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CALIFORNIA EMINENT DOMAIN IN THE NEWS GROUPED BY REGION/CITY

Arcadia Los Angeles San Bernadino
Camarillo Martinez San Diego
Castro Valley National City San Francisco (Bayview)
Chula Vista Newhall San Jose
El Cajon Oakland San Pablo
Escondido Ontario San Ramon
Fresno Orange County Santa Cruz
Grand Terrace Rancho Cordova Santa Rosa
Grover Beach Redlands South El Monte
Hesperia Sacramento Vallejo
Hollywood Rancho Cordova Visalia
Imperial Beach Ridgecrest Yolo County
Long Beach Riverside Yorba Linda
   
California State National Eminent Domain News


Arcadia
Rod's Grill Safe;Self Storage still vunerable to Runak deal ~ Paadena Star News - June 1, 2006
Pundits Grilling Arcadia ~ Pasadena Star News - March 11, 2006
Eminent Domain Vote Paves Way for Mercedes Expansion ~ Pasadena Star News - March 9, 2006
The Blight of Eminent Domain ~ MarshallInsight.com Spring 2006
Camarillo
City Assures Church Land Won't Be Taken ~ Ventura County Star - March 10, 2006
Castro Valley
Retail Plan aims to add tax value ~ Contra Costa Times - Feb 13, 2006
Chula Vista
A Public Debate on Eminent Domain ~ San Diego Tribune - March 9, 2006
Petition Challenging Eminent Domain Filed ~ San Diego Union Tribune - Feb 1, 2006
Chula Vista Has Not Earned Side Pay ~ San Diego Union Tribune - Feb 2, 2006
El Cajon
Two Property Owners Resist City Take Over ~ San Diego Union Tribune - June 2, 2006
Escondido
Escondido Agrees to Sell Land Back to Family ~ North County Times - April 5, 2006
County Supervisor Weighs in on Escondido Land Debate ~ North County Times - March 30, 2006
Supervisor: Escondido Should Sell Land Back ~ San Diego Union Tribune - March 30, 2006
Two Families Vie for Escondido Land - North County Times - March 24, 2006
Escondido Forced 10-acre Sale in '95 - Sign On San Diego - March 24, 2006
Escondido Council Set To Sell Land in Dispute ~ Sign On San Diego - March 22, 2006
Escondido Council Rejects Family's Plea to Buy Back Land ~ North County Times - March 16, 2006
Family Wants its Escondido Land Back ~ North County Times - March 4, 2006
Seeing Her Way Clear ~ SignonSanDiego - Feb 18, 2006
Fresno
Chinatown Redevelopment Project Moving Forward ~ ABC 30 Action News - April 4, 2006
Vote on Fresno's Chinatown Proposal Delayed ~ KFSN - TV 30 - March 14, 2006
Chinatown Revitalization Plan Moves Forward ~ ABC30.com - March 2, 2006
Grand Terrace
Unfortunately there have been no news articles for Jo Springfield's fight. Grand Terrace, where the entire city has been declared blighted, is planning to build a shopping center and Lowes where Jo's property is.
Grover Beach
Grover Council Rejects Project ~ SanLuisObispo.com - April 4, 2006
Hercules
Hercules Flexes Its Muscle to Block Wal-Mart ~ June 25, 2006 - Sacbee.com
Vote Against Wal-Mart ~ SFgate.com - May 24, 2006
Hesperia
Eminent Domain Authority Expanded ~ Desert Dispatch - Jan 22, 2006
Hollywood
Hollywood Back in the Spotlight ~ International Herald Tribune - May 28, 2006
