California Alliance to Protect California Property Rights

Article Archives

2008:

6/26 - City enacts a business moratorium - Pasadena Star-News

6/26 - Reflections on the Prop. 98 Campaign by Jon Coupal - California Republic

6/22 - Recall talk not going away in Baldwin Park - San Gabriel Valley Tribune

6/21 - House in CT eminent domain dispute finds new home - Los Angeles Times

6/19 - Redding increases property protections - Redding Record Searchlight

6/19 - Prop. 99's effects - Riverside Press-Enterprise

6/17 - Calls Rise for Public Control of Water Supply - Wall Street Journal

6/13 - Millions in minutes - Orange County Register

6/11 - Pittsburg files eminent domain suit for waterfront property - Contra Costa Times

6/7 - Real eminent domain protection - Los Angeles Times

6/7 - Sunday editorial: Reform eminent domain by redefining blight - Contra Costa Times

6/7 - Jackson group still eyes development - Monterey County Herald

6/6 - Prop. 98's failure keeps door open for SSJID forcing PG&E system sale - Manteca Bulletin

6/5 - Editorial: Instant betrayal - Prop. 99 forces quickly break word on reform - San Diego Union-Tribune

6/4 - Voters reject bid to end rent control - Oakland Tribune

6/4 - Prop. 99's limited protection may lead to more reform - North County Times

6/4 - Proposition 98 advocates vow to continue fight against eminent domain - Capital Press

6/4 - Prop. 99 passage could affect future of Baldwin Park development - San Gabriel Valley Tribune

6/4 - Split decision on eminent domain - San Diego Union-Tribune

4/20 - Editorial: Prop. 98 protects private property rights - Orange County Register

4/7 - Gotta Fight for Right to Property - Los Angeles Business Journal

4/1 - Vista move worth watching - North County Times

3/30 - Ripped My Heart Out - San Gabriel Valley Tribune

3/15 - Our View: Government funding takes the initiative - Marysville Appeal Democrat

3/15 - Residents oppose development - San Gabriel Valley Tribune

3/13 - Editorial: A slippery practice - San Diego Union-Tribune

3/13 - Circular politicking - Long Beach Press-Telegram

3/12 - Editorial: An 'incestuous circle' - Orange County Register

3/10 - Prop 99 backers accused of illegal funding- Orange County Register

3/8 - Prop 99 backers accused of illegal funding - Orange County Register

2/29 - Utility 'not a willing seller' in city's plan to enter energy market - Stockton Record

2/20 - Dan Walters: Reform's repeal asks for abuse - Sacramento Bee

February - Potential for two eminent domain initiatives to battle it out on June ballot - Central Valley Business Journal

1/12 - Meeting held about electing eminent domain advisory committee - Monterey County Herald

2007:

12/21 San Diego Union-Tribune - Caltrans loses suit over land seizure

12/19 Riverside Press-Enterprise - Supervisors won't back Jurupa district on seizing Calvert property

12/16 Monterey Herald - Seaside protesters say no to
eminent domain

12/6 San Gabriel Valley Tribune - Eminent domain topic at Gold Line meeting

12/5 Sacramento Bee - Editorial notebook: Tex Mex rides again downtown

12/2 San Gabriel Valley Tribune - Residents say appraisers
on project too aggressive

11/29 Los Angeles Times - Disclosure of ballot campaign donors sought

11/27 Orange County Register - Editorial: Ballot measure seeks to rein in cities' land grabs

11/25 Redding Record Searchlight - Property-rights advocates give ballot a new try

11/21 San Diego Union-Tribune: Property rights advocates collect 1 million signatures

11/5 SGV Tribune: Squeezing Small Stores

10/17 Fresno Bee: Autry talks of Running Horse transfer

10/16 Riverside Press-Enterprise: Appeals court backs Riverside questioning ballot measure

10/13 Riverside Press-Enterprise: Aggressive use of eminent domain at issue in Riverside City Council
races

10/4 Los Angeles Times: Lynwood council members ignore recall, stay put

10/3 Chicago Tribune: Minority areas hit hardest by eminent domain

9/26 San Diego Union-Tribune: Boxing program lawyers file suit

9/23 Fresno Bee: Business owners don't want to budge

9/23 Fresno Bee: Urban rescuer

9/21 Ventura County Star: Eminent domain measure rejected

9/9 Sacramento Bee: Editorial notebook: A small K Street restaurant goes under, leaving a void and a bitter owner

9/7 Fresno Bee: Fresno bar owner wins his bid against a city takeover

9/5 San Diego Union Tribune: San Diego councilman gains influence

9/2 Orange County Register: Today's editorial: Real steal posing as the real deal

8/31 Capitol Press: Protecting citizens, land from government abuse

8/31 San Diego Union Tribune: Just who's 'sleazy'?

