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CALIFORNIA’S BULLET TRAIN IS A DUD. WHAT HAPPENS TO THE PROPERTY CONDEMNED AND NOT USED?

          The California High-Speed Rail Project was authorized by the State Legislature and signed by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger on August 26, 2008.  The bill was submitted to California voters and approved.           The first phase of the Project was to link San Francisco with Los Angeles and Anaheim.  Up tot 24 stations were authorized.  Phase 2 was to extend north from the Central Valley to Sacramento and east from Los Angeles through Inland Empire and then south to San Diego.  The total system length would have been approximately 800 miles…. read more

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MAN WANTS HIS PROPERTY BACK – TOO LATE!

A news story run by CBS News on August 6, 2018 reports that a former owner of land in the Bronx is fighting to get the land back from the City of New York.  The property, a 13,000 square foot parcel on Boston Road, was taken in 1967 apparently for a street widening. He has commenced a lawsuit because nothing was done with the property.  His attorney is hopeful that the City will work something out.  I am less sanguine of the results.  Under New York State Eminent Domain Procedure… read more

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