California Eminent Domain Limitations Act

California Eminent Domain Limitations Act Read the Initiative Read the Fiscal Impact Report Bumper Stickers are available Just drop us a line and we will mail you one! NO TIME TO LOSE - PETITION DEADLINE APRIL 30TH, 2006 That's right. The clock is ticking to the April 30th deadline for us to receive signed petitions. So please, spread the word to everyone you know in California and encourage them to send in their petitions as soon as possible. READ THE LATEST ARTICLE ON OUR PETITION DRIVE La Oferta featured a wonderful article about our Kick Off Event. Click here to read the entire article. No Eminent Domain for Private Gain - The Epoch Times - Click here to read The People's Initiative speakers featured in the Almaden Times - Click here to read DOWNLOAD YOUR PETITION HERE! Download your petition here. Be sure to read the guidelines carefully so that every signature will count. FIRST PHOTOS OF OUR STATE WIDE KICK OFF EVENT Click here to see photos from some of our Kick Off Events that were held. If you have some pictures of your local Kick Off Event, please send them to us so we can share them. Thanks! INFORMATION FLIERS TO HAND OUT Going to an event where you won't have time to chat long with people but would like them to know about The People's Initiative. These half sheet fliers and quarter sheet fliers are perfect to hand out at events or just while going for your afternoon walk. We have found that they are especially eye catching if printed on bright yellow paper. TAKE THE INITIATIVE TO LIMIT EMINENT DOMAIN! Do you remember the day this past summer when you first heard the US Supreme Court decision that sanctioned the use of eminent domain to take one person’s home or business to give it to another for private profit? School teacher Suzette Kelo had turned a rundown Victorian into her dream home only to have the City Of New London, Connecticut try to seize it by eminent domain for the benefit of a large private corporation. Most people think that eminent domain can only be used for a legitimate public use like a school or fire station. The Kelo decision confirmed a practice of abuse that has been happening all over California and the nation. Many homes, businesses, and places of worship have been seized and many more are threatened. If owners resist, their property can be forcibly taken by the government and given to another private owner just because the new use might generate more revenue. Thanks to the Kelo decision, now the whole country knows this dirty secret. But who would have ever thought that this terrible ruling by the Supreme Court would be such an extraordinary opportunity? People everywhere are overwhelmingly condemning the Kelo decision and numerous states have already passed laws to limit eminent domain powers. Our California legislature has been unable to stand up to the special interests that benefit from eminent domain property seizures. So now it’s up to us. Our People’s Initiative is doing just what the initiative process was meant to do – give the people a voice when government fails us. The time is right for a non-partisan initiative by the people, for the people, that places reasonable limits on the power of eminent domain. Our grassroots alliance of neighborhood people representing all Californians has filed the People’s Initiative to Limit Eminent Domain. It is simply “no eminent domain for private gain.” Nothing added by Sacramento lobbyists or power-brokers to serve other agendas. How are we different from the other California Initiatives on eminent domain? We are not Sacramento insiders; we are people just like Suzette Kelo who face the threat of eminent domain in our neighborhoods across California. We have created a nonpartisan, single-issue initiative that simply fixes the kind of abuse that has so outraged the nation in the Kelo decision. With your help, we will gather nearly a million signatures to put thePeople’s Initiative to Limit Eminent Domain on the November 2006 ballot! To receive email notifications, please join our email list. To subscribe, please send us an email with the word Subscribe in the Subject line. search Home DOWNLOAD YOUR PETITION Make a Donation Why Choose Our Initiative How You Can Help Who Are We Show Your Support Add Your Name To Our Email List FAQ Eminent Domain 101 Eminet Domain Headlines Contact Us Links to Other Sites Coalition for Redevelopment Reform Institute for Justice Castle Coalition Current Controversies Eminent Domination Related Link Category California Initiative Update Secretary of State Homepage Supreme Court Decision Text Correspondence from LED Introduction/Fundraising Letter Contribution Form Articles about LED Eminent Domain Foes Protecti! ng Prope rty Right Simple bill fights power to seize home Contact Us | ©2005 Coaltion for Redevelopment Reform - RJS