Real Property Law
Cal. Real. Prop. Journal VOL. 40, NO. 3, 2022
Content
- 2022-2023 Executive Committee of the Real Property Law Section
- 2022-2023 Public Law Executive Committee
- BEHIND THE WORDS OF THE CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® RESIDENTIAL PURCHASE AGREEMENT: LEGAL AND PRACTICAL CONSIDERATIONS
- Inside This Issue
- Letter From the California Real Property Editor
- Letter From the Public Law Section Chair
- Letter From the Public Law Section Editor
- Moncharsh and the Risk of Arbitration
- Public Law Case Updates
- Public Law Editorial Board
- Public Lawyer Spotlight: Charles Bell, Jr., City Attorney For the City of National City
- Real Property Editorial Board
- Recent Rpls Enews Articles
- U.S. Supreme Court Issues First Amendment Decisions Impacting Sign Regulations and Flag Policies
- How Public Agencies Can Reduce Blight and Generate Revenue With Civil Litigation
HOW PUBLIC AGENCIES CAN REDUCE BLIGHT AND GENERATE REVENUE WITH CIVIL LITIGATION
Written by Ryan Griffith
Almost every city and county has abandoned, vacant, fire-damaged, or otherwise dilapidated properties. Often dilapidated properties blight neighborhoods for years, endanger communities, drive down property values, and harm neighborhood morale. Neighborhoods hope and expect a public agency like a city or county will fix the situation. Unfortunately, most citizens are unfamiliar with government departments and assume someone will solve the problem.
Perhaps citizens should expect more from their government. Hopefully, one day the government will run without any flaws or defects. However, since almost nothing is full proof expecting all government deficiencies to go away is unlikely. Therefore, in 2022, while public agencies do a great deal, their operations are not perfect.