El Sobrante, CA 94803

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Why Save El Sobrante??? From annexation by Richmond, rezonIng, redevelopment & eminent domain!!

Fast Fax - CA Redevelopment Debt Overview

<<CHILE IS NEXT!!

Site Updated March 3, 2010

Inept West Contra Costa County School District to expand financial chaos - asks for yet ANOTHER BOND to fund their financial indiscretions - see 3/2/10 agenda item

Board of Stupes Reinstitute ED (Eminent domain, not erectile dysfunction) in San Pablo

Green Technology, Smart Growth, Smart Bombs, Smart Grid -Technocracy, the Ultimate "smart" Control Grid

TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE - WHEN RICHMOND TRIED TO ANNEX EL SOBRANTE IN FEB. 1997

 

Tuesday, March 2, Hearing at Board of Supervisors' Meeting on PROPOSED Parcel Tax for El Sobrante Deputy - Agenda & related documents

Video of Martinez' Citizens Impassioned Pleas to City Council to Stop High Density Smart Growth Redevelopment in historic single family neighborhood

GUN CONTROL!!!!!!!

Did you know that the County already has a Countywide P6 Police Services Area you're paying for? Info here

Contra Costa Budget Woes - Tears, not Rain

County to trade Services for Pension Payments - County Administrator David Twa's Presentation on County Budget Woes

Civil Disobedience and the 2010 Census

Halfway to Concord political blog coverage of Gioia/Phillips Dist. 1 Supervisor Race

Info on "P" (Police Service Area) Parcel Tax to be voted on June 8 - map of coverage area - Gioia memo - Board Resolution#2010/97

The GREEN POLICE - is Super Bowl Ad a picture of things to come???? (Fire Inspectors patrol the neighborhood on 'Spare the Air' Days, now)

El Cerrito Solicits their own version of "the green police"

Depopulation Update: Haiti Still Starving, 23 Days Later (Katrina #2??)

El Sobrante MAC Feb. 10, 2010 Meeting Agenda - See proposal for additional parcel tax of $39/yr for another Sheriff's Deputy for El Sobrante

See Mister Phillips' website - have federally subsidized Sheriff patrols made any difference there???? More sheriff's will NOT stop crime and will add to your tax bill

The Population Control Agenda

What's Going on In Haiti?? The Bush-Clinton Scam Lives again...

Webster Tarpley Breaks Down "Bankstergate" - Jan. 11 Interview on Alex Jones' Show

The US' Role in Haiti's Desperate Plight...

Mister Phillips, Democratic Candidate for Dist. 1 Supervisor, Introduces Himself

Martinez Fights Redevelopment, High Density Housing

 

Imperialism Update: US/NATO to expand Afghan War into Horn of Africa, Indian Ocean

Never mind the facts.....let's have a war!!

Another Drought Year in California? Is Weather Control in play...? A Primer on Weather Control (under construction)

THE POWER OF NIGHTMARES

Al-CIA-Duh? BBC Now Admits al-Qaeda Never existed

Obama???? His Secret Plans for your Future (recorded before 2008 election)

One Day Before Christmas Day - another unConstitutional "SPARE THE AIR DAY"

 

Obama, the warmonger, declares war on Pakistan

The Algore Mental Health Page

JFK's WARNING!!

KFPA 'Guns & Butter' Interview with Webster Tarpley on Obama's Declaration of War against Pakistan, drone attacks, et al

How a better Middle East Would Look (according to US Globaloney)

EL SOBRANTE MUNICIPAL ADVISORY COUNTIL (ESMAC) AGENDA - 12/09/09 MEETING - discussion on ESGPA TONIGHT!!

Public comment on El Sobrante General Plan Update will be taken at County Zoning Administrator meeting - 1:30PM, Monday 12/14, McBrien Administration Bldg. Pine & Escobar Sts., Rm. 107, Martinez - AGENDA

Link to Downtown El Sobrante General Plan Amendment (ESGPA) - public comment period closes 12/18/09

AlGore on Climate Gate: Refuses to Debate Skeptics, Has Goons Rough up Dissenters

KTVU Ch. 2 Story on 12/2/09 El Sobrante Special Meeting on Car Arsons

Democratic Gubernatorial Frontrunner Jerry Brown Receives $$ from Casinos - Gambling Interests His Office Regulates!!

CLIMATEGATE: CROOKS PLAN END RUN AROUND NAT'L. SOVEREIGNITY!!

LAND IN EL SOBRANTE!!

SWINE FLU: BAD SCIENCE & COVERUP

CLIMATE GATE: Retired Climate Scientist Comments on Leaked Emails

US/Anglo/EU Plans to Fragment Russia

Hackers Expose "Global Warming" Fraud

Dist. 1 Supervisor Candidate Cites Sup. Gioia's Conflict of Interest in Pt. Molate Casino Affair

Ft. Hood Massacre: Hasan - patsy in terror drill gone live???

Dutch Town Rejects "Carbon Storage" Under their Neighborhood

Beware PG&E's new (not so) "SMART METERS"

El Sobrante Unsettled by Spate of Arson Fires

Phony 'global warming' carbon credit derivative trading could cause another financial meltdown

911 Tape of Richmond HS Gang Rape

Draft EIR of Proposed El Sobrante General Plan Update & other related El Sobrante documents

PowerPoint program on Downtown El Sobrante/Appian Way Redevelopment Plan (same area as proposed "General Plan Update" AKA rezoning of El Sobrante)

Firestorm Danger in El Sobrante Valley

The End of US Sovereignity as we know it.....say it ain't so....

US Misinformation Campaign - H1N1 Update by Dr. Mercola - RESIST THE VACCINE!!

THESE SIGNS PROVIDE NO JOBS>>>>COST US TAXPAYERS $20M +

Has your community's authority been handed over to ICLEI??

How the US Government Deliberately Tanked our Economy

Why is the US Chamber of Commerce Defending the Big Banks?? (NOTE: the El Sobrante Chamber of Commerce sponsored the redevelopment plan)

CA Redevelopment Assn. Sues State for on behalf of local guvmints for ill gotten gains...

Homelessness Hits California HARD

2010 Census: Warnings

FLU VACCINE EXPOSED: THINK TWICE!!!!!!!!

ONE SECOND AFTER YOU DIE

 

West Contra Costa School District Will Blow $36K of taxpayer money to "survey" voters for 2010 bond or parcel tax

ESMAC subcommittee to push for local tax to fund 1 ($35/yr) or 2($70/yr) deputies for El Sobrante on Nov. 2010 ballot

THE PEOPLE OF WALMART

Swine Flu: Made in the USA

Hyperinflation in Weimar Germany

Contra Costa Sheriff Rupf in Hot Water for Neglecting to Pickup Kidnapper/Rapist

CDC Pulling Out All the Stops to Enforce Dangerous 'Swine Flu' Vaccination!!

Makers of H1N1 Vaccination Refuse to Take Vaccination!!

Your Homeowner's Assn. Could Repossess your home under CA HOA Law - see this horrifying story

Contra Costa Community Development Dept. websites with documents pertaining to the Downtown El Sobrante/Appian Corridor Redevelopment Plan, Final Transporation Analysis

OVERVIEW OF EL SOBRANTE OVERHAUL

Role of El Sobrante Chamber of Commerce in "smart growth" redevelopment

Whose Country is it Anyway???

THE REAL AHNOLD

The Cap & Trade Swindle - Bringing the World to It's Knees via Massive Wealth Redistribution

A/H1N1: Just Another Manufactured Virus

OBAMA: A VERY SMOOTH LIER (AND TELEPROMPTER READER!)

Banks Can Steal Your Home, Even if you Own It!!

Hasta La Vista Ahnold!!

