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FROM: Phil Batchelor �,ntra
Executive Director Costa
DATE: March 22, 1989to (spur /
SUBJECT: Assembly Bill 160 on the Use of Eminent Domain by �� '"`��
,Redevelopment Agencies
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATIONS AND BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
. RECOMMENDATIONS
Adopt position in opposition of Assembly Bill 160 and authorize the
Deputy Director of Redevelopment to sign a letter to) legislative
delegation stating said opposition.
REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATIONS/BACKGROUND
Assembly Bill 160 would prohibit a redevelopment agency from
acquiring any real property without the consent of the owner for any
purpose other than for publicly owned public facilities or
. improvements. Assembly Bill 160 would apply to redevelopment
project areas for which a redevelopment. plan is adopted after
January 1, 1990. Little redevelopment activity will take place
for commercial, industrial or residential purposes if unwilling
property owners have the ability to block the implementation of
redevelopment plans. According to the bill' s sponsor, Assemblyman
Mountjoy, the purpose of Assembly Bill 160 is to halt the use of
eminent domain by redevelopment agencies for so called private
purposes. Eliminating the ability of future redevelopment project
areas to utilize the power of eminent domain would however put the
tax payers at a disadvantage because property owners would have
leverage to hold out for completely unjustified compensation which
is not related to the property' s actual value. While the sponsor
may have a specific problem with respect to eminent domain, law
procedures, a remedy that would propose elimination of redevelopment
activities throughout the state is uncalled for.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE:
RECOMMENDATION OF EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR RECOMMENDAT 9 OF AGE COMMIT E
_APPROVE OTHER
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SIGNATURE(S) : APR 4 1989 v
ACTION OF AGENCY ON APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED BOTHER
VOTE OF COMMISSIONERS
> UNANIMOUS (ABSENT .' _) I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A
AYES: NOES: TRUE AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: TAKEN AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES
OF THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY ON THE
DATE SHOWN.
cc: ATTESTED APR 4 1989
PHIL BATCHELOR,
AGENCY SECRETARY
BY ,DEPUTY
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