Government Taking California Homes

Many have heard of the government’s improper use of eminent domain to take private property, usually in ‘blighted areas’ for  redevelopment and improvement. Right here in San Diego eminent domain was used to take some of the land to put in the new downtown baseball stadium, Petco Park.

It seems now that LA County has put another twist on taking private property. Yes, it looks like they are using unreasonable, stringent code enforcement to force a number of homeowners in the Antelope Valley off their property. The Antelope Valley is a vast patch of desert on the outskirts of Los Angeles County, and a segment of the few rugged individualists who live out there increasingly are finding themselves the targets of armed raids from local code enforcement agents, who’ve assembled into task forces called Nuisance Abatement Teams (NATs). Read more