Takings
Takings Lawsuit Settlement Hinges On Legislation
1 May 2008 - 9:13am | Author: CP&DR Staff
The City of Half Moon Bay has reached a settlement agreement with a developer who won a takings lawsuit against the city. Last December, U.S. District Court Judge Vaughn Walker awarded developer Charles Keenan $36.8 million in damages, plus interest and attorney’s fees, because an incomplete city drainage project had transformed an approved 24-acre housing project site into an unbuildable wetland (see CP&DR In Brief, January 2008).
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Price: $2.95City Ordered to Pay Landowner $36.8 Million
27 December 2007 - 3:55pm | Author: CP&DR StaffA federal judge has told Half Moon Bay to pay a property owner for making his property unbuildable; Placer County has sued a former planning commissioner for alleged Subdivision Map Act improprieties; government agencies are suing over a San Diego State expansion plan; Humboldt County has dropped proposed timber zoning resrictions; and more news about flood issues in Sacramento.
Price: $2.959th Circuit Cracks Door Open For Out-Of-State Property Owners
27 November 2007 - 2:30pm | Author: CP&DR Staff
The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has issued two takings decisions from outside California favorable to property owners.Price: $2.95 » read more | add to cart
Price: $2.95Highway 4 Dedication Demand Ruled Constitutional
24 September 2007 - 2:28pm | Author: CP&DR Staff
The requirement that two Antioch property owners dedicate land for a new highway bypass when they develop their property is constitutional, the First District Court of Appeal has ruled.Price: $2.95 » read more | add to cart
Price: $2.95Coastal Commission Rejects Development in Monterey County
29 June 2007 - 6:58pm | Author: CP&DR StaffCalifornia | Corruption | Eminent domain | In Brief | Initiatives and referendums | Takings | Vol. 22 No. 07 Jul 2007
The Coastal Commission has rejected Pebble Beach Company’s Del Monte Forest plan in Monterey County, Placer County Board of Supervisors remove thier panning commissioner after published controversy, a superior court judge rejects San Francisco referendum petitions, Napa County begins processing an application for the largest project in county history, and Oregonians will vote on a takings ballot measure.Price: $2.95 » read more | add to cart
Price: $2.95Supreme Court Taking Decision Doesn't Aid Mobile Home Park Owners
6 June 2007 - 1:05pm | Author: CP&DR StaffChico Subdivision Modifications Don’t Qualify As Illegal Exaction
29 May 2007 - 2:08pm | Author: CP&DR Staff
The apportionment of lots in a subdivision is not an “exaction” under the Mitigation Fee Act, a state appellate court has ruled.Price: $2.95 » read more | add to cart
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1 July 2005 - 12:00am | Author: Paul ShigleyProperty owners who contend that the government has taken their property without just compensation must press their monetary claims in state court and might never get to argue in federal court.
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