No business should be forced to waste years of effort and expense engaging in a relocation process, only to have the government change course and refuse to pay for damages caused by its pursuit and subsequent abandonment of a public project. Thankfully, the Third District Court of Appeal agrees. On December 1, 2020, the Court…
We are pleased to announce that as of April 1, 2021, Partner Kristen Renfro will serve as a member of the Board of Directors of the Sacramento Valley Bankruptcy Forum. The Sacramento Valley Bankruptcy Forum is an organization whose function is to disseminate information, provide public service and education, and promote a better spirit of…
The government does not always approach the eminent domain process in a manner that seems fair to landowners. The problem with government is not that it intends to injure, but that sometimes it becomes so absorbed in its own needs that it forgets those of landowners. Although the deck may often feel stacked in the…
San Bernardino County is considering solving its residents’ real estate woes by asserting its power of eminent domain to take distressed mortgages for the purpose of preventing foreclosures. Such action would be unprecedented. And the controversial idea is eliciting scrutiny and strong negative reactions from many in the real estate and financial industries, who have…