"Begging for Billionaires" - movie showing how rich developers pay off local politicians to take your private property

"The [CA Coastal] Commission is the single most powerful land use authority in the United States" - Jonathon Zasloff, UCLA Law Professor

City of Richmond "Shot Spotter" goes livet

Physicians' Association Calls for Moratorium on GMO Food

Whose Land Is It??

Obama Changes into Dick Cheney

Weimar Inflation - Could It Happen Again???

Mind Control - Articles, Video

What is the "Fed" - the nonFederal, nonReserve?? Secrets of the Fed

Congressman Ron Paul, MD on the Swine Flu Scare

SB787 - The Great Water Heist - Feds Move to Control ALL US Water!!

Where's Taxo???????

Hidden Costs of W. County School District parcel taxes

SwineAsianHuman Flu Update

Obama Steps Closer to World Guvmint, Queen Hitlery with latest State Dept. Appointments

Government Thugs Tase, Beat Up, Arrest Baptist Pastor for.....nothing!!

Preconditioning for Change

LBAM DELAYED BUT WORLDWIDE SPRAYING CONTINUES UNABATED!!

Tax Day Tea Parties - Americans Fed up with Socialists in guvmint

The End of the US as we know it? Can you say "Fascism"?

G20 - A New Financial World Order - end of the US as we know it!

Genetically Modified Food Bills Flood Congress

Redevelopment Programs Shortchange Schools

The Hidden Dangers of Cell Phones

Senate Rubberstamps National Service Bill

Wacky Gavin Newsom blames Prop. 13 for Budget Shortfall

March 17 County Budget Presentation 2009 by County Administrator David Twa

Gioia pushes for countywide public utility users tax at 3/17/09 BOS meeting!!

CA: Enough "Cowboy" Greenhouse Enforcement

Federal Bill would consolidate all US food production, criminalize home gardens, ban organic food production!!!!!!

Dump 'Smart Growth' (what County rezoning will look like)

Guvmint at all levels is pushing us to get out of our cars and use mass transit...are we buying it???

Obama: A Fraud You Can Believe In

NOTICE: Update on El Sobrante rezoning at Feb. 11 ESMAC meeting

**Patrick Roche of County Community Development stated redevelopment will NOT be used to implement the

General Plan (rezoning) of Dam Rd./Appian Way at above meeting

Video: History of America's Debt

San Pablo Dam Upgrade Updates

CA Congressman Pete Stark Goes Nuts, threatens reporter!!

HOW DO YOU LIKE YOUR SKIES? NATURAL OR MANMADE??

 

Financial Times of London: The End of the California Dream

The Rise of Global Government - 5 pt. video to watch online

The Al Bore Page

San Pablo Dam Rd. Repaving Update

Downtown El Sobrante/Appian Way Redevelopment Plan - Dec. 2008 Update

CA Redevelopment Debt tops $82.4 BILLION , Contra Costa Co. Redev. Agcy. $412+M!!

SHADOW GOVERNMENT STATISTICS

California faces $14.6 BILLION deficit - projected to reach $41.6 BILLION at end of '09

Arnold's plan to raid redevelopment funds

LBAM DELAYED BUT WORLDWIDE SPRAYING CONTINUES UNABATED!!

Ed Data's 2007-2008 Teacher Salary info!!

Another reason to avoid mass transit - you might get murdered!!

Understanding Israel & Gaza

 

Iran Election: Another Soros' style color revolution???????

Open Letter to President Elect Obama

JFK's WARNING!!

Dist. 1 Supervisor Gioia interview with Ross Magowan on County Budget Cuts

Election 2008

Obamanations - NEW! CURTAIN TIME FOR OBAMA!

Why the US Economy is Doomed to Failure

Ahnold signs ominous 'anti-sprawl', 'anti-greenhouse gas' SB375 - now planners have all the power!! NO on Prop 1A, Another Wealth Redis. Plan

Elk Grove Fire Chief Foster's PowerPt. program: How Redevelopment Agencies Divert Millions from Public Safety

Ahnold proposes raiding redevelopment tax revenue for...? LATEST & GREATEST

'Brilliantly' Smart Growth - higher and higher densities!

