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Will California’s CEQA Reform Impact Condemnation? 

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Acquiring property for public projects typically does not occur until after the project has received environmental approval.  In California, complying with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) can sometimes take...more

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City’s Planning to Acquire Property Does not Trigger Precondemnation Damages or Inverse Condemnation Liability

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Planning and constructing large public works projects can take years. When those projects will impact private property, owners are left in a difficult situation, as the cloud of condemnation hangs over their property, making...more

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Infrastructure Spending's Impact On Franchise Sites

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Over the next five years, the federal government expects to spend over a trillion dollars on a wide range of infrastructure projects, including road widenings, bridge repairs, and upgrading mass transit and the power grid (to...more

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Eminent Domain - Attorney Needed for Private Landowner Rights?

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With billions in Federal infrastructure improvement funding set to pour into Pennsylvania in coming years, privately owned land across the state will be impacted by thousands of “public purpose” projects. In terms of...more

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Just Say No…To The Condemning Authority’s First Offer, That Is.

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Public infrastructure projects are on the rise, from new transit systems to comprehensive highway renovations and everything in between.  Behind the scenes, some governmental body is fast at work acquiring private land along...more

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When Proposed Public and Private Projects Collide

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Infrastructure projects take years to develop: the environmental review, funding, design, procurement, and construction of a public project is time consuming in any state, but even more so in California given the strict...more

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Caltrans’ Ceres Interchange Project May Result in Eminent Domain

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With the passing of California’s new gas tax (SB1) earlier this year, local government agencies have come across a new source of funding to complete public infrastructure projects. According to an article in the Ceres...more

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Eminent Domain Begins for County of Sacramento Road Projects

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As traffic continues to increase and roadways become more congested, California’s transportation infrastructure needs to keep up. While there has been a concerted focus on alternative methods of transportation (such as rail,...more

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New Eminent Domain Law May Require Business-Litigation Approach To Condemnation Cases

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The Charlottesville paper recently ran an interesting story about how local road improvement projects will test the limits and scope of the Commonwealth's new eminent domain law. The new laws are comprised of reforms passed...more

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Full Steam Ahead for Eminent Domain Actions after High Speed Rail Authority Negotiations End in Impasse

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The State Public Works Board (the “Board”) adopted four Resolutions of Necessity approving the High-Speed Rail Authority’s (the “Authority”) use of eminent domain for public necessity to acquire four parcels in Fresno and...more

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California Eminent Domain Updates

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We haven't provided much in the way of updates recently on California infrastructure projects requiring eminent domain. Either we've been too busy to notice or it's been surprisingly quiet recently. But, some headlines did...more

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