[CPEO-BIF] Pittsburg (CA) waterfront eminent domain

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Pittsburg can take over land before eminent domain decision

By Paul Burgarino
Contra Costa County Times (CA)
August 1, 2008

Pittsburg's Redevelopment Agency can acquire a three-acre piece of 
contaminated land near the waterfront before an eminent domain lawsuit 
is resolved, though it must deposit more money to proceed, a county 
Superior Court judge ruled this week.

Judge Thomas Maddock affirmed a tentative ruling Friday that says the 
redevelopment agency is entitled to the property owned by Marine Express 
Inc. on E. Third Street and would "suffer a substantial hardship" if the 
application for possession is denied or limited.

However, the agency must increase the amount of money deposited into the 
state treasurer's Condemnation Deposits Fund by $700,000 as probable 
compensation for the property.

Maddock said the city must deposit a total of $1.8 million as potential 
reimbursement to the owner. Pittsburg has put about $1.1 million into 
the fund, said Juliet Cox, an attorney with Goldfarb and Lipman LLP, the 
firm representing the city.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.contracostatimes.com/ci_10072170?source=most_emailed

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
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