Reflections on the Prop. 98 Campaign

As the third anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court's Kelo v. New London decision came and went on June 23rd, California remains among the few states that has failed to join over 40 states in curbing eminent domain abuse.  Read more >>

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 >>

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 >>