This Conservative Court USSCT is going to AMAZING for property owners.CATO is joining Owners Counsel of America, Penneast New Jersey Property Owners, and Institute for Justice in an Amicus asking for US Supreme Court review of a pre-condemnation access and bond case Pay up first. Property owners should not be deprived of their land while […]
Monthly Archives: August 2019
New Policy Issue: Property Rights in Data
Who is taking about property rights in data? Academics at Stanford & Republican Congressman & the World Economic Forum Is there lingo to learn? ODP Online Data Property How would this work? Private sector & government would recognize consumer data as the property of the consumer. AEI | Perspectives on Property Rights in Data
Local Ordinance Sets Beverage Container Requirements at Large Gatherings. Local Sustainability Goals.
Where: San Francisco The ordinance: Plastic and Litter Reduction Ordinance What is required but he Plastic and Litter Reduction ordinance? A gathering of 100 or more on city owned property requires reusable cups for at least 10% of attendees Single use food service items are available only by request
New Eminent Domain Opposition Tactic: Gardening
What? Opponents to eminent domain are surreptitiously planting fruit trees on land that has been taken by eminent domain How could this be used? Imagine a group planting state trees or state flowers that could be protected from removal. The signage: “A gift to the people, reclaiming land stolen by corporate greed.” Where did this […]
Municipal License to Usurp Short Term Rental Laws?
Where: Wind Point MN What: A municipal license What would the municipal license replace? local short term rental ordinances Journal Times | Wind Point looks to pre-empt Airbnb issues by creating municipal license
+1 City Adding Short Term Rentals to Hotel Motel Construction Ordinances
Where: Moab Utah What is Moab doing? Adopted a new land-use code that blocks construction of new hotels, condos and houses intended for short-term rental Is the prohibition permanent? The intent is to study and find appropriate zoning restrictions for hotels, condos and houses intended for short term rentals The Salt Lake Tribune | Moab […]
Campaign TREND. More talking about socialism. More Resolutions Protecting Private Property
Where: D.C. What resolution protecting private property? Sen. Steve Daines (R-Mont.) resolution condemning socialism How does private property rights fit into this? Socialism will “eliminate the private property rights of all people of the United States.” Why does this matter? Every legislature will have a Republican filing the same or similar resolution calling on the protection of […]
Pore Space Protection in Law Leads to Lawsuit over Takings. Bill Draft Writing 101.
Where: North Dakota What is pore space? The hollow underground space in rock formations Who sued? Northwest Landowners Association Why did they sue? The only property rights protections for pore space in statute were contractual and that made the taking of pore space, without a contract for compensation, a taking without just compensation The proposed […]
New Research: Eminent Domain Does Not Increase Construction Costs
WHO: Economist Leah Brooks and law professor Zachary Liscow WHAT: Looking at the cost of construction from 1960 to 1980 find land costs are minimal HOW does this impact eminent domain reform? eminent domain reform does not increase construction costs, even when accounting for inflation the proportion of construction costs that relate to land acquisition has […]
Different Property Appraisals. Companies with Eminent Domain Powers.
Where: Oklahoma What’s happening? Oklahoma separately values the property owned by companies that have eminent domain authority How does it work? impacts “public service” companies (companies that have the privilege of using eminent domain) property assessments are conducted annually by the Oklahoma’s State Board of Equalization there’s an opportunity for companies to protest, all the way […]