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Envision Bakersfield’s long-anticipated downtown linear park, South Mill Creek, finally at completion — except for a few spotty storefronts interrupting the scenic walking path every quarter-mile or so. Imagine the long-awaited City Walk project, just south of Bakersfield’s Rabobank Arena, finally coming to fruition — except for the abandoned-looking warehouse situated squarely in the center. Those are glimpses of city redevelopment in a post-Proposition 98 California. Prop. 98, on the June 3 ballot, would severely restrict local governments’ ability to acquire private property through the power of eminent domain. Government would still be able to use its constitutionally mandated right to acquire property for roads, parks, schools and certain other public uses, but government would generally lose the power to condemn private property if the land is to ultimately end up in the hands of another private owner. The impetus for the initiative is...
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