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Local TREND. Banning Booting Cars on Private Property. Where. What. How.

Where: Athens-Clarke County

What: complaints that private paring lot owners are hiring people to immobilize drivers’ wheels for infractions like going into a business that isn’t associated with the lot

How: County Commissioners look to prohibit booting cars on private property

FlagPole Colorbearer of Athens Georgia | Commissioners Propose Banning Booting Cars on Private Property

Campaign TREND. Labeling Eminent Domain as a "Politician's Tool"

Where is this election : Gilroy, California

Election for: City Council

what eminent domain tagline emerged? When a candidate suggested eminent domain to redevelop a downtown street, the respons was that “eminent domain is a politician solution”

Gilroy Dispatch | Candidates have plans for downtown

3 Problems with Eminent Domain in Texas. Hello 2019 Legislative Session.

Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association’s Opinion: Texas landowners subsidize pipelines and powerlines says this happens in 3 ways:

profits often outweigh the rights of landowners with some pipelines & transmission lines
- agents may pocket any money budgeted that isn’t paid to land owners
- disincentivizes fair offers to landowners
Intimidation. The team of lawyers of pipelines and transmission line companies
adequate offers are essential so landowners are treated like partners…

4 Reasons Colorado's Eminent Domain Proposition for Land Owners is Not Good.

The Colorado Municipal League opposition to Initiative 108/amendment 74 is:

“taxpayers as a whole will suffer dramatically”
“tax dollars may go more toward fighting lengthy lawsuits”
municipal services would suffer- police, parks, trash service
it will “halt local government”

Post Indepdent Citizen Telegram | Proposed Colorado Amendment 74 ‘reckless and dangerous,’ say muni officials.

ACTIVIST TREND. Regulatory Takings Reform. 2019. Texas. 4 Legislative Reforms.

Zoning should be a regulatory taking
Compensation should be triggered by any regulation that reduces propety value by 25%
- Works in tandem with restoring a property right in property use
The Texas Real Private Property Rights Preservation Act should be amended to apply to municipalities
Condeming entities should be able to issue “waivers” that run with the property in lieu of financial compensation

Texas Public Policy Foundation Legislator’s Guide to the Issues 2019

ACTIVIST TREND. Private Property Eminent Domain Reform. 2019. Texas. 3 Legislative Reforms.

Shift burden of proof from land owner to condemnor
Reduce court deference to local governments and state agencies in proceedings
Restore a constitutional right to USE property

TPPF Legislator’s Guide to the Issues 2019

Lege TREND. Property Rights. Required Disclosures by Contractors.

California Legislature passed SB 1465 (2018 | CA) would require contractors:

to report settlements concerning construction defects within 90 days
if settlements were for more than $1 million
concerned multifamily residences
The Contractors State License Board would hold the records

Daily Californian | Bills to increase balcony safety pass California State Legislature

Lege TREND. Property Safety. Balcony Inspections.

California Legislature passed SB 721 (2018 | CA) would require:

decks and balconies of multiunit (3+ dwellings)
to be inspected
every 15 years

The bill is in repsonse to a 2015 balcony collapse that killed 6 students.

Daily Californian | Bills to increase balcony safety pass California State Legislature

Legal Trend. Pre-condemnation Taking. Pipelines. 2 Reasons Libertarians Side with Land Owners. WHO. WHAT. WHERE. IMPACT.

WHO: The libertarian Niskanen Center

WHAT: Libertarians, supporting landowners over a FERC permitted pipeline in a dispute over pre-condemnation access, offer these 2 reasons for siding with Landowners over economics:

DUE PROCESS FOR LANDOWNERS “No court has ever held that property owners can be forced to wait indefinitely for the constitutionally-required hearing on the taking of their land, and this Court should not be the first,”
FERCs approval process violates landowners’ constitutional…