ReasonTV - Redevelopment: A Tale Of Two Cities

The City of Los Angeles used eminent domain to take a popular Hollywood bar and numerous other small businesses so that the city could hand the land over to private developers planning to build a W hotel and million-dollar condos. Fortunately, there's a better way to revitalize neighborhoods. In contrast to Hollywood, Mayor Curt Pringle of nearby Anaheim has found a way to encourage redevelopment by working cooperatively with property owners, without using the power of eminent domain.

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Two other sifts about eminent domain that might interest you:

http://www.videosift.com/video/ReasonTV-National-City-Eminent-Domain-Gone-Wild

ReasonTV's Drew Carey visits National City, California where the city council pushes to use eminent domain to take private property in order to give to private developers to build new luxury condos.



http://www.videosift.com/video/Cato-Instutite-Debate-Property-Rights21st-Century-America

An 86-minutes Cato Institute debate about the June 2005 Supreme Court decision essentially allowing eminent domain to be used to take land from private owners and give it to other private owners instead of solely for public use.

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