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Rhode Island has a stadium to build for its Pawtucket Red Sox.
What did the Senate Finance Chair say in response to this hoopla? “public opinion is not going to be the litmus test”
What is a data trespass law? While it sounds like data security, these laws create a crime against physically entering land to acquire data like pollution or animal cruetly.
Are data trespass laws constititional? Maybe not. A Federal Appeals court has found a Wyoming law likely violates the 1st Amendment.
Who is for these laws? Land owners, members of the Farm Bureau
Who is against these laws? People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, Center for Food Safety, National Press Photographers…
Los Angeles will be hosting the 2028 Olympics and the Clippers need a new stadium. What is a state to do? Pretend we’re working in a cartel cocaine processing room and sampling our own product? Yes, in a way, by expediting the permiting process to build stadiums more quickly.
How is the bill expediting the process?
The Wisconsin County: Wood County, WI
What did Wood County Board of Supervisors do? Pass a resolution calling on the Legislature to prohibit a specific energy company from having the power of eminent domain
The Activists behind it: 80 Feet is Enough, who argue that the existing 80 feet of pipeline easement is enough, more land shouldn’t be taken
The Legislative goal: to give property owners the value of their land back
Wisconsin Public Radio | Wood County Passes Resolution To Keep Oil…
The business: Hicamp
It’s like AirBnB for camping.
Looking to expand into urban areas. How do local short term rental rules apply to camping in a city? or in a county?
Houston Chronicle | Hipcamp website lets private property owners rent out land for camping
4 Native American tribes signed an agreement opposing eminent domain–the ability to buy your land.
While Native American soveriegnty is murky, it got a boost this week via a ruling from the 10th Circuit.
Where this will be most interesting will be when eminent domain is sought over lands held by or held in trust by native american tribes. That’s anthing from the Keystonr XL protests to the Native American lands between the Permian Basin and the Mexico border.
The concept: rent out your backyard swimming pool by the hour.
The reaction from policymakers: lots of legislative answers:
USA Today Network | ‘Airbnb for pools’ in Lakewood, Jackson faces legal, insurance questions
Michigan’s Senate Bill 329 and House Bill 4503 prohibit local governments from creating anti-short term rental ordinances.
How are these bills keeping short term rentals alive?
News Review | Bills would prohibit bans on short-term rentals
TPPF position is that tree ordinances are:
Wisconsin legislators are working to bolster the state’s Landowner Bill of Rights by:
The goals of the bill are prevent another Murr situation by ensuring that: