It turns out that the real secret behind the battle between Propositions 98 and 99 is the funding sources for the anti-property rights initiative, Prop 99. On Sunday, an Orange County Register investigative news story reported how an obscure public agency has been used to divert public money into political campaign accounts to deny Californians private property rights.  Read more >>

Don Perata is the boss of the state Senate. As President Pro Tempore of the Senate, Perata behaves as a "boss" in the worst sense of the word. His heavy-handedness is renowned. When two Senators -- members of his own political party -- attended a fundraiser for a group of which Perata did not approve, they arrived at work finding they were unable to enter their offices. The Boss had ordered the sergeants-at-arms to lock them out.  Read more >>

A San Diego firm is offering to write insurance policies that could be a prudent investment for California property owners. The Ward Group LLC, in partnership with the AmWins Group, Inc. is offering to write policies to protect property owners against losses suffered if they become victims of eminent domain -- the government taking of private property.  Read more >>

Claimed Homeowner Protections Easily Circumvented

For the past several months, local government interests, including the League of California Cities and the California State Association of Counties, have spent millions of dollars touting Prop. 99 as ironclad protection for Californians who fear having their homes seized by local governments to be turned over to private developers for strip-malls and other for-profit projects. But the list of property rights experts who reject this claim is growing. This is because Prop. 99 includes significant loopholes that will allow public agencies to continue to forcibly seize owner occupied homes and give them to wealthy and politically connected developers, even if the measure wins voter approval.  Read more >>