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Supervisors sneak support for eminent domain abuse into consent calendar

The Board of Supervisors uses the Consent Calendar to pass a lot of business that normally does not require any debate or comment. But today it borders on violation of the Brown Act as they conceal an action to support continued government eminent domain abuse (Prop 99) under the carpet of the consent calendar.

C.30 SUPPORT Proposition 99, a ballot measure that will prevent governments from using eminent domain to take an owner-occupied home to transfer to a private party; and OPPOSE Proposition 98 a competing measure that will eliminate rent control and other renter protections, threaten development of public water projects, stymie local land use planning and impair environmental protection, as recommended by the County Administrator. (All Districts)

This smells like a typical John “Igor” Gioia weasel tactic that attempts to cover up government actions rather than offer voters transparency. No doubt, some League of Cities sock puppet will say that hiding crucial votes in the Consent Calendar is a time honored trick of crooked politicians that cannot stand challenge or debate. Beside, they will say, it’s legal if they don’t discuss the issue beforehand.

Excuse me? There was no discussion? How did it get on the agenda unless there was a head count before hand? It had to be discussed in committee, no? How could it get to the consent calendar then if there was no discussion in committee?

To sneak around and pass “official” County pronouncements concerning upcoming ballot propositions without benefit of full promulgation of committee reports, and without public notice, and without public debate is a violation not only of the spirit and letter of the Brown Act, but a clear violation of the trust of the electorate.

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