Welcome to the Future!
The City Ordinance: Miami Shores, FL prohibits front yard vegetable gardens and places a fine of 450/day for people with productive front yards
The State Preemption: SB 1776
SB 1776 does 3 things:
Miami Herald | Supreme Court settles food fight, leaves ban on front-yard veggie gardens intact
The North Jersey editorial board opposed the taking of private property by a for-profit developer to build between 22 and 29 low- to moderate-income apartments in a mixed use retail and market rate housing development.
The opposition:
North Jersey | Editorial: In Emerson, eminent domain or land grab?
State: Virginia
The bill: SB 308 allows you to drive while intoxicated if and only if:
Washington Post | Bill allowing drunken driving on private property passes
South Dakota’s House transportation Committee moved out HB 1184 (2018) that will move cow manure through new pipelines.
What’s the opposition to cow manure pipelines?
How would these poop pipelines work?
What do…
Tennessee is considering a bill that would grant the state eminent domain authority, retroactively, over conferederate statues.
The Properties Act would apply to statues on land that the state government previously but not currently owns.
WMC 5 | Proposed bill could grant state eminent domain over Confederate statues
California High Speed Rail, Phase 1, will face an audit after these 3 things happened:
Due to the projected cost increase, the audit will make the following recommendations:
Kenosha, Wisconsin is re-working its billboard ordinance.
Kenosha is ooking to balance the interests of business v. public good v. property rights.
In this balancing act, Kenosha is looking at:
Who: Opponents to the Dakota Access Pipeline from Iowa + Indigenous Iowans and others from across the Midwest
Why: to protest the four-state pipeline eminent domain
Where: Protesting eminent domain at the Super Bowl in Minneapolis at the US Bank Stadium. U.S. Bank has a banking relationship with the pipeline company
Des Moines Register | Iowa environmentalists heading to Super Bowl to protest Dakota Access pipeline
A Louisiana Court ruled that Public Records Laws Not Applicable To Private Pipeline Company.
Arguments for Open Records: If the entity performs a governmental role, like taking property, it should be subject to open records
The Court’s response— there is no basis for applying open records requirements in this matter.
Red River Radio | Judge Rules Public Records Laws Not Applicable To Private Pipeline Company
The Port had the power to use eminent domain on a 4:3 vote.
As for compensation, the Port that was acquired didn’t receive just compensation.
The case: St. Bernard Port, Harbor v. Violet Dock Port, Inc.
Owners Counsel | Louisiana Supreme Court Decides St. Bernard Port, Harbor v.…