The Institute of Portland Metropolitan Studies has begun to document the effects of Measure 37<ref>[http://www.pdx.edu/ims/m37.html]</ref>
==Confusion regarding "eminent ___domain"==
In the state of Washington, [[eminent ___domain]] is only allowable when the government then uses the property it has taken for a public purpose. It is prohibited from seizing a property using the power of eminent ___domain and then turning it over to a private interest. The Washington State Constitution protects against this action in Section 16--Eminent Domain, which reads as follows:
<blockquote>No private property shall be taken or damaged for public or private use without just compensation having been first made, or paid into court for the owner...</blockquote>
<blockquote>Whenever an attempt is made to take private property for a use alleged to be public, the question whether the contemplated use be really public shall be a judicial question, and determined as such, without regard to any legislative assertion that the use is public: Provided, That the taking of private property by the state for land reclamation and settlement purposes is hereby declared to be for public use.<ref>[http://www1.leg.wa.gov/LawsAndAgencyRules/constitution.htm Washington Constitution]</ref>
The relation of I-933 to other legislative action involving eminent ___domain has caused confusion for both supporters and opponents of the initiative. This is due to wording in the document which makes reference to both eminent ___domain and regulatory takings, when only the regulatory takings are relevant.
