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Article: Eminent domain reform on horizon: local government, environmentalists seek to frame issue in new way.
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- California Planning & Development Report
- Article date:
- January 1, 2007
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Only two months after voters rejected Proposition 90, new proposals to alter eminent domain law are already arising. Anti-tax activists, environmentalists, local government organizations and state lawmakers are all working on eminent domain proposals, and it is likely that voters will see at least one ballot measure on the subject during the 2008 primary. It is also possible that voters will decide on another regulatory takings initiative.
It appears all but certain that redevelopment agencies will lose at least some measure of eminent domain authority, as even the California Redevelopment Association is talking about sponsoring its own "reform" legislation.
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