Hollywood and Vine to Get $500 Million Facelift ~CBS2 - April 26, 2006
Hollywood's rights crusade:Land Grabs, High Rises ~ Sun Sentinel - April 9, 2006
City Council Approves Development at Hollywood and Vine ~ NBC4
Bit of Hollywood Imperiled ~ Los Angeles Times - March 3, 2006
Imperial Beach
Doctor Fears Being Uprooted By Project ~ San Diego Union Tribune - Jan 28, 2006
La Mirada
City Says Complex Must Block Noise ~ Pasadena Star News - March 31, 2006
Lodi
Lodi Council Set to Debate Use of Motto, Eminent Domain Ban ~ Lodi News - March 27, 2006
Long Beach
City Revokes Condemnation Ruling Against Filipino Church ~ BPNews.com - April 27, 2006
Church Still Not in the Clear? ~ Press Telegram - April 5, 2006
Julian Building Suffers Setback ~ Press Telegram - April 4, 2006
No Condemnation for Filipino Church ~ Press Telegram - March 28, 2006
RDA Reconsiders Church Decision ~ Press Telegram - March 27, 2006
The Value of a Church ~ Press Telegram - March 23, 2006
Plans to Condemn Souther Baptist Church Proceed - BPNews.net - March 14, 2006
City Moves to Condemn SBC Church Using Eminent Domain ~ BPnews.net - March 9, 2006
Los Angeles
The $10 Million Dollar Intervention ~ LA Weekly - March 29, 2006
Not So Fast, Antonio ~ LA Weekly - March 14, 2006
Los Angeles to Seize 30 Small Businesses ~ North County Times - March 3, 2006
Officials Say L.A. Could Lose if Site Bought for Shelter Is Sold ~ Los Angeles Times - Feb 22, 2006
Martinez
Redevelopment Agency Plan Not Dead Yet ~ Contra Costa Times - March 3, 2006
Martinez May Delay June Ballot Measure ~ Contra Costa Times - Feb 28, 2006
National City
Sale of car site to Mossy adverts forced seizure ~ SignOnSanDiego.com - Sept. 14, 2005
Blight? Yeah Right ~ San Diego Union Tribune - Sept 9, 2005
Newhall (Santa Clarita)
Development in Newhall Sparks Worry ~ Dailnews.com - June 2, 2006
Newport Beach
Newport Beach May Restrict the Use of Eminent Domain ~ OC Register - March 22, 2006
Oakland
Cisco Pitches Fremont Land to A's ~ ContraCostaTimes.com - March 30, 2006
Revelli Tire ~ Fox News - Nov 4, 2005
Revelli Tire ~ SFGate.com - July 2005
Ontario
Tension, Hope on Euclid Redevelopment ~ Daily Bulletin - April 7, 2006
Orange County
O.C. Supervisors Move to Curb Eminent Domain ~ OC Register - March 1, 2006
Rancho Cordova
Rancho Council Approves Development Boundaries ~ Sacbee.com - March 20, 2006
Redlands
Northside Vision Coming Into Focus ~ Redlands Daily Facts - March 20, 2006
Sacramento
Council Approves Purchase of Land for K Street Plans ~ Sacbee.com - April 19, 2006
It's Time for Another Reform of Redevelopment Agency Mischief ~ Sacbee.com - March 20, 2006
Rancho Cordova
Rancho Cordova approves redevelopment area lines ~ Sacbee.com - March 21, 2006
Ridgecrest
Eminent Domain Takes Center Stage ~ The Daily Independent - March 16, 2006
Eminent Domain is Actually Stealing ~ The Daily Independent - March 15, 2006
Riverside
Riverside Residents Fight Use of Eminent Domain ~ CBS2.com - March 11, 2006