8/30 San Diego Union Tribune: Developer won't oust popular gym; he'll build project around it

8/18 Monterey County Herald: Ball rolling on Jackson project

8/17 Sacramento Bee: Anti-tax group eyes K Street

8/10 Fresno Bee: Public vents on Running Horse - Residents voice eminent domain concerns to Fresno mayor at City Hall meeting

8/6 Reason: Post-Kelo America: An Optimist's View

8/6 Reason: The Limits of Anti-Kelo Legislation

7/16 San Francisco Chronicle: The state can take your dreams, too

7/11 San Diego Union Tribune: 'Reform'? Hardly

7/10 Orange County Register: Real vs. bogus reforms on land grabs

7/5 Capitol Weekly: Another showdown over eminent domain

7/5 San Diego Union Tribune: Eminent domain authority opposed

7/2 San Diego Business Journal: Business Opposes Eminent Domain Extension

7/1 San Jose Mercury News: Eminent domain battle resurfaces in Assembly

6/26 Inland Valley Daily Bulletin: City officials hoping for hotel property's sale to developer

6/23 Wall Street Journal: Kelo's Consequences

6/21 Fresno Bee: Trump back in Running via radio, Billionaire makes a new bid for golf project when his lawyer calls talk show

6/21 Riverside Press Enterprise: Riverside eminent-domain foes take a hit on appeal

6/21 Flash Report: 2nd Anniversary of Kelo: Two Years Will Pass with No Limits placed on Government’s Power of Eminent Domain! - An exclusive column from retired State Senator Jim Nielson.

6/19 Voice of San Diego: Gran Havana's Replacement Still Absent

6/19 San Diego Union Tribune: Don't KO the kids with bogus blight

6/19 Riverside Press Enterprise: San Bernardino County scrambles to protect power of eminent domain

5/24 Orange County Register: 'Reform' that's worse than doing nothing

5/22 Sacramento Bee: Dan Walters: A muddle on property seizures

5/22 Sacramento Bee: Eminent domain plan aired

5/22 North County Times: New eminent domain proposal could be headed to the ballot

5/22 Contra Costa Times: Bill would curb eminent domain power in state

5/5 San Diego Union-Tribune: Businesses battling eminent domain

4/27 Weekly Standard: Urban Renewal? Why Maxine Waters and John Cornyn agree on eminent domain

4/25 Los Angeles Times: Scamming redevelopment

4/17 Monterey Herald: Residents fear force out

3/25 Desert Sun: Indio land deal wise?

3/22 Orange County Register: Property rights back on the radar

3/16 Orange County Register: Suing CalTrans can make a lot of bucks

3/14 Copley News Service: Cities in California push own measure on eminent domain

2/14 The Desert Sun: Cathedral City using eminent domain to revamp downtown

1/17 New York Times: Justices Decline to Take Up New Eminent Domain Case

2006:

12/20 Orange County Register: California Focus: Next round in eminent domain fight

12/18 Hanford Sentinel: Severing family roots: Family plans to battle Armona Community Services District to keep 4-generation land

11/26 Orange County Register: California's biggest, nastiest slumlord

11/24 Long Beach Press Telegram: Taxpayers group has eminent domain in sight - again

11/17 Sacramento Bee: Legislature, governor tinker with eminent domain

11/16 Capitol Weekly: Eminent-domain fight to move back to Legislature

11/12 Orange County Register: California was behind this trend

11/10 Washington Times: Nine states limit eminent domain

11/1 Sacramento Bee: Governor opposes Prop. 90

10/18 Property Rights Alliance: Seventy-Five Organizations and Policy Leaders Call for Eminent Domain Reform in Senate (Also: Read the Letter)

10/16 Orange County Register: Dodging Reform

10/16 Orange County Register: Local control of Caltrans sought

10/16 Orange County Register: State agency defends Caltrans

10/15 Orange Country Register: Highway Robbery

10/15 Stockton Record: Thornton residents win records request

9/30 Sacramento Bee: Another View: Yes on 90: Eminent Domain must be curbed

9/28 Los Angeles Times: Hollywood Luggage Shop Won't Have to Pack Its Bags

9/15 Riverside Press Enterprise: Eminent-domain action goes to Inland council

9/15 Capital Press/Agriculture Weekly: Ranch owner settles for raw deal in Yolo Co.

