It's not okay for government to evict property owners in the name of "over-reaching redevelopment," a Los Angeles Times editorial warns.
"Now that the area around Hollywood's famous intersection is hot again, "along comes the Los Angeles Community Redevelopment Agency to declare the area 'blighted' and evict property owners...[to] build a luxury hotel...It's a heavy-handed government grab for private property â€" to make way for a private project...The U.S. Supreme Court ruled last year that government can take private property from one person and give it to another. The prospect is chilling, and over-reaching redevelopment is now a greater danger...The government can't simply kick out property owners just because it likes gardens better than warehouses, or big developers better than luggage-store owners."
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