Article: Official seeks super majority in land vote.(City/Region)(A city councilor believes it should take at least six votes out of the eight councilors to approve the use of eminent domain)
The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR);  January 9, 2008 ;     586 words ......for the city to exercise its power of eminent domain. Councilor George Poling on Tuesday...response to the city's possible use of eminent domain to acquire 65 acres in south Eugene...condemning the properties for that purpose. Eminent domain is a powerful government tool that...

Article: Eminent domain reform on horizon: local government, environmentalists seek to frame issue in new way.
California Planning & Development Report;  January 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......Proposition 90, new proposals to alter eminent domain law are already arising. Anti-tax activists...state lawmakers are all working on eminent domain proposals, and it is likely that voters...will lose at least some measure of eminent domain authority, as even the California ...

Article: Eminent domain foes overreach.(COMMENT)
Los Angeles Business Journal;  April 28, 2008 ;     556 words ...EMINENT domain has become a huge issue. Mostly in...two ballot questions dealing with eminent domain in the June elections. Introducing...bad, it should not be mixed in with eminent domain. I hate to make predictions--especially...

Article: Nonprofits use eminent domain to develop affordable housing in Georgia.
Partners in Community and Economic Development;  January 1, 2006 ;     525 words ...Much has been written about the use of eminent domain by cities for the benefit of private...However it is less well known that eminent domain is also an important tool for nonprofit...economically depressed communities. The use of eminent domain by nonprofit organizations has been...

Article: California Voters Pass Eminent Domain Reform: Impact Limited.
Mondaq Business Briefing;  June 5, 2008 ;     700+ words ......and local governments from using eminent domain to take an owner-occupied, single-fami...California voters rejected a competing eminent domain proposal, Proposition 98. Prop. 98 would have taken eminent domain reform to a new level. Termed Kelo-pl...

Article: No need for a middleman in eminent domain flap.(Opinion)
San Diego Business Journal;  March 13, 2006 ;     505 words ......been largely overlooked in the debate in California about eminent domain is this: Strong eminent domain laws give incredible power to politicians. Here's why. A strong eminent domain law means that a developer who wants to build, say, an office...

Article: Eminent domain--for the greater good? The U.S. Supreme Court decision in Kelo v. New London has prompted states to look at their own eminent domain practices.
State Legislatures;  January 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......several dozen states to look at their eminent domain practices. The New London Development...neighborhood. Employing the use of eminent domain, they were trying to make way for a...a state from restricting the use of eminent domain for economic development purposes...

Article: Fiercely Loving Their Land: It's the American Way, Says Eminent Domain Expert Lewis Realty Advisors.
Business Wire;  August 7, 2006 ;     344 words ...HOUSTON -- Eminent domain has become the nation's most legislated...tion's state legislatures passing new eminent domain legislation in the last year. Most...new laws were designed to prevent eminent domain acquisitions that improperly deliver...

Article: Lawmakers threaten to diminish eminent domain authority.(REDEVELOPMENT WATCH)
California Planning & Development Report;  September 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......Court's recent decision permitting use of eminent domain to aid private development continues...adjourned, it was unclear whether any eminent domain bill would pass this year. However...no constitutional amendment limiting eminent domain made the November special election...

Article: Grandstanding on eminent domain issue in Encinitas.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
San Diego Business Journal;  August 1, 2005 ;     406 words ......Business Journal's July 25 article on eminent domain with more insight than your general...Stocks was at the head of the anti-eminent domain push. Leucadians recognize his actions...Leucadians were right to be worried about eminent domain being used in Leucadia at the hands...

Article: Measure 39: No.(Editorials)(Oregon rarely sees abuses of eminent domain)(Editorial)
The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR);  October 9, 2006 ;     654 words ......Governments often use the power of eminent domain to buy private land for roads, sewer...commercial development. In most communities, eminent domain is used for economic development only...making economic projects a reality. Eminent domain became a national issue last year in...

Article: Urban revitalization may go forward without eminent domain.(Insight)
California Planning & Development Report;  March 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......almost 60 years, urban redevelopment and eminent domain have been intertwined, both in public...and in some states even before that--eminent domain has been used to assemble large blocks...New London--which upheld the use of eminent domain for economic development purposes...

Article: Eminent domain: a fair middle path?(Commentary)(Column)
Government Finance Review;  February 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......decision upholding this city's use of eminent domain powers to seize homes in a working...right may want to propose a series of eminent domain-limiting ballot measures to trigger...the Bush-Cheney ticket. But is the eminent domain issue that glibly tagged politically...

Article: Eminent domain fight not over yet, say supporters: measure similar to Prop. 90 could be on ballot in 2008.
San Diego Business Journal;  November 20, 2006 ;     572 words ......7 state election. And while current eminent domain law was upheld, many believe the fight...ability to take private property through eminent domain. Though 53.6 percent of San Diego voters...taking property through unfair use of eminent domain and without just compensation. ...