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Article: Phony California Eminent Domain Ballot Measure Hard Pill to Swallow.
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- November 28, 2007
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Experts Call Measure Flawed and Expose Deceptive Poison Pill Provision
SACRAMENTO, Calif., Nov. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, a broad-based coalition of eminent domain reform advocates condemned a ploy by redevelopment interests to qualify a deceptive ballot measure. These redevelopment interests drafted their measure to maintain the state's abusive eminent domain practices and have financed their effort almost exclusively with anonymous campaign funds.
Independent experts agree that the so-called "Homeowners and Private Property Protection Act" -- sponsored by taxpayer-financed organizations such as the League of California Cities, the California State ...