Ahmanson and Soka Projects
I am strongly opposed to the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy’s actions to condemn property owned by Soka University.
It is deplorable and a crime for the government to seize private land against the will of the owner. The public needs to know that if Soka wins, the state will have to pay millions of dollars for the school’s attorney fees. If the conservancy wins, then we will still have to pay many millions to acquire the property at a high value set by the court.
Either way, the taxpayers lose.
There is no clear public good served by seizing Soka’s land. It’s already open to the public. We already have plenty of parks and we can’t maintain them. We do need more schools and better education. Soka should be supported.
GAIL HOLLOWAY
Encino
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