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Lawsuits in California allege that homes built before 1981 containing lead paint are a public nuisance.
A public nuisance in California can be remedied by taking the property by eminent domain.
A public nuisance can also be remedied by criminal charges against the property owner, foreclosure, special taxes to resolve the nuisance, orders to vacate or demolish, loss of tax deductions, mandatory disclosure on real estate transactions, and a listin gin a public data base.
Legislative…
The City Ordinance: Miami Shores, FL prohibits front yard vegetable gardens and places a fine of 450/day for people with productive front yards
The State Preemption: SB 1776
SB 1776 does 3 things:
Miami Herald | Supreme Court settles food fight, leaves ban on front-yard veggie gardens intact
Idaho is considering RS26114 | HB 536 that will set trespass fees:
The bill’s author, a rancher, said of current trespass laws:
in addition to streamlining penaltiesalso requires:
The North Jersey editorial board opposed the taking of private property by a for-profit developer to build between 22 and 29 low- to moderate-income apartments in a mixed use retail and market rate housing development.
The opposition:
North Jersey | Editorial: In Emerson, eminent domain or land grab?
State: Virginia
The bill: SB 308 allows you to drive while intoxicated if and only if:
Washington Post | Bill allowing drunken driving on private property passes
South Dakota’s House transportation Committee moved out HB 1184 (2018) that will move cow manure through new pipelines.
What’s the opposition to cow manure pipelines?
How would these poop pipelines work?
What do…
Tennessee HB 2044 (2018) & Tennessee SB 2566 (2018) require annual reporting by the state Finance Commissioner concerning how much Tennesssee spends acquiring property via eminent domain.
Tennessee is considering a bill that would grant the state eminent domain authority, retroactively, over conferederate statues.
The Properties Act would apply to statues on land that the state government previously but not currently owns.
WMC 5 | Proposed bill could grant state eminent domain over Confederate statues
California High Speed Rail, Phase 1, will face an audit after these 3 things happened:
Due to the projected cost increase, the audit will make the following recommendations:
Kenosha, Wisconsin is re-working its billboard ordinance.
Kenosha is ooking to balance the interests of business v. public good v. property rights.
In this balancing act, Kenosha is looking at: