Yes, I am afraid you're right, there.
Posted on 11/09/2008 3:30:58 PM PST by Seadog Bytes
BTTT
Please add, keep me on. Thanks
I also found a link to Half Moon Bay | Beachwood Information ^ -- the top three (they're pdf files) give the current state of affairs and the details of the new agreement. The $41.6M has been bargained down to $18M+, but there are still several hurdles in the way before this saga concludes; the GreeNazi's are still in pursuit.
Yes, I am afraid you're right, there.
Invitation at 55 on this thread, if you haven't yet seen it...
...Please FRmail me if you want to *added* to the updated "Property Rights" list.
(...Just ignore this if not. ...No pressure!)
Thanks!
Sure it wasn’t under a Williamson Act long term open space contract? If so, the owner has agreed to keep it in open space in exchange for a tax break. It takes from 10 -20 year to get out of the contract. Earlier out must be in the public’s interest.
Doesn’t sound right. It is such an obvious takings unless there is some flood hazard or other factor (like protected habitat) they are using to prohibit other uses and development. If it is habitat, there is a new case (I believe it is Casitas Municipal Water District v. United States, Case No. 2007-5153 - Fed. Cir. Sept. 25, 2008) that ruled a taking of property (water use right) for diversion to the benefit of an endangered species. http://www.cafc.uscourts.gov/opinions/07-5153.pdf This brings up all sorts of new 5th Amendment possibilities.
“If it were my property, I would immediately turn it into a poison ivy farm.”
I like your plan, but unfortunately poison ivy doesn’t grow in California. Please amend your plan for “poison oak”.
“Keep Santa Cruz Weird”
California needs to finish sliding off our continent and ally itself with whichever socialist country that will accept it.
That’s very funny!
http://www.scsextra.com/story.php?sid=42858
http://www.scsextra.com/story.php?sid=80624
http://www.scsextra.com/story.php?sid=80697
There are quite a few more articles available at the 'search archives' page for the local newspaper:
http://www.scsextra.com/archive/search.php?search=1&query=par+3&x=23&y=6
...and a Google search on +"Aptos +"Par 3" will doubtless provide more.
This has been going on for a number of years. I have not been following it closely, but IIRC the county has managed to block any proposal which made economic sense for the owners. The local political climate is notoriously 'no growth'. The property sits between current housing and the freeway, and on alternate days, county personnel will wax eloquent on the 'desperate need for affordable housing' in the local area.
You can also go here...:
http://www.topix.net/city/aptos-ca/2008/10/supervisors-vote-to-keep-aptos-par-3-site-as-open-space/p2?threadid=VFQK74651NFNU0V5
...for some 'discussion'. If you 'read between the lines', you'll definitely get the 'flavor' of what is really going on... or you can just go to the top of this thread again for the 'executive summary'.
Here is a quick read on it
http://www.lsnc.net/cases/?p=104
...but, if you're a legal eagle, you may need to do a little more research to get the full 'flavor' of it.
Oh, and you might want to take a look at California’s Costa-Hawkins Act (Civ. Code, §§ 1954.50-1954.535) for additional reference on 'rent controls'.
...Have fun!
Aye! :)
Thanks for the ping!
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Your link caused me to spend a lot of time researching something I really could care less about previous. Thanks. It is interesting watching a humbled city government trying to undo their own damage. LOL! This is great.
Thanks for the, “God Bless Our Troops” banner. I leave for Iraq in 26 hours and people like you make it all worth leaving my wife and five kids for almost a year. Thank you!
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