Lawyers see rise in jobs from rail
“Real estate attorneys are seizing a monumental opportunity as California lumbers ahead with its high-speed rail plans in the San Joaquin Valley. With 1,100 or more pieces of property in the path of the proposed…
Ontario council approves steps for eminent domain to improve two crossing crossings
“Time is running out on the city in its efforts to eliminate long waits for motorists at two railroad crossing, with $100 million in state funding at risk. The holdup is the city’s inability to…
Tulare moves to declare eminent domain
“The city believes an easier access highway interchange is of vital importance for stimulating development, jobs and revenue for the cash-strapped city. But the city needs everyone to agree to sell and close the deals…
Behind Closed Doors
“Eminent domain would give them the power to take private land, bypassing normal purchasing procedures. Negotiations have been kept very hush hush, but setting a public hearing to start the eminent domain process brought into…
Ontario council approves steps for eminent domain
“The city may use eminent domain if it cannot come to terms with businesses within the scope of two grade separation projects along the Alameda Corridor East train corridor. Council members on Tuesday night approved…
2013 California Senate Bill 01
“SB 1, as amended, Steinberg. Sustainable Communities Investment Authority. The Community Redevelopment Law authorizes the establishment of redevelopment agencies in communities to address the effects of blight, as defined. Existing law dissolved redevelopment agencies and…
Water company calls Claremont’s purchase offer ‘unrealistic’
A $54 million offer by the city to buy local assets from the Golden State Water Co. has been slammed as being impractical. Kruger said the city’s formal offer “is nothing more than the first…
Covina continues eminent domain fight; temporarily secures nearby parking lot
While the city continues its battle to procure a largely empty piece of land from a local developer for employee parking, officials have secured a nearby parking lot for the next two years at no…
City looks to eminent domain for train station land
Council members will hear the issue of acquiring 85,592 square feet of land for a proposed train station at the section of Vanden and Peabody roads. The area would be used for a parking lot,…
The Inland Empire housing crisis, eminent domain and the public interest
In discussions about using eminent domain to lower what local families owe on their homes, much has been said about investors who might make or lose money. That perspective is largely an argument for Wall…