Eminent Domain Archive
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Bisno representative accused of assault at neighborhood meeting
Posted on November 1, 2008 | 2 CommentsA Bisno Development representative is being accused of ripping a video camera out of the hands of a resident in Baldwin Park and damaging the camera, while also scratching the... -
241 Extension……Protest Report….Part II
Posted on September 23, 2008 | 2 CommentsThe 241 is part of the greater OCTA Toll Road assumption program that includes both the 241 and the 73. The 241 is self sustaining while the 73 goes under... -
Follow the money…and you will find Pulido and his special interests
Posted on September 19, 2008 | No CommentsSanta Ana Mayor Miguel Pulido isn’t even trying to hide the fact that he is in the pocket of special interests and developers. Check out the picture above. Pulido backer... -
Do property rights still matter in California?
Posted on August 28, 2008 | 3 Comments“With few people paying attention, both houses of the Legislature earlier this month passed a far-reaching and terribly disturbing bill that will reshape land-use patterns in this state. If signed... -
Discussion with Huell Howser, founder of the CA Gold
Posted on July 29, 2008 | 39 CommentsLast Tuesday I was informed that Huell Howser, founder and host of the California Gold TV series, was about to launch a 14 segment series named “California’s Communities” that will... -
Protest Robert Bisno in Santa Ana on July 12!
Posted on July 7, 2008 | 3 CommentsRobert Bisno Development is planning a tour of their luxury condos at the City Place in north Santa Ana on Saturday, July 12, 2008. Guests will be arriving between10:00 to... -
Robert Bisno’s eminent domain plans in Baldwin Park meeting fierce resistance
Posted on June 26, 2008 | 5 CommentsDeveloper Robert Bisno is finding out that the people of Baldwin Park don’t lay down like the people of Santa Ana do. “He comes into cities, buys the land for... -
June 23rd marks the third anniversary of the US Supreme Court Kelo decision
Posted on June 10, 2008 | 5 CommentsWhile the name Susette Kelo has become world famous for her fight to save her New London, CT. home, the US Supreme Court, by a vote of 5-4, made a... -
“Gideons Trumpet” Prop 98 “Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory”
Posted on June 4, 2008 | 6 CommentsI just received the following assessment of yesterday’s Prop 98/Prop 99 outcome from Law Professor Gideon Kanner, an attorney/colleague who, in 2001, defeated the Lancaster Redevelopment Agency. Gideon represented the... -
Election results for Prop 98/Prop 99 Orange County
Posted on June 4, 2008 | 11 CommentsI flipped prior return data in the original post. Prop 98 FAILED in Orange County, by a vote of 50.6 % NO, 49.4 % YES. It also failed to carry statewide.... -
Just VOTE Today, damn you!
Posted on June 3, 2008 | 23 CommentsYes, we’re talking to YOU, couch potato! Today’s election may not seem as exciting as November’s Presidential one, but if you don’t get out there you can’t complain when you... -
Taking Pity on Prop. 98
Posted on June 1, 2008 | 7 CommentsLarry’s baby Proposition 98 seems to be doing so poorly in the polls, that I will go ahead in an attempt to help him a little bit, and post the... -
Institute for Justice Analysis of Prop 99 Part 1 of 2
Posted on June 1, 2008 | 19 CommentsTwo years ago, as a member of the grass roots Castle Coalition wing of the Institute for Justice, I attended their 2006 National Castle Coalition Conference. In addition to meeting... -
Sticking a fork in Prop. 98
Posted on May 30, 2008 | 17 CommentsSorry, Juice-brother Larry, but the more I learn about Proposition 98, the more of a Trojan Horse it turns out to be: not only does it get rid of rent...