Greatest Movie Line Ever...

BANKRUPT STATE COULD GO EVEN FURTHER IN DEBT WITH BONDS on ballot

"Smart Growth" to be mandated in CA if SB375 becomes law!! Coming soon to a town near you...guvmint will tell you where to live, work and how to get around!!

Gold & Precious Metals Updates

Why Does California Struggle w/Budget Every Year????

>>>DAM ROAD REPAVING BETWEEN EL PORTAL & TRI LANE - PRESS RELEASE<<<

REASONS NOT TO RIDE MASS TRANSIT

911 & The "American Inquisition"

Earth Day or Earth Worship????????

Like to see El Sobrante stay unincorporated? or become a separate city?

"There's gangsters. There's drug dealing," he said. "I can't even walk outside . . . because somebody is going to come up to you and ask for change." - see LA Times story of 'mixed use' redevelopment of downtown Fullerton, CA

LBAM SPRAYING CALLED OFF IN URBAN AREAS>>>

BUT>>>>GUVMINT SPRAYING CONTINUES NONSTOP ALL OVER THE WORLD!!!

"Private property and freedom are inseparable" - George Washington

FAST FACT: Less than 1% of developable land in the US is developed!!

Taking Liberty: How Private Property is being Abolished in America

Light Brown Apple Month (LBAM) spraying...it's worse than you thought...Listen to this interview

The guvmint's plan for us....

Think Globally - Act Locally - What is SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT??

Experts see Collapse of US Economy - but our corrupt guvmint keeps seizing private homes and

building 'affordable housing' AKA 'smart growth'!

Redevelopment: The Unknown Government download pdf

NOW ESMAC P&Z SUBCOMMITTEE WANTS TO REZONE ALL OF EL SOBRANTE!!

Another member wants to annex El Sobrante to Richmond!!

El Sobrante MAC Proposed "Policies for El Sobrante Area"

Anti-eminent domain sign stirs up St. Louis!

The Best-Laid Plans of Govt. Planners Usually Screw Up Your Life

El Sobrante Redevelopment End Run - Rezoning via Genl. Plan change

The Anti-communitarian League fights the deceptive takeover of our communities!!

West County property owners wake up, reject Measure G!!!

AGENDA 21: A GUIDE FOR PUBLIC OFFICIALS

Freedom21 Santa Cruz interview with Tom DeWeese of American Policy Center on the "World Environment Conference in San Francisco and Tony Blair's Sustainable Housing Plan - How the elite want us to live in the future!!

The Joys of Living in Unincorporated Areas - W. County Times - 11/28/06

Redevelopment horror stories: Manteca - San Diego

THEIR PLANS FOR OUR FUTURE

Parade Magazine article on Eminent Domain - Aug. 6, 2006

Listen to El Sobrante MAC meetings!! Minutes and agenda of El Sobrante MAC meetings!!

Official El Sobrante Municipal Advisory Council Website

JOKELAND: MAYOR DELLUMS-NO $$ BECAUSE OF REDEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS!!

Special El Sobrante MAC meeting on General Plan (rezoning of Dam Rd. and Appian Way) AUDIO and it's impact on the community, Aug. 29, 7PM - download flyer - tell a friend!! See County map of parcels to be rezoned!! Download agenda of Aug. 29, 2006 special ESMAC meeting here NOTE: the country wants to recommend the placement of a "P1 Planned Unit District" within the rezoning area: what is a P1 district? see severe land use restrictions within such a district

Did you know that El Sobrante is within Richmond's "sphere of influence" ????

El Sobrante MAC/County wants building moratorium in Genl. Plan rezoning area to facilitate County rezoning!!

