California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Beaty v. Imperial IrrIGAtion Dist., 186 Cal.App.3d 897, 231 Cal.Rptr. 128 (Cal. App. 1986):
9 The court noted: "It is a matter of common knowledge, and hence of judicial notice, that highway construction (such as the Hollywood Freeway), and redevelopment (such as that on Bunker Hill, Los Angeles) resulted in the displacement of thousands of persons from dwellings and business establishments, both tenants and landowners. Eminent domain awards, depleted by costs of moving and relocation, were insufficient to supply those displaced with equivalents of the properties from which they had been displaced. Often, this was entirely unavailable. A natural disaster, perhaps, could not have created more personal havoc. Construed together, the provisions of Government Code sections 7260 through 7264 obviously are concerned with this 'disaster relief' rather than eminent domain, for section 7272.5 is clear that no new elements of damage in eminent domain are created thereby." (Parking Authority v. Nicovich, 32 Cal.App.3d 420, 427, 108 Cal.Rptr. 137.)
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