SANDAG Nears Deal to Develop Clairemont Trolley Station Site After Threatening to Seize Property
“For months, San Diego’s regional planning agency, SANDAG, has been threatening to seize a valuable piece of land at the site of a planned trolley station in Clairemont. The agency wanted to build a parking…
Should CDOT pay for its 22-year mistake with eminent domain?
“The Colorado Supreme Court recently ruled that for the past 22 years, the Colorado Department of Transportation has unlawfully condemned land for highway widening and improvement projects throughout the state. But several attorneys familiar with…
Colorado Springs Urban Renewal Authority director out after just two months
“Kitty Clemens is out as executive director of the Colorado Springs Urban Renewal Authority after just two months on the job. Urban Renewal Authority board members and a top city government official said Thursday that…
Big Thompson Canyon residents fear eminent domain
“When Dianne and Lyle Honstein received a letter from the Colorado Department of Transportation earlier this month, they began to panic. One word in particular from the letter stood out to them: acquisition. It was…
Littleton City Council moves to abolish its urban renewal authority
“Municipalities have been overtly abusing the broad authority given them under Colorado’s urban renewal law for decades. What was originally intended to address the problems stemming from people living in sub-standard housing amidst squalor is…