City of Brea devalues private land to 'save open space'

Smart Growth Not That Smart - Times' 8/18/06

Another way (beside Eminent Domain) that your property can be taken

Another way to make you a property tax payer with little or no rights on your own property!!

Slideshow: How gov't. mandated land use planning drives up home prices

Washington, DC: Redevelopment Hurts Poor

WHY SHOULD YOU BE CONCERNED ABOUT PROPERTY RIGHTS?

WARNING!!! A Massive Redevelopment Plan and General Plan (zoning) change is in the works for El Sobrante!

Board Ordinance: Municipal Advisory Council (MAC) members- only by appointment!!

Contra Costa Board of Supervisor's meetings - agenda and audio

Bayview-Hunter's Pt. residents pass petition to stop redevelopment in Nov. election!! Evil SF gov't. rejects valid citizen's petition!!

Richmond Fire Department confusion and ensuing death of children: Tom Butt eforum

WHAT IS A SPECIAL DISTRICT?

Chammie the horse sez':

Save El Sobrante!! Redevelopment?? Neigh!

What happened in the 1970s to make Bay Area housing so unaffordable? In a nutshell: land-use planning!!

Seminar on 'Urban Planning'

Special Report: The High Price of Land Use Planning

Sunday Times' 4/30/06 articles on ED initiatives

Sunday Times' 4/30/06 - 'Private Property v. Public Use

Sustainable Development Benefits the Elite!!

Pot Club opens in El Sob!!

Measuring the Success of Transit Oriented Development (TOD)

How private property is being abolished in America

Freedom 21 Santa Cruz

How Smart Growth Makes Housing Unaffordable REPORT

The Great Global Warming Scam

Earth Day or Earth Worship??????????

Upcoming Eminent Domain Ballot Initiatives for California

FAST FACT: Less than 1% of developable land in the US is developed!!

El Sobrante/Richmond crime crisis!!!

Oregon's Supreme Court upholds Prop. 37 protection for private property

County Budget Mess

Good news....

Fire protection in El Sobrante? Think again...Tom Butt Eforum: They Fiddle While El Sobrante Burns

Richmond Fire Department confusion and ensuing death of children: Tom Butt eforum

POLICE PROTECTION...what happened to El Sobrante's resident deputy? Before any new development can be approved in unincorporated Contra Costa Co. the developer must vote YES to approve a parcel tax for P6 police services special district - yet these same areas usually have no resident deputy protection unless another parcel tax is passed - see PROPOSED mail ballot on Board of Supervisors Jan. 17 AGENDA - item SD.2 - the Rodeo MAC will also consider "future funding" for the resident deputy program - Audio of proceedings - Times article on Rodeo Police Protection - Letter to the Times' from Rodeo resident regarding resident deputy

Whassup with the Downtown El Sobrante/Appian Way Redevelopment Plan? For the latest info

San Pablo Dam Rd. and Castro Ranch Rd. AC Transit bus stop grant application info

Community Policing - What's the real story??

El Sobrante General Plan (zoning) to be changed along San Pablo Dam Rd. "business corridor" and Appian Way to make way for redevelopment and "smart growth" high density "affordable" housing; (hastily written) NOTES from 3/16/05 meeting with Patrick Roche of Contra Costa Community Development Dept. on General Plan change

Did you know that redevelopment plans can be incorporated into General Plans? This may happen when the updated El Sobrante General Plan is submitted - see County document given out at May 20, 2003 Project Area Committe (PAC) meeting

Sprawl GOOD - dense urban development BAD!! ChicagoSunTimes Dec. 27,05 article

Latest info on El Sobrante redevelopment meetings and $150+K money outlay for "facilitators" See NOTICE on this tightly controlled process called a "CHARETTE" - WARNING: "facilitator" and "experts" will be part of this!!!!!

"Smart growth"/redevelopment around the State

Interview with Susette Kelo of the infamous Supreme Court KELO eminent domain decision

Bush's view of the US Constitution!

A Mind is a Terrible Thing to Waste - USE IT!!!!!!!!!

