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'''California Proposition 90''' was a 2006 [[ballot initiative]] in the state of [[California]], [[United States]]. Passing of the initiative would have made two changes to California law:
* [[Eminent domain]] could not be used by government except to provide facilities for public use, to abate specific public nuisances, and to act in a declared state of emergency. (This was a reaction to the [[Supreme Court of the United States|Supreme Court]]'s decision in ''[[Kelo v. City of New London]]''.)
* Government would be
The measure was defeated by a vote of 47.6% in favor and 52.4% opposed.
The initiative was similar to the controversial [[Oregon Ballot Measure 37 (2004)]].
== References ==
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== External links ==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20071025053148/http://ca.lwv.org/lwvc/edfund/elections/2006nov/id/prop90.html League of Women Voters of California Education Fund: In-Depth Nonpartisan Analysis of Proposition 90]
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