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 >>

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 >>

Last week, a coalition led by the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association announced that more than one million signatures have been collected to qualify the California Property Owners and Farmland Protection Act (CPOFPA) for the June 2008 ballot. This eminent domain reform measure will stop government from taking homes, family farms, small business and places of worship and giving the land to other private interests.  Read more >>

SACRAMENTO -- Californians for Property Rights Protection announced today that they are submitting more than one million signatures to qualify the California Property Owners and Farmland Protection Act (CPOFPA) for the June 2008 ballot. This eminent domain reform measure will stop government from taking homes, family farms, small business and places of worship and giving the land to other private interests.  Read more >>

Today, the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association, the National Taxpayer Limitation Committee and the California Alliance to Protect Private Property Rights announced that they have introduced the "Taxpayer Protection Act of 2008," a ballot measure that strengthens existing laws that prohibit the use of taxpayer dollars for political activity by making it illegal for taxpayer financed organizations, such as the League of California Cities, the California State Association of Counties and the California Redevelopment Association to finance their political activities through anonymous campaign accounts.  Read more >>

California's business community has a unique opportunity to close the door now to split roll proposals, whether those proposals address property rights or property taxation.  Read more >>

For those who believe that eminent domain should be reserved for legitimate government purposes like roads, schools and fire stations, and limiting the taking of property for private use, then the California Property Owners & Farmland Protection Act is the real deal.  Read more >>

The California Property Owners and Farmland Protection Act (CPOFPA) is an initiative that would curb government's power to seize private property and turn it over to another private entity that is willing to pay more in taxes. The measure is sponsored by the Howard Jarvis Taxpayer Association, the California Farm Bureau Federation and the California Alliance for the Protection of Private Property Rights who are gathering signatures to place it on the June 2008 state-wide ballot.  Read more >>

The California Property Owners & Farmland Protection Act (CPOFPA) reasserts our rights as citizens -- protecting current and future property owners from unjust property seizures by local government under the auspices of a "public good."  Read more >>