New Report Confirms Smart Growth Raises Housing Prices!!

America: A Land of Renters?? See latest article by Henry Lamb

RICHMOND WATCH!!

Article on disintegration of Richmond in 12/4/03 W. Co. Times

Links to Shaping Our Future - Contra Costa County's land grab and regional government attempt

AHNOLD is a big 'smart growth' advocate!! See article from 11/16 Sunday Times

E. BAY EXPRESS ARTICLE: JOHN GIOIA, WAL-MART, SAFEWAY AND THE UNIONS

Senator Tom Torlakson COMMENTS on redevelopment at 8/18/03 El Cerrito City Council meeting

Del Norte Place AKA "pink palace" FOR SALE - commentary from local citizen

LETTER from former El Sobrante resident recently graduated in URBAN PLANNING!!

PAC member protests anti-redevelopment viewpoint in ES Chamber news bulletin

Project Area Meetings are cancelled indefinitely!!

Upcoming meetings will be "facilitated" community meetings - time, place UNKNOWN -SEPT. UPDATE: we have reports that small neighborhood meetings are being held - let us know if you have attended one or have any info!! LATEST INFO

Contra Costa Community Development Dept. websites with documents pertaining to the Downtown El Sobrante/Appian Corridor Redevelopment Plan

California Redevelopment Law - section on Project Area Committees

Reports from past Project Area Committee ("PAC") meetings and other public redevelopment meetings on the so-called Downtown/Appian Way El Sobrante Redevelopment Plan

 

See Grand Jury investigation of County Redevelopment Agency!! See report

The Redevelopment Agency can seize your property without your consent!

The redevelopment area runs roughly from El Portal to Appian Way along San Pablo Dam Road, and up Appian Way all the way to Valley View including the triangle. If you own property on these two strips, your property could be subject to seizure using the eminent domain powers of the Redevelopment Agency.

 

Redevelopment advocates will tell you that it will help the community, especially minorities, the elderly, and the poor. In fact, redevelopment hurts the most vulnerable members of our society. The only ones who benefit are development interests with little or no stake in El Sobrante.

A Study by the prestigious National Center for Public Policy Research concluded that "smart growth" and other redevelopment activities hurt the underclass at disproportionately high rates.

If the proposed type of redevelopment had been adopted nationally ten years ago:

1) 260,000 minority homeowners would not own their own homes today;

2) one million homeowners of all races would not own their own homes today;

3) the average home price would have increased by $10,000 in 2002 dollars;

4) the average cost of renting a home or apartment would have increased six percent.

The End of El Sobrante as we know it!

Are you ready for SuperStores and strip malls on San Pablo Dam Road and Appian Way? Read Redevelopment, the Unknown Government, an online book which describes and documents what redevelopment really is all about.

What You can do to Save El Sobrante

Can Redevelopment be stopped? Yes, by concerned citizens like you and your neighbors.

 

Read Chapter 10 of "Redevelopment, the Unknown Government".

 

Come to the El Sobrante Municipal Advisory Council ("MAC") meetings held on the 2nd Wednesday of the month at 7AM behind the El Sobrante Library in the meeting room and the El Sobrante Planning and Zoning ("P&Z") meetings on the 2nd Thursday of each month at the same location.

LET YOUR NEIGHBORS know what is happening.

Call the Contra Costa Redevelopment Agency at 925-335-1275 and request copies of all information on the "Downtown El Sobrante Redevelopment project."

Call the Contra Costa Community Development Dept. at 925-335-1290 and request the info packet entitled "Downtown El Sobrante Transportation and Land Use Plan". This shows in detail the plans for the San Pablo Dan Rd. corridor including pathways into the neighborhood behind the Library from Dam Rd. and another major road above Taco Bell.

Redevelopment plans HAVE been stopped in communities where the citizens get involved, go to community meetings and let their public officials know they are against redevelopment.

