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After Hurricane Sandy, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie signed an executive order permitting eminent domain to rebuild New Jersey’s lost shore line.
The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection bought easements with the backing of eminent domain to rebuild the shore.
Who is suing the State of New Jersey?
What local government wanted to use eminent domain? Garden City Utah wanted to take land from 11 property owners to create a public access point to a lake
The city agreed to drop eminent domain proceedings in exchange for? The subdivision agreed to create a public walkway to provide lake access
What 3 goals were accomplished with the deal?
Techies, Surfers and a state agency? Yes, a founder of Sun Microsystems bought 89 acres of beach front property sorth of Maverick’s. It could also be the plot to Point Break #3.
Had surfers had access to the beach before his purchase? yes.
How did the state lands commission get involved?
Wharton area residents are reciving information on Comptroller Hegar’s legislative enacted Eminent Domain transperancy data base set to go online soon.
Wharton Journal Spectator | New law promotes transparency for eminent domain
The Feds are using eminent domain? Where? The EPA supports condemning 87 pieces of city owned property in Margate, New Jersey as part of Governor Christi’s Dune Protection Plan.
Any fireworks from Governor Christi? Yes, he called the city “selfish” for opposing his state beach protection plan
How do the Feds tie into this? Funding for the beach protection is coming from the $3.5 billion Hurricane Sandy aid bill
Background:
What the courts will look at:
Long Beach Township took property from 7 beach front owners for a storm water project. Long Beach Township asserts it did so because a state agency told it to do so. A natual reply as that explanation worked well with our parents as 9 year olds- so and so made me do it.
The beach project was voided, a win for landwoners. But, since an eminent domain qualifying project was involved, the state & local government were able to start accessing the property from day 1.
The landowners also…
A Miami-Dad jury awarded a land owner $855,000 in a partial taking suit. The local governmental entity initially offered $45,000 for the land it needed to build an emergency access bridge.
Surfing is to Californians like guns are to Texans. You don’t mess with it. A California billionaire tried to block surfers from accessing killer waves off the coast of San Mateo County. It set off a fight.
The Californai Legislature, Courts, and now the California Lands Commission have all attempted to settle the disupted beach access.
The California Lands Commission is mulling over using eminent domain to seize the surfer paradise from the billionaire. In 77 years, the C…
The California legislature sought to find middle ground over public beach access through a California billionaire’s property. The courts sided with the surfer’s right to beach access. The legislature sought the more peaceful resolution for the billionaire- negotiation. Governor Brown agreed and signed the bill. But if negotiation fails, eminent domain is back on the table. A billionaire wants to keep his beach private. Surfers want to surf.
Never ending circle between the courts an…