9/9 Los Angeles Times - Yolo County Drops Its Eminent Domain Bid to Acquire Conaway Ranch

9/8 Davis Enterprise - Conaway reaction split

9/8 Woodland Daily Democrat - Conaway Ranch pact struck

9/8 Sacramento Bee - Yolo backs off seizure, strikes Conaway deal

9/7 Associated Press - Yolo County strikes deal averting condemnation of ranch

9/1 Orange County Register - Today's editorial: Prop. 90: Restoring property rights

8/27 Davis Enterprise - Supervisor candidates eye issues

8/19 Santa Rosa Press Democrat - SR Avenue-area business owners sue city

8/17 Ventura County Star - March will protest city's eminent domain plans

8/9 Sacramento Bee - Steven Greenhut: Eminent domain sense

8/2 Sacramento Bee: Dan Walters: Most ballot issues have deep ideological splits, but not this one

6/30 Moorpark Acorn - Downtown residents fear
eminent domain

6/26 San Francisco Chronicle: Property seizure revolt heads for California ballot Initiative

6/6 Woodland Daily Democrat: Conaway wins round in court

6/6 Sacramento Bee: A legal twist in sale of land

5/28 Contra Costa Times: Misuse of eminent domain in Hercules

5/18 San Francisco Chronicle: Property rights activists want county to pay

5/17 Davis Enterprise: Put the Brakes on Conaway

5/17 Ventura County Star: Eminent domain initiative could echo Prop. 13

5/17 Orange County Register: 'Protect Our Homes' closer to spot on ballot

5/17 Sacramento Bee: Yolo race keys on Conaway Ranch fight

5/10 Orange Country Register: O.C. woman fights to limit land taking

5/9 Orange County Register Editorial: Latest front in property rights fight

5/4 Sacramento Bee: Other view: Redevelop eminent domain

4/13 Sacramento Bee: Yolo gets key victory on Conaway Ranch

4/12 Davis Enterprise: Poll backs Conaway foes

4/6 Wall Street Journal: The Anti-Kelo

4/6 Capitol Weekly: Where are they now? Former State Senator Jim Nielson

4/1 Woodland Daily Democrat: Future of Conaway Ranch under discussion

3/31 Davis Enterprise: Dispute clouding vision for ranch’s future

3/29 Davis Enterprise: New voice jumps into Conaway fray

3/28 Sacramento Bee: Daniel Weintraub: Eminent domain reform morphs into broader battle

3/26 Orange County Register: Fight the power of eminent domain

3/22 Long Beach Press Telegram: Measure would target eminent domain

3/22 FlashReport: What's Arnold's Third Issue? How About Eminent Domain?

3/19 Woodland Daily Democrat: Cattlemen oppose Conaway purchase

3/17 Sacramento Business Journal: Potential payday fuels fight over Conaway Ranch

3/9 BP News: City moves to condemn SBC church using eminent domain

3/8 Woodland Daily Democrat: Revolution Under Way

3/5 Woodland Daily Democrat: Breaking the Silence

3/1 Davis Enterprise: Conaway cost slammed

3/1 Orange County Register: O.C. supervisors move to curb eminent domain

2/28 Wall Street Journal: Don't Kelo My House

2/22 Woodland Appeal-Democrat: Property rights pushed

2/22 San Diego Union-Tribune: Eminent domain measure to go on Chula Vista ballot

2/21 New York Times: States Curbing Right to Seize Private Homes

2/17 San Diego Union-Tribune: Chula Vista group can add signatures

2-16 Sacramento Bee: Land removed from Yolo bid to seize ranch

2-12 Woodland Daily Democrat: No dice on Conaway compromise

2-11 Washington Times: Another government taking

2-6 San Francisco Examiner: Dems back curbs on eminent domain

2-5 San Francisco Chronicle: Another government taking

2-5 Sacramento Bee: Protecting property not partisan issue

2-5 Contra Costa Times: State bills aim to control scope of eminent domain

2-2 Davis Enterprise: Conaway acquisition defended at forum

2-1 San Diego Union-Tribune: Petition challenging eminent domain filed

1-24 Los Angeles Times: Can California curb land grabs?

1-23 Los Angeles Times: This land is whose land?

1-21 Associated Press: Group Seeks Souter Eviction As Protest

1-18 Contra Costa Times: 'Eminent domain' bills could affect San Ramon, Livermore plans

1-17 Los Angeles Times: Battle Builds over a Coveted Parcel

1-16 Ventura County Star: Simi proposes eminent domain limits

1-14 Los Angeles Times: Land Seized for Animal Shelter...

2005:

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River City Communications
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