Welcome to the Future!
What transportation project may impact Apple facilities? Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) wants to connect San Francisco to San Jose by adding BART down the penninsula.
An Apple facility is part of the plan? Yes, an Apple facility is planend to be used for construction and may be a transit hub.
How is eminent domain playing? Officials are concerned that eminent domain will be expensive as Apple has spent millions on upgrades to the facility
This year Texas law schools began offering classes specifically focused on eminent domain.
UT’s class will look at the “tension between the public’s need to accommodate growth and private property rights.” u of H will follow this fall with a similar course.
UT’s class is believed to be the only class in the nation focused on private proeprty rights & eminent domain.
A group of physicians writing in the Washington Post argue the federal government should be able to use eminent domain for drug prices.
The intel:
Your informed intel:
The Legislature: Hawaii
The Bill passed: Hawaii’s HB 1850
The short term rental tax:
Concerns:
The property right: The Business of Deer Breeding
The lawsuit: Deer breeders sued the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department in Feburary 2015 over the taking of their property
What was the property taking alleged by the property owners? The culling of the deer population was tantamount to a taking of private property by eminent domain
What happened in the lawsuit? TPWD claimed sovereign Immunity & the state district judge non-suited the case.
Which texas companies were certified under the new drone certification system in Texas? HUVRdata (Austin) & Aviation Unmanned (Addison)
What entity does the drone certification? Texas A&M University System via its Corpus Christi campus and its engineering extension service
How is industry using drones? wind-power, oil and gas and transportation industries to provide aerial inspections and mapping, and for port and border security and coastline monitoring
Which Southern state struck a deal with AirBnB? Alabama
Which Alablama taxes will be collected by AirBNB?
is this an outlier tax agreement? No, it follows a model that other states & local taxing jurisdictions have followed
Birmingham Business Journal | Alabama strikes deal with Airbnb on tax collections
What state regulators refused eminent domain powers for a pipeline? Georgia
Why did Georgia deny eminent domain authority? For reasons including that the pipeline would not provide any direct benefit for Georgia, the pipeline only went through the state without dropping off goods in the state.
What happened after the denial of eminent domain by state regulators? 4 things.