The community of Oak Grove, Oregon (a suburb of the "smart growth"/redevelopment model city of Portland) managed to save their little community, one very similar to El Sobrante, by coming out in big numbers, carrying signs and letting their public officials they were AGAINST redevelopment.

OTHER REDEVELOPMENT PROJECTS AROUND THE COUNTY:

***Proposed EL CERRITO DEL NORTE 7/30/03 workshop in tiny room barely big enough to hold 20 people - PHOTOS here plus READ commentary from local activist

***Citizens of the City of Martinez are also fighting the proposed formation of a redevelopment agency there - click HERE to see their website. See 7/23/03 letter published in the W. County Times from Martinez City councilman, Tim Platt, urging a probe on Redevelopment!

The Pleasant Hill BART station area is an example of "redevelopment" gone badly awry!! Letter from irate nearby resident and PHOTOS showing the induced "blight" in the area

Dateline: April 28, 2003 - There they go again! - the Contra Costa Redevelopment Agency is entering another community (Montalvin Manor) and TAKING OVER!!. Link Here

Redevelopment is a problem in other areas, too...>>>

Press release on "bogus blight" finding from Castle Coalition's Institute for Justice in Norwood, OH

Cities across the country have been using eminent domain to force people off their land, so that private developers can build more expensive homes and offices that will pay more in property taxes than the buildings they're replacing...Transcript of 9/28/03 "60 Minutes" TV program on eminent domain abuse

Redevelopment Nightmare in American Canyon, Napa County, CA.

What happened with Redevelopment in Reno, Nevada is a sad and all too common example of redevelopment gone awry.

Redevelopment Horror Stories from across the nation and the heroic efforts of citizens to fight government abuses.

Links with more information on Redevelopment and how it can affect you, your family, and your community:

Website for San Jose anti-redevelopment abuse group

The Smart Growth Fraud, 7/15/03 by Dr. Michael Coffman

Randall O'Toole's The Thoreau Institute

Press coverage of Randal O'Toole's 9/10/03 talk on the "smart growth" assault on our property and automobiles

Regional Planning doesn't work

Stop Government Abuses of Eminent Domain

Castle Coalition: Citizens Fighting Eminent Domain Abuse

Threatened homeowners ask: What is blight?The answer depends on where you live and who wants to build there.

Redevelopment Abuse - articles and documents relating to redevelopment, documenting its successes, problems and consequences.

Redevelopment, the Unknown Government, an online book which describes and documents what redevelopment really is all about. Redevelopment robs from the poor and gives to the rich, all in the name of "progress".

Redevelopment corrupts the democratic process - the community gets little effective voice in the redevelopment process, but guess who foots the bill?

Understanding Plannerspeak - Common buzz-words and phrases used by redevelopment advocates.

Why Metropolitan Planning Doesn't Work - Redevelopment advocates claim that redevelopment improves city life throughout an urban area. Portland, Oregon had quite a different experience.

Government Theft, Top Ten Abuses of Eminent Domain The ten most egregious abuses of eminent domain for private purposes from 1998 to 2002. These horror stories show how government can seize private property to hand over to development interests. Will El Sobrante make the next Hit Parade?

Cities Often Misapply Eminent-Domain Rule - A Wall Street Journal article on how property is taken from small businesses to give to larger competitors by local governments.

The Community Character Act - Of course, Congress is involved, and, as usual, guess who gets screwed (the little guy).

Study Says Minorities and Poor Harmed by Anti-Sprawl Policies (Press Release) - Who benefits from Redevelopment? Big development interests, not the community, and certainly not the poor or minorities. Full Study available here

Smart Growth isn't all that smart, in fact it is better termed "Self-serving, hope the public is Stupid, Growth".

The San Mateo County Times in an Editorial objects to the strong-arm tactics of the local government in Redwood City, which is destroying small businesses to build a multiplex cinema. They are graciously allowing the former owners to rent space in the new complex (at more than double their current payments).

 

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