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2.21.12 – The City of Chino Hills is, by all meanings of the word, successful – even without redevelopment agencies!  How, you may ask? The old fashion way – showing developers demographics and convincing them of the major potential for growth, and not by subsidizing development using taxpayer dollars.  Click here to read how a City with no redevelopment agency wooed developers!

2.21.12 – The State’s nonpartisan Legislative Analyst’s Office released a report ripping California Redevelopment Agencies, finding that RDAs in California, since 1945, have received about the same amount as the University of California or California State University systems, yet has not appeared “to yield commensurate statewide benefits.”  Click here to read the article in full.  Click here to read the LAO’s full report.

2.21.12 – We at the California Alliance to Protect Private Property Rights are proud to announce that Mr. Timothy Sandefur will be joining the Alliance’s Board of Directors, effective immediately.  Mr. Sandefur is a Principal Attorney at the Pacific Legal Foundation and, as part of his responsibilities, works to prevent the abuse of eminent domain. Mr. Sandefur has litigated important eminent domain cases in California, Missouri, and elsewhere, and has filed briefs in many significant eminent domain cases, including Kelo v. New London.  Sandefur is the author of Cornerstone of Liberty: Property Rights of 21st Century America.

2.18.12 – With the elimination of RDAs in California, some believe that the Legislature will have no choice but to streamline the California Environmental Quality Act process in order to save builders and developers money – just another benefit of not having RDAs in California!  Click here to read the article in its entirety.

2.17.12 – The Ceres Courier celebrates the demise of California RDA, stating that the task of eliminating blight should belong in the private sector.  Click here to read the article in its entirety.

2.11.12 – A California State Finance official conceded that the Department of Finance – the department responsible for the oversight of the wind-down of RDAs – does not have the manpower or time to carefully audit all claims made by the dead RDAs. Click here to read more.

2.10.12 – Dan Walters writes that the State Capitol is buzzing with efforts to bring back redevelopment in some form, with multiple bills covering different aspects of redevelopment making the rounds through the Legislature.  Click here to read more.

2.8.12 – What the old Redevelopment Agencies would like to have you believe is that all Government officials are as honest as Honest Abe.  The reality is a bit… different.  Click here to read about a Corrupt Mayor facing federal corruption charges in the San Gabriel Valley.

2.7.12 – According to the “How to Kill a Business: Government Edition” Handbook: first Government forces the business to pay ridiculous permit fees until the said business no longer has any funds. Then, Government attempts to take the business by eminent domain. Click here to read one business owner’s story regarding his City and its old Redevelopment Agency.

2.2.12 - The County of Santa Clara is pleased with redevelopment’s demise, stating that the agencies deviated from their mission of improving blighted neighborhoods to subsidizing private development.  Click here to read the County’s press release.