The supreme Court Ruled that Grand Terrace or any City can "redevelop" your home if it provides the City Economic Gain.
WHY YOU SHOULD BE AWARE:
Well for those of you who are living in homes with a greater equity assessment than what is recorded on your tax bill, you are about to see the affects of this right on your door step.
If the city determines that it would be better for their bottom line to have your house sold at current market price of say 400.000.00 and taxed on that level, than say the 40.000 you paid for it in the 60's you are going to experience the tyranny of Community Redevelopment Agency's use of its Powers given in the recent supreme Court Ruling.
There is a reason to fear the actions of city governments and redevelopment agencies. Don't think there is some benevolence or compassion to these agencies.
ACTION REQUIRED;
THE CITIZENS of EVERY CITY MUST BRING OUT MEASURES TO PROTECT PROPERTY RIGHTS OF INDIVIDUALS.
THE DISSENT SAID:
Both Justice O'Connor and Justice Thomas, who also filed his own dissent, said the decision's burden would fall on the less powerful and wealthy.
"The government now has license to transfer property from those with fewer resources to those with more," Justice O'Connor said. "The founders cannot have intended this perverse result."
Justice Thomas, who called the decision "far reaching and dangerous," cited several studies showing that those displaced by urban renewal and "slum clearance" over the years tended to be lower-income minority residents.
"The court has erased the Public Use Clause from our Constitution," he said.
Anonymous said...
Here's a little eye opener for you and your readers. Developers are the largest, most powerful lobbyist in Sacramento. So who do you think the pols in the state capitol are going to listen to. The bums that give millions of dollars in campaign bribes or the little guy that is about to have his house taken away so Lowes and Staters and Councilwoman Garcia can have a nice shiny new building for a library and stores we don't need?
11:50 PM
Grandpaterrace responds to Anonymous:
You are absolutely right this is no longer a National or State Issue. It has to be a local one. The Citizens of Grand Terrace Must put a Measure on the Ballot which will make it Impossible for the City to Use its City Redevelopment Agency or Its City Powers to Condemn or Use Eminent Domain for any thing except the very limited use of roads, utilities, and even exclude schools and libraries because we don't have a School District, or a City Library. The Measure needs to be written, Petitions need to be signed, and the Measure on the Ballot for the Citizens to decide their fate.
Who is next... YOU?
Many have already suffered, how many more will be sacrificed? Are you going to Waite until it is your house, or church?
As far as the Library Deal being a Gift... Sorry A Lease Payback... Kickback of 7000.00 per month is no gift. It is the oddest form of collusion of some sort. It boggles the mind how this is a "Good" deal for the city.
