Seiv
Cadet
Hi All,
An interesting proposition appeared on the State of California's ballot that would make it illegal for local governments to seize land using imminent domain and then hand it over to private developers.
US Constituion is rather vague on this as it states...
nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.
Public Use has in the past always ended up as roadworks or public land. But in 2005 the Supreme Court decided that it was legal for a local government to seize land belonging to local resident's <Homes> so that a private company located nearby could raze it and put in a parking lot for it's employee's. To me that seemed ludicrous but it's reality now.
The California proposition would get rid of the vagueness of the constitution and make sure that private land seizure by local governments could ONLY be used for public works and not private corporations and also allowed a compensation package for those that lost their lands in government seizures that have been taken place recently and that land given over to private developers to make huge profits off of.
Welp the voters overwhelmingly stuck that propostion down. In other words most citizens of california support the fact that their land can be seized by local governements and turned over to a private corporation.
Is it me or are people just playing tic tac toe with their ballots?
An interesting proposition appeared on the State of California's ballot that would make it illegal for local governments to seize land using imminent domain and then hand it over to private developers.
US Constituion is rather vague on this as it states...
nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.
Public Use has in the past always ended up as roadworks or public land. But in 2005 the Supreme Court decided that it was legal for a local government to seize land belonging to local resident's <Homes> so that a private company located nearby could raze it and put in a parking lot for it's employee's. To me that seemed ludicrous but it's reality now.
The California proposition would get rid of the vagueness of the constitution and make sure that private land seizure by local governments could ONLY be used for public works and not private corporations and also allowed a compensation package for those that lost their lands in government seizures that have been taken place recently and that land given over to private developers to make huge profits off of.
Welp the voters overwhelmingly stuck that propostion down. In other words most citizens of california support the fact that their land can be seized by local governements and turned over to a private corporation.
Is it me or are people just playing tic tac toe with their ballots?