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    Aleene Madikians represents public and private sector clients through all stages of civil litigation involving eminent domain, land use, water, CEQA, renewable energy projects and major public infrastructure projects.

Join Us for a Webinar on “Partial Acquisitions: Project Benefits and Mitigation Strategies Related to Offsetting Severance Damages”

Join us on November 16th from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. PT as we discuss “Partial Acquisitions: Project Benefits and Mitigation Strategies Related to Offsetting Severance Damages.” We are excited to host this webinar along with our guest speakers, Alison Roach and Robert Caringella from Jones, Roach & Caringella, Inc.

During this webinar, we will provide:

  • A legal primer on severance damages in partial acquisitions;
  • An in-depth review of the legal standards granting condemning entities the ability to offset severance damages with project benefits; and
  • An examination of case studies ...
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Granting of Water Supplies Vitiates Public Entity’s Need to Acquire Ground Water Rights Through Eminent Domain

Rosamond Community Services District (“RCSD”) recently approved the adoption of a resolution of necessity and filed a case to acquire water rights from agricultural land by eminent domain. After the adoption of the Resolution of Necessity, Antelope Valley Water Master granted the RCSD with a 999 acre-foot permanent water pumping allotment, in addition to a one-time pumping allotment of 5,000 acre-feet. These allotments significantly changed RCSD’s water acquisition needs and eliminated the need for eminent domain to be used.

While it is not uncommon for a public ...

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