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California Propositions 98 and 99 were competing ballot propositions in the U.S. state of California to limit the use of eminent domain and possibly rent control. They were voted on June 3, 2008; proposition 98 failed, while proposition 99 passed.
The Fifth Amendment's Takings clause does not provide for the compensation of relocation expenses if the government takes a citizen's property. [1] Therefore, until 1962, citizens displaced by a federal project were guaranteed just compensation for the property taken by the government, but had no legal right or benefit for the expenses they paid to relocate.
Eminent domain has been used to acquire land from African-Americans for urban renewal redevelopments [25] and in other cases to dispossess them and remove them from areas where their presence was not desired by white neighbors, e.g. Bruce's Beach subdivision in Los Angeles, California. [26]
By Christina Rexrode FONTANA, Calif. -- In the foreclosure-battered inland stretches of California, local government officials desperate for change are weighing a controversial but inventive way ...
City commissioners voted unanimously Oct. 2 to approve the use of eminent domain, if needed, to obtain the Richardsons' 1.3-acre homestead at 613 and 623 Union Drive.
17 Mile Drive – A private scenic road on the California coast some 250 miles north of Malibu on the Monterey peninsula. Berman v. Parker – A later case (1954) in the Supreme Court regarding the power of eminent domain. Hueneme, Malibu and Port Los Angeles Railway (The railroad that the Rindges built through Malibu)
Stanislaus County is exercising eminent domain to acquire more property for the North County Corridor expressway project. County supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday to begin the process of ...
The Castle Coalition is a network of U.S. homeowners and citizen activists determined to stop the abuse of eminent domain in their communities, that is, the taking of private property by the government in order to give it to another private individual. The organization takes its name from the principle that Americans' homes or businesses should ...