InfoHive – Eminent Domain

Where: Massachusetts

How: An amendment to an economic development bill ( S2842 (2020 | MA)) included languages that requires diversity that takes into account race and gender when awarding bids for the disposition of real estate, air rights, long-term leases, and construction and design work.

Will there be state mandated requirements? No. Each state agency will be required to establish programs to ensure the “fair participation” of minority-owned and woman-owned businesses 

Boston Globe | Bill to mandate diversity on bidding teams for state properties nears finish line in Legislature

What type of business is pivoting? A restaurant in Austin TX

What COVID restrictions have been in place? Closed to dining in and limited capacity at restaurants in Texas

What model did the restaurant adapt?

• subscription service with all subscriptions receiving free in person dining quest
• A $5/mo subscription newsletter with a recipe and cooking tips
• $35 a month, subscribers can get access to a monthly virtual cooking class & access to an ingredient list and recipe to cook along
• $55 per month and you get ^^^ + the ingredients
• $75 per month, you can get the meal kit as well as a cocktail class and cocktail kit

Austin 360 | El Alma launches meal, cocktail kits through membership program (free queso included)

How did a community in Michigan craft their ordinances to limit access to investors who want to acquire short term rentals in the area:

• priority is given to people who live in the community
• priority is given to locals on the waiting list for a license when the cap is reached

Traverse Ticker | Elk Rapids, Elmwood Township Tackle Short-Term Rentals

Minnesota: HF 2 (2020 | MN) will offer property damage relief for property in 2 ways.

1. Relief for property that was damaged by rioters through the new CIVIL UNREST IMMEDIATE RELIEF PROGRAM
2. Relief for development for those that experienced “adverse impacts of past and ongoing racial discrimination in the metropolitan area” through the METROPOLITAN AREA REDEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

Massachusetts: H4854 (2020 | MA) favors housing grants near transportation nodes.

Prioritizes developments in areas hit hardest by the pandemic.

Who wants to ban eminent domain for pipelines? U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley

Why the eminent domain ban? industry’s increased use of eminent domain coupled with FERC’s reluctance to protect landowners

Will pipelines be prevented from ever using eminent domain? No

How will the 2 bills work?

• Wyden’s Reaffirming Property Rights Through Natural Gas Act Modernization Act
  • ends the legal presumption that gas exports are by definition in the public interest
  • uniform gas developers’ communications to landowners
  • setting time limits on FERC actions
  • more robust appeals process for landowners
• Merkley’s proposed Ending Natural Gas Companies’ Seizure of Land for Export Profits Act
  • prohibit companies building export pipelines from using eminent domain claims against private lands

Mail Tribune | Oregon senators to introduce bills against use of eminent domain

SP Global | Oregon senators prepare bills to rein in eminent domain use for gas projects

Where: New York

What: a new rule prohibiting bars, restaurants and similar venues from offering live music that customers pay for separately

How: State Liquor Authority Rules for COVID permitting only incidental music is permissible at this time

Syracuse.com | New NY state rule bans ticketed music events at bars: ‘This is devastating’‘

Who: Austin-based construction tech company Icon 

How much has Icon raised? raised $35 million to accelerate its growth, total raised $44 million

What does Icon do?  3D printing technology to build structures by robotic poured materials to provide more affordable, resilient and sustainable homes.

Why should I pay attention? Icon was featured in Apple’s Emmy nominated show, Home

Austin Statesman | Austin construction tech firm Icon raises $35M to speed growth

Who is offering model food truck legislation? ALEC, the American Legislative Exchange Council

The goals of the legislation: Diverse economy, economic development, increase access to local foods

What is the regulatory framework?

• licensing (ok with local & state)
• licensing per vehicle
• insurance required
• health inspection required
• can operate on public or private property
• no limit on how close they may operate to an existing restaurant

Full text: ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING MOBILE FOOD VENDORS

Steve Jobs & Apple have been talking about property right sin your personal data for a while now.

KPMG has a new report on corporate data responsibility that says 9 out of 10 Americans support data privacy rights.

The details:

• 91% think companies should be held responsible for corporate data breaches
• 91% take corporate data responsibility seriously
• 84% open to state legislation for consumer control over data
• 91% support GDPR like regulations that would allow Americans to delete personal data and know how their data is being used
• 56% think companies should prioritize data privacy in 2020

ZDNet | Nine in ten Americans view data privacy as a human right, according to new report