IBDaMann
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In 2016, George Sheetz bought a plot of land to put up a pre-fab home. California's El Dorado Country told him he'd have to pay a $23,420 "Traffic Impact Fee" just to get a permit to put up the home. He paid the fee because he had no choice; he would not have been able to start building his home. In 2017, he sued, of course, in California State court, to recoup that fee because it was totally ridiculous, citing the violation of the 5th Amendment (Takings Clause). He lost, with the Court saying that the 5th Amendment protection doesn't apply because the fee is "legislative" and not "administrative". Sheetz lost again in 2022 in the Third District Court of Appeal. In that same year, the DNC told the California Supreme Court to simply decline to review Sheetz' case to ensure there would be no need to relitigate all the past fees the State had extracted from residents.
George Sheetz then took his case to the US Supreme Court and was granted review under Docket No. 22-1074, and in 2024, SCOTUS agreed unanimously to vacate the California Appellate Court's decision, declaring that the 5th Amendment applies no matter how the fees are named, characterized or classified.
Geroge Sheetz returned to California to demand the State return his fee. The DNC had already decided that the Supreme Court decision was to be ignored, lest California be compelled to relitigate countless cases of Constitutional violations amounting to a shitload of money. The Califoria Supreme Court was directed to not issue any guidance to lower State courts to take any corrective action or to remedy anything in line with the SCOTUS decision. Everything about the decision is to be ignored. Ergo, California is currently ignoring the US Supreme Court's decision and George Sheetz' fee will not be returned.
We the People dodged one hell of a bullet by electing Trump.
George Sheetz then took his case to the US Supreme Court and was granted review under Docket No. 22-1074, and in 2024, SCOTUS agreed unanimously to vacate the California Appellate Court's decision, declaring that the 5th Amendment applies no matter how the fees are named, characterized or classified.
Geroge Sheetz returned to California to demand the State return his fee. The DNC had already decided that the Supreme Court decision was to be ignored, lest California be compelled to relitigate countless cases of Constitutional violations amounting to a shitload of money. The Califoria Supreme Court was directed to not issue any guidance to lower State courts to take any corrective action or to remedy anything in line with the SCOTUS decision. Everything about the decision is to be ignored. Ergo, California is currently ignoring the US Supreme Court's decision and George Sheetz' fee will not be returned.
We the People dodged one hell of a bullet by electing Trump.