Eminent Domain Reform Now, the coalition working to support responsible eminent domain reform, announced Wednesday, Jan. 23 that the Homeowners Protection Act has qualified for the California statewide June 2008 ballot. The Secretary of State has assigned it number 99. 

If passed by voters, the Homeowners Protection Act would provide solid protections for homeowners by prohibiting governments from taking an owner-occupied home to transfer to a private party. The measure is a direct response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s infamous Kelo v. City of New London decision of 2005.

The broad coalition supporting the Homeowners Protection Act includes seniors, homeowners, business, labor, environmentalists, affordable housing advocates, public safety leaders and local government.

Last week the so-called California Property Owners and Farmland Protection Act qualified for the June ballot.  It has been assigned number 98 by the Secretary of State. 

This anti-rent control measure would also eviscerate local land use planning, gut environmental protections and undermine public water projects needed to ensure the state an adequate supply of clean drinking water. The deeply flawed measure, also known as the "Hidden Agendas Scheme," is being funded by wealthy apartment owners and mobile home park owners.

For more information on both initiatives and the campaign, visit http://eminentdomainreform.com/.