Current Property & Water Rights Issues, Events Whatcom County CAPR Report
Whatcom Chapter, Citizens’ Alliance for Property Rights (CAPR) September 23, 2019
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Water Issues
Stop Government from forcing some people alone to bear public burdens which should be borne by the public as a whole...Agriculture
Defending agricultural property owners and supporting small family farms...Critical Areas and Shoreline Management
Regulating land-use adjacent to environmentally sensitive areas relies almost exclusively on presumptions and generalizations. Regulators want to make shoreline property owners bear the burden of solving the region’s storm water runoff problems...The Administrative State
The Administrative State is Controlled by Executive Branch of Government, but is authorized by the Legislative Branch, this leads to conflict.Climate Change
Hotly debated, "climate change" is affecting property rights. Legislators and administrators are using the issue to regulate citizens. CAPR provides a venue to inform the debate...Growth Management and Urban Density
Added costs come in many different forms, including building fees, permitting fees, utility fees, impact fees, and the Growth Management Act, a state law that controls local planning decisions... Restrictions on land use and residential construction inflate the cost of housing...
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