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Taken By Regulation – Reason Magazine

Taken By Regulation The 9th Circuit considers the constitutionality of rent control Damon W. Root | June 11, 2010 According to the Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment, “private property [shall not] be taken for public use without just compensation.” … Continue reading

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Is Mobile Home Park Rent Control a Taking?

 http://www.publiclawnews.com/public_law_news/2010/03/is-mobile-home-park-rent-control-a-taking.html On March 12, 2010, the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals granted the City of Goleta’s request for an en banc hearing in the case of Guggenheim v. City of Goleta 582 F.3d 996 (9th Cir. 2009). The wrangling … Continue reading

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Judges to Re-Review Mobile Home Rent Control

http://www.independent.com/news/2010/mar/18/judges-re-review-mobile-home-rent-control/Thursday, March 18, 2010 y Matt Kettmann (Contact)   Mobile home owners in Goleta are breathing collective signs of relief this week, as the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals recently decided to re-hear the city’s mobile home rent control ordinance this June.  The … Continue reading

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Ninth Circuit Court to Rehear Goleta Rent-Control Case

http://www.noozhawk.com/local_news/article/031810_goleta_rent_control/ The appeal on ‘regulatory taking’ could determine the constitutionality of the city’s ordinance By Sonia Fernandez, Noozhawk Staff Writer | Published on 03.18.2010 Goleta’s rent-control ordinance may yet be valid, if an 11-member panel of judges decides to overturn … Continue reading

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Mobile Home Mogul Muzzled…

The City of Goleta stood fast against an attempted end-run around its mobile home rent control ordinances?—?namely Daniel Guggenheim’s bid to subdivide his Rancho Mobile Home Park and sell its 150 parcels for about $250,000 each. It is a strategy … Continue reading

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City of Goleta Fights To Save The Constitutionality of Rent Control

Goleta is a newly incorporated City, about three years old, located just to the north of the City of Santa Barbara.  It has four rent-controlled parks, and one very wealthy park owner who absolutely hates rent control and is willing … Continue reading

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