Municipal Officials for Redevelopment Reform (M.O.R.R.) is a growing network of elected officials and volunteer groups, all concerned about rising redevelopment abuses. Our members represent the entire political spectrum, but all share the concern that the aggressive and wasteful activities of redevelopment agencies have grown far beyond their original purpose.

M.O.R.R. IS BASED ON FOUR PRINCIPALS:

1. Limit eminent domain to purely public purposes.
2. Fair play and stable sales tax disbursement to all cities, ending wasteful competition among cities for sales tax revenues.
3. End predatory redevelopment, whereby cities use public funds to lure away each other's businesses and sales tax revenue.
4. Establish a level playing field for all businesses and not subsidize some businesses at the expense of others.

Two key reforms are necessary to curb redevelopment abuses:

1. Disburse sales tax revenue to cities on a per-capita, rather than the current point-of-sales basis, thus ending the destructive intercity competition among cities for revenues and assure a stable funding source for all municipalities.
2. Limit eminent domain to purely public purposes, thus ending a city's coercive power to acquire property on behalf of private interests.

The Director and founder of Municipal Officials for Redevelopment Reform is Chris Norby who is a three term councilmember in the City of Fullerton and two years as mayor. Mr. Norby formed M.O.R.R. in 1990. Norby is the author and publisher of "Redevelopment: the Unknown Government." The first edition was published in October 1996 and the second edition came out May 1997.

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