Welcome to the Future!
Where? Oregon
What? HB 2001 (2019 | OR)
How does HB 2001 change zoning?
Why? To fill a housing gap between single family and high rise living from zoning ordinances that some trace back to segregation
NPR | Oregon Legislature Votes To Essentially Ban Single-Family Zoning
Where: Maine
Legislation: LD 1383 (2019 | ME)
What will be required for transmission line upgrades that will use eminent domain? Approval from local governmental entities before eminent domain can be used
What transmission lines will this apply to?
Why this change in Maine law? Its the requirement for other private entities that use eminent domain
Portland Press Herald | House votes to tighten utility rules on eminent domain
Maine Public | Bills Would Give Maine Communities More Say In CMP’s Transmission Project
Add Ohio to the list of states that want to keep bike trails from using eminent domain.
21WFMJ | Rep. Manning fighting against eminent domain for Mill Creek Bike Trail
What’s happening? California is building a state backed high speed rail line
Have farmers whose land has been acquired by eminent domain for California’s high speed rail been paid? No.
Have these farmers paid out of pocket expenses to reroute their farm infrastructure because of the high speed rail? Yes.
What story do I need to keep in mind when these conversations arise?
Do the nonpayments include voluntary sales? Yes, yes they do. “Ray Carter, who voluntarily sold his farmland, says he has been owed $630,000 for three years.”
Virginia employs Agriculture and forestal districts that give landowners these benefits when they commit their property to the districts:
Northern Virginia Daily | Panel wrestles with loss of land, state code
Where: Missouri
What: the “Good Neighbor Bill.”
How does the Good Neighbor Bill work? allow neighbors/neighborhood associations to clean up abandoned properties by picking up trash, mowing lawns and fixing windows without any legal ramifications
KCTV | Missouri bill would allow neighbors to clean up outside of abandoned houses
Whats happening? Landowners whose property became a location for a FERC permitted pipeline that allowed for a quick take without compensation since the property was taken 2 years ago.
What does this denial of cert. mean?
What’s been happening: Court cases, legislative action, and criminal charges.
What’s the kerfuffle? The Wilkes brothers bought land in Idaho that abuts open federal lands. In the process, they’ve closed off roads, that may or may not be maintained with tax dollars & gotten a trespass bill passed that required less notice for the land owner.
Who is mad? Outdoor enthusiasts. It’s Idaho, they love the outdoors.
Why does this sound familiar? It is legally similar to the California Billionaire who tried to cut off access to a previously public beach. His plan lost in state courts, federal courts, state agencies and the California legislature.
IdahoNews2 | Another road closure reported on billionaire Wilks brothers’ Idaho land
Where: Colorado
What’s happening? State law in Colorado permits Colorado Preservation, Inc. to bundle properties together to place the properties in the National Registry of Historic Places as a Multiple Property Documentation Form
The bill: HB 19-1078 (2019 | CO)
What did the state law legisaltion do to impact this federal hisptorical property registry?
Where are Business Groups are suing to stop a wildlife corridor: Ventura County CA
Which Business Groups are involved?
What is a wildlife corridor?
What land is the cooridor hampering access to? An aggregate quarry
VC Star | Business groups sue to block Ventura County’s wildlife passage law