California Redevelopment Agencies Abuse Their Powers & Should Never Return
by InstituteForJustice on Mar 6, 2012
The California legislature recently dissolved the state's redevelopment agencies, notoriously the nation's worst abusers of eminent domain—when the government condemns perfectly fine properties not for public use, but for private development. California should stand firm in its decision to eliminate these rogue agencies, which have siphoned billions in taxpayer dollars away from schools and local infrastructure, and destroyed lives for ill-conceived projects, that often never meet expectations or even come to fruition. Watch this video to learn more about redevelopment in the Golden State.