Monthly Archives: May 2021

What’s happening? This week marked the 100 year remembrance of the Tulsa Race Massacre. 50 years after the Massacre, the rebuilt black community met eminent domain when property was taken for a new highway. Why is this important? History and eminent domain are having a renaissance. How will this be important? Discussion of eminent domain […]

What’s happening?Whether it is a city making amends for using eminent domain to move out a black community for a highway, California for historically using eminent domain to move a black community from a beach or National Geographic discussing how Central Park was built after the use of eminent domain removed black land owners. Why […]

What’s happening? Minnesota adopted a new drone law that requires law enforcement agencies to file an annual report on drone usage, costs and if a search warrant was obtained for a flight Why is this important? The legislation further limits drone use by law enforcement to prohibit drone use (1) for facial recognition or (2) […]

What’s happening? NH, like many states, has a hot housing market. To keep the market in check, the state Legislature created the Housing Appeals Board “to provide a non-judicial avenue for aggrieved landowners and developers to appeal local land-use decisions.” Why is this important? Other states see a Housing Appeals Board as a way to […]

What’s happening? Short term rentals are exceeding 2019 numbers.5.4% more than 2019. Up 66.4% over 2020’s numbers as of April 2021. Why is this important? Higher rental numbers, more potential for issues, which opens the doors for more regulation to solve the issues. How will this be important? Short term rentals are regulated in different […]

What’s happening? Pundits are calling the possibility of limiting patent protections for COVID vaccines a form of intellectual eminent domain. Why is this important? It’s happened in other times in history, mostly around war time. How will this be important? The issue hinges on whether federal funds were used to create the patent. If so, […]

What’s happening? Meet the Republican legislation in response to President Biden’s 30×30 Executive Order. 30×30 opponents call it a land grab to meet arbitrary climate change goals Why is this important? The legislation looks to prevent federal control over private lands, which is what opponents to 30×30 believe is occurring. How will this be important? […]

What’s happening? The Butte-Silver Bow, Mont., Zoning Board is considering a zoning request for a 5 acre proposed battery storage facility. Why is this important? Residents say it will scar the views and character, pose safety risks and lead to further industrialization in open spaces. The developer says it will “help fill gaps in energy capacity […]

What’s happening? When a county approved a solar array, it added this eminent domain cavet: “prohibiting the use of eminent domain to cross a joining property with the infrastructure needed for community solar” Why is this important? Let’s think of this as a way to create a list of all the ways to limit eminent […]

What’s happening? Reason has an article entitled, When Eminent Domain Is Used for Economic Assassination, and it caught my attention. They use the phrasing as away to talk about eminent domain and economic development. Why is this important? No one is ever going to think eminent domain is fair. On one side is growth and […]