Repairing Oregon’s model land-use system will take years
Randy Stapilus
Posted inSeptember 4, 2006: Blast from the Past
Anti-government attack has many fronts
Out-of-state activists mastermind assault on government spending and judiciary
Posted inApril 3, 2006: Land of Disenchantment
No clear victory for property-rights activists
A recent Oregon court ruling has bolstered a Westwide effort to force local governments to compensate landowners who lose property value to land-use regulations. But celebrations may be premature. On Feb. 21, the Oregon Supreme Court upheld Measure 37, which was originally passed by the state’s voters in November 2004, but declared unconstitutional by a […]
Posted inDecember 12, 2005: The Final Energy Frontier
Flood insurance crimps Western waterways
Federal program fosters development, damages rivers and wetlands
Posted inNovember 14, 2005: Back On Track
Property-rights measure overturned
The property-rights movement’s latest star has fallen. On Oct. 14, a judge ruled that Oregon’s Measure 37, passed by voters last year, was unconstitutional. The measure allowed landowners who believed they’d lost property value due to land-use regulations to demand that state or local governments either pay compensation or waive those regulations (HCN, 6/13/05: So […]
Posted inJune 13, 2005: Owning a Piece of Paradise
So far, Oregon land-use measure is more bark than bite
Note: This article is a sidebar to this issue’s feature story, “How dense can we be?“ Thanks to a set of strict, generation-old land-use laws, Oregon has escaped much of the scattered “exurban” development common in other Western states. But sprawl fighters feared the worst last November, when voters passed a ballot measure that could […]