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California Governor Jerry Brown vetoed a bill that would have funded acquisition of a beach access point.
The reason for the veto? While the bill provided a means for beach access the bill precluded eminent domain.
Why does Governor Brown say the state needs Eminent Domain for this beach access issue?
Governor Scott Walker of Wisconsin vetoed eminent domain restrictions that:
Governor Walk let stand eminent domain restrictions that:
NYC Department of Environmental Protection has recommended a plan to pay private proeprty owners to go green.
How would this work?
NRDC | Paying Private Property Owners in NYC to “Go Green”
Wisconsin Legislature is looking at a Republican backed bill to limit game warden access to private lands.
Game Wardens would only be granted access to private land if there is reasonable suspicion that a violation had occurred.
Game Wardens are concerned that AB 411 prevents them from conducting compliance checks on more than 80% of the Wisconsin landscape.
Wisconsin Assembly Bill 411 (2017-2018 Legislature)
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | Assembly Bill 411 would reduce warden authority on…
In Georgia, cities are arguing before the Georgia Supreme Court that the 2006 Land Owner Bill of Rights is not mandatory and there is no enforcement mechanism.
Landowners in Marietta say that the Land Owners Bill of Rights is mandatory.
Background of the eminent domain dispute:
The U.S. Supreme Court sided with Wisconsin in a property rights case last week. Property irghts activists are hanging their hats on the liberal majority in this opinion.
Murr’s property right sissue isn’t as clear cut as Kelo’s- should the house be taken. Murr owned multiple parcels of land and wanted to sell one parcel to build a cabin.
Standing in the way of the Murr’s cabin dream is a Wisconsin law that barred the sale because conservation rules treat the two lots as a single property…
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?
How did a tornado recovery lead to eminent domain? To clean up tornado damage, a town undertook widening the main thoroughfare in a low income neighborhood
How was this project funded? Federal Funds
Were the federal government or the local government tasked with implementing the plan to widen the thoroughfare? Local Government
How well was eminent domain received at the city council? According to 1 city council member, “” I have no appetite to vote for eminent domain takings,”
A state representative candidate in rural Utah pilloried using eminent domain for hike and bike trails saying:
““If its on a master plan, we’ll do what we have to do … but not just to run a trail that people think would be nice to have.”
Standard Examiner | Utah Republican Convention 2016: 3 northern Utah races contested Saturday
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