My uncle had a place near Ojai. The state condemned it for a park. He got screwed and the property no longer contributes to tax dollars.
Sounds like the Kelo decision, hailed by the Left, in which a woman unsuccessfully sued to keep her home in New London, Conn. She was forced to sell it under eminent domain because the city wanted to demolish it as part of a redevelopment project. After her home was demolished, the redevelopment agency ran out of money and the project was abandoned. It is now a vacant lot, providing zero tax revenues for the city.