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Article: Property rights measure reaches ballot: eminent domain initiative would change regulatory takings definition.(Elections)
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- California Planning & Development Report
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- August 1, 2006
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A statewide initiative that could completely change how government agencies regulate land use, carry out infrastructure projects and redevelop cities has qualified for the November ballot.
The authors of Proposition 90 have dubbed it "The Protect Our Homes Act," and have focused their fledgling campaign on the initiative's provisions to prohibit the use of eminent domain for private development projects. However, Proposition 90 also contains a regulatory takings provision that requires the government to compensate a property owner for "government actions that result in substantial economic loss to private property."
The measure is not written the same as ...