San Bernadino

Urban Nightmare Targeted ~ Daily Bulleti - March 30, 2006
Higher Focus on Downtown ~ SBSun.com - March 21, 2006
San Diego
Downtown Business Owner Awarded $1.25 Million Over Eminent Domain Case ~ News 8 - April 25, 2006
Approach to Redevelopment in North County is as Varied as the Cities - San Diego Dail Transcript - March 23, 2006
Blight Makes Right ~ San Diego, Oct 26, 2005
Alsco Laundry, San Diego ~ Fox News - Aug 3, 2005
America's Finest Blighted City ~ San Diego Coastal Alliance - Feb 11, 2006
Little Italy Laundry Threatened with Eminent Domain ~ Sign On San Diego Jul 19, 2005
San Diego Eminent Domain ~ Crime and Federalism - March 7, 2005
Eminent Domain Gets 12 Year Extension ~ North County Times - March 23, 2004
San Francisco
Bayview Renewal Approved ~ SFgate.com - May17, 2006
San Francisco Development Plan Draws Crowds - InsideBayArea - April 10, 2006
Big Changes to Hunters Point has Residents Fearing Gentrification ~ InsideBayArea - April 4, 2006
Redevelopment plan for Hunters point has some residents excited, others concerned ~ InsideBayArea - 3/ 29/06
San Franciscans Unite to Stop Redevelopment's BVHP Land Grap - SFBaview.com
Eviction Noticed Served on Bayview Hunters Point - SFBayview.com - March 22, 2006
Bayview Proposal is Backed ~ SFGate.com - March 8, 2006
Some in Bayview Fear the R Word ~ SFGate.com - Feb 28, 2006
San Jose
Eminent Disdain ~ MetroActive - April 5-20, 2006
San Jose on a Losing Streak - ~ SVSJ Business Journal - March 10, 2006
San Jose Mayoral Candidates Split Over Eminend Domain ~ San Jose Mercury News - Feb. 6, 2006
San Pablo
Sale Pending on Downtown Trailer Park ~ Contra Costa Times - April 25, 2006
San Ramon
Panel Shift May Change Decision on Beta Court ~ Contra Costa Times - June 25, 2006
San Ramon Panel to Consider Redevelopment Plan ~ Contra Costa Times - May 2, 2006
Businesses, Residents Unite to Fight Eminent Domain ~ Contra Costa Times - March 29, 2006
Eminent Domain Plan Under Fire ~ InsideBayArea.com - March 28, 2006
Decision Imminent on Use of Eminent Domain ~ InsideBayArea.com - March 27, 2006
Beta Court Out of Plan for Moment ~ Contra Costa Times - March 23, 2006
Firms May Give Up Sites To New Homes ~ Contra Costa Times - March 21, 2006
City Pushes Eminent Domain Law ~ Inside Bay Area - March 16, 2006
Public Hearing to Address New Eminent Domain ~ InsideBayArea.com - March 12, 2006
Group Fighting Eminent Domain ~ Contra Costa Times - March 6, 2006
Santa Cruz
Longtime Pacific Avenue Businesses Move Out ~ Santa Cruz Sentinel - May 17, 2006
Santa Rosa
Council May Revisit Eminent Domain ~ Press Democrat - June 26, 2006
Santa Rosa Redevelopment Talks Go Private ~ Press Democrat - March 21, 2006
South El Monte
Restaraunt Owner Fears City has Eyes on His Business ~ SGVTribune.com - April 28, 2006
Vallejo
A Setback For Renewal ~ Times Herald - May 26, 2006
Visalia
Facing Trail, City Settles Church's Eminent Domain Lawsuit - Pacific Justice
Eminent Domain Appeal Tossed ~ Visalia Times Delta - Feb 18, 2006
Yolo County
Poll Backs Conaway Foes ~ The Davis Enterprise - April 18, 2006
State Supreme Court Declines to Review Conaway Ranch Dispute ~ Sacrament Business Journal - April 12, 2006
Counties Study Plan to Move Hawk Habitat ~ Sacramento Business Journal - March 31, 2006
Dispute Clouding Vision for Ranch's Future - The Davis Enterprise - March 31, 2006
New Voice Jumps into Conaway Fray ~The Davis Enterprise - March 29, 2006
No Appeal for County in Eminent Domain Case ~ Sacbee.com - March 11, 2006
Yorba Linda
Yorba Linda Rejects Town Hall Eminent Domain ~ OC Register - March 22, 2006
Yorbal Linda to Review Eminent Domain ~ OC Register - March 8, 2006
California State
Mind Your Business ~ SFgate.com - May 17, 2006
Redevelop Eminent Domain ~ Sacbee.com - May 4, 2006
ONLINE NEWSHOUR ARTICLE ON EMINENT DOMAIN
Bulldozing Churches for MiniMalls ~ SFBaview.com
Eminent domain reform morphs into broader battle ~ Sacbee.com - March 28, 2006
National Eminent Domain News
The End of Private Property ~ WorldNetDaily.com - April 4, 2006
Banker Takes a Moral Stand ~ TimesDispatch.com - March 3, 2006
The Case of the Iniquitous Infinitive: "To Kelo" ~ Accuracy in the Media - March 2. 2006
States Review Eminent Domain ~ USAToday.com - Feb 20, 2006
States of Eminent Domain ~ The Monitor - Feb 28, 2006
150 State Bills Introduced in Property Fight ~ East Bay Business Times - Feb 10, 2006
National Federation of Independent Business
Compromise Proposed in Eminent Domain Fight ~ ABCNews - Feb 7, 2006
States Debate When to Use Eminent Domain ~ San Mateo Daily Journal - Feb 6, 2006
Disturbing Trend Follows Eminent Domain Decision ~ Desert Dispatch - Jan 27, 2006
BB&T Denounces Seizing of Private Land ~ The Charlotte Observer - Jan 26, 2006
Developers Can't Imagine a World Without Eminent Domain ~ New York Times - Jan 18, 2006
Fighting Eminent Domain ~ CNN-Money.com - Jan 2006
Curbing Eminent Domain ~ City-Journal.org - Winter 2005
Where the Streets Have No Name ~ Money Magazine - Dec 2005
Are California Bay Area Cities Abusing Emient Domain as a Redevelopment Tool? ~ SF Chronicle - May 7, 2005
The Abuser's of Eminent Domain ~ Townhall.com - Oct 4, 2004
Home Wreckers ~ Reader's Digest - Aug 2003
Domain Game ~ Forbes Magazine - Nov 25, 2002

Cities often misapply eminent domain rule ~ Wall Street Journal - June 13, 2001


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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