I-933 (Regulation of private property)
What it will do:
This measure would require compensation when government regulation damages the use or value of private property, would forbid regulations that prohibit existing legal uses of private property, and would provide exceptions or payments.
Supporters say:
Proponents say that the Growth Managment Act and other land-use regulations are choking the rights of farmers, timber owners and others. They say proposed buffer zones around streams, for example, would dramatically curtail the use of large stretches of private property.
Opponents say:
Critics counter that the measure would let a small number of property owners pocket billions of dollars of taxpayers' money - or else erode safeguards against responsible development. They predict "endless lawsuits" and loss of family farms to a new, highly profitable crop: housing subdivisions.
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