Conflating the actions of a state with the actions of the Federal gov’t is either sloppy or disingenuous.
You mention Trump by name three times in your response and post a link from a young adult website
to criticize Trump. Your agenda is clear.
But you’re eliding the property rights issue potentially at stake here in CA. Just answer the following:
A farmer in CA’s central valley has idled some farmland but is told by the state to grow certain crops or
face the loss of the farmland via eminent domain. Would you be OK with this?
Generally speaking I think invoking eminent domain is wrong regardless if done at the federal, state or local level. Private property ownership is a basic right worth protecting. Having said that, there are undoubtedly times when evoking eminent domain is warranted. As to the situation you've exampled, I am not qualified to speak to this matter, mainly because I lack detailed and specific information.
A couple of decades ago, all the property on a residential inner city block was forcefully purchased using eminent domain because the nearby hospital said they needed it for expansion. The houses were razed and the land sat vacant. Although the hospital did expand, the expansion did not include this land. The people who had lived there, some for many generations lost their homes and their neighborhood because they could not afford to purchase elsewhere within the immediate area. They essentially were displaced to areas that were much more suburban. Recently, the city built low income housing on this land and gave those who had long ago been displaced first dibs on the apartments. This was not exactly a win for those folks who'd been forced out years prior.
"Portland and Legacy Health announce plans to honor African American community with North Portland developmentUpdated Jan 09, 2019; Posted Aug 01, 2017
By Jessica Floum | The Oregonian/OregonLive
Forty-five years ago, at the request of Emanuel Hospital, the city of Portland razed almost 300 homes and businesses in the North Portland heart of the African American community to make way for a planned hospital expansion.
On Tuesday, Legacy Health and the city announced plans to develop a 1.7-acre North Portland block that was once the commercial center of black Portland in a way that will recognize that history."
https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2017/08/portland_and_legacy_health_ann.html