There was an area in Fresno County that the Deputies patrolled that they called "Hells 40 Acres" and "Dodge City." Roughly in the 1960's the State bought up a lot of homes bounded by Belmont/First/McKinley/Maple. After the State bought the homes, it then sold them for a dollar each with the provision that the new owner would bear the expense of moving them. I heard that a man bought a lot of the homes, then rented them out, making hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of dollars. It took about 20 to 30 years or so before the freeway through that area was finally built. So it doesn't surprise me if this is still going on elsewhere in the State.
It's another good reason to vote YES on Prop 90 and NO on Prop 1B.
These folks need to be held accountable. Giving them more money at this point is the wrong way to go, IMO.