‘sleazy’?

8/30 San Diego Union Tribune: Developer won’t oust popular gym; he’ll build project around it

8/18 Monterey County Herald: Ball rolling on Jackson project

8/17 Sacramento Bee: Anti-tax group eyes K Street

8/10 Fresno Bee: Public vents on Running Horse – Residents voice eminent domain concerns to Fresno mayor at City Hall meeting

8/6 Reason: Post-Kelo America: An Optimist’s View

8/6 Reason: The Limits of Anti-Kelo Legislation

7/16 San Francisco Chronicle: The state can take your dreams, too

7/11 San Diego Union Tribune: ‘Reform’? Hardly

7/10 Orange County Register: Real vs. bogus reforms on land grabs

7/5 Capitol Weekly: Another showdown over eminent domain

7/5 San Diego Union Tribune: Eminent domain authority opposed

7/2 San Diego Business Journal: Business Opposes Eminent Domain Extension

7/1 San Jose Mercury News: Eminent domain battle resurfaces in Assembly

6/26 Inland Valley Daily Bulletin: City officials hoping for hotel property’s sale to developer

6/23 Wall Street Journal: Kelo’s Consequences

6/21 Fresno Bee: Trump back in Running via radio, Billionaire makes a new bid for golf project when his lawyer calls talk show

6/21 Riverside Press Enterprise: Riverside eminent-domain foes take a hit on appeal

6/21 Flash Report: 2nd Anniversary of Kelo: Two Years Will Pass with No Limits placed on Government’s Power of Eminent Domain! – An exclusive column from retired State Senator Jim Nielson.

6/19 Voice of San Diego: Gran Havana’s Replacement Still Absent

6/19 San Diego Union Tribune: Don’t KO the kids with bogus blight

6/19 Riverside Press Enterprise: San Bernardino County scrambles to protect power of eminent domain

5/24 Orange County Register: ‘Reform’ that’s worse than doing nothing

5/22 Sacramento Bee: Dan Walters: A muddle on property seizures

5/22 Sacramento Bee: Eminent domain plan aired

5/22 North County Times: New eminent domain proposal could be headed to the ballot

5/22 Contra Costa Times: Bill would curb eminent domain power in state

5/5 San Diego Union-Tribune: Businesses battling eminent domain

4/27 Weekly Standard: Urban Renewal? Why Maxine Waters and John Cornyn agree on eminent domain

4/25 Los Angeles Times: Scamming redevelopment

4/17 Monterey Herald: Residents fear force out

3/25 Desert Sun: Indio land deal wise?

3/22 Orange County Register: Property rights back on the radar

3/16 Orange County Register: Suing CalTrans can make a lot of bucks

3/14 Copley News Service: Cities in California push own measure on eminent domain

2/14 The Desert Sun: Cathedral City using eminent domain to revamp downtown

1/17 New York Times: Justices Decline to Take Up New Eminent Domain Case