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Judges and Judiciary

Apr. 3, 2007

Battling Blight

Focus Column - By Cecily T. Talbert and Joshua Safran - Property rights advocates claim another victory when a city plan to turn vacant land into an auto test track is blocked by a California court. Redevelopment agencies are put on notice.

FOCUS COLUMN

By Cecily T. Talbert and Joshua Safran
     
      In what has been hailed a significant victory for property rights advocates, a California Court of Appeal recently invalidated a redevelopment agency's plan in Neilson v. City of California City, 146 Cal.App.4th 633 (2007), holding that the agency overstepped its authority in misconstruing and misapplying California's Redevelopment ...

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