Arizona governor vetoes anti-CCP bill aimed at protecting US bases
Arizona’s state legislative body sent a bill to Arizona Governor Katie Hobb’s desk. The bill was aimed at limiting Chinese ownership of land near U.S. Military bases. Hobbs claimed that the bill would be ineffective at countering Chinese espionage efforts and that it lacked clear implementation requirements. However, those who favor bills like this point to events like the recent Ukrainian drone attacks deep into Russian territory, destroying approximately a third of Russia’s bombers.
From Fox News:
“Governor Hobbs’s veto of SB 1109 hangs an ‘Open for the CCP’ sign on Arizona’s front door, allowing Communist China to buy up American land near critical assets like Luke Air Force Base, Palo Verde nuclear power plant, and Taiwan Semiconductor’s growing fabrication footprint,” said Michael Lucci, the CEO and founder of State Armor Action, a conservative group with a mission to develop and enact state-level solutions to global security threats.
“Allowing Communist China to buy up land near our critical assets is a national security risk, plain and simple, and Governor Hobbs is substantively and completely wrong when she says that SB 1109 ‘is ineffective at counter-espionage and does not directly protect our military assets,'” Lucci added.
Lucci pointed to Ukraine’s recent drone attacks that destroyed significant numbers of Russian military aircraft, noting that “proximity produces peril in asymmetric warfare.”
S.B. 1109, which can still pass if the Arizona legislature overrides Hobbs’ veto, would have prohibited the People’s Republic of China from having a 30%, or more, stake in Arizona property.
Hobbs, in her defense of the veto, added that in addition to being ineffective at countering Chinese espionage efforts, the bill lacked “clear implementation criteria,” which opened the door for “arbitrary enforcement.”
However, the bill went through a bipartisan amendment process in an effort to assuage those concerns that the legislation might lead to discrimination in land sales, according to local outlet the AZ Mirror. The initial version of the bill banned certain people and entities deemed to be national security threats from buying up land in Arizona, but following subsequent amendments the bill only sought to ban Chinese government-linked entities and its subsidiaries.
In addition to Arizona, other states have proposed or passed legislation aimed at curtailing Chinese land grabs in the United States. Congress has also taken steps in an effort to effectuate change through national policy.
Additional Reading:
Schemmel, A. (2025, June 3). Dem governor ripped as ‘total disgrace’ after vetoing bill limiting Chinese land ownership near military bases. Fox News. Link.
Was just reading this on my Fox News feeds. Figured it would show up here, sooner than later. WTF is wrong with these politicians? Basically a no brainier. Chyna is NOT our friend and our military bases need to be protected to the best of our abilities. How much land can an American buy in Chyna? NONE! No Chynese citizen can even leave Chyna without the knowledge and approval of their grubermint, much less do anything without their knowledge and approval. Personally I think that NO foreign ownership of land should be permitted, especially near a military base.
This was a bullshit bill. Performative politics.
That being said, I am for a law preventing any foreign citizen or company from owning any land in the US.
So much foreign money buying up US land is market distorting and makes land far less affordable for Americans.
It is also being used as a mechanism for foreign wealth sheltering, and money laundering.
It would probably kill the commercial era estate market, but would save the housing market.
And commercial real estate should be fairly inexpensive so people can better afford to start firms, or the commercial real estate rezoned for housing or some other community purpose like parks and community spaces.
WHO LEFT THE DOOR OPEN??? Got-damn ijiots show up….someone get the air freshener.
OK CCPommissar thanks for coming and showing your ass… again.
Heil!!
I just read SB1109. Why do you say it is a BS bill and performative politics?
Corporate purchases of rental and residential properties is more responsible for the pricing and availability problems, not foreign land ownership. Except, of course, if it happens to be a foreign company.
Nothing performative about the bill. The performance was by KKKatie Hobbs, claiming it to be “ineffective at countering Chinese espionage efforts”. It’d be awesome if you could expand on your statement, describing exactly how it’s “performative”. Given your extensive background in intel, I’m sure you could enlighten us all.
But you won’t. Because you’re a fraud. Now, go and have yourself a nice day.
You wrote “So much foreign money buying up US land is market distorting and makes land far less affordable for Americans.”
Actually, foreign purchase of property on U.S. soil makes property unavailable for Americans.
As far as rezoning commercial property for residential, good luck with that.
There’s a lot of empty commercial property in San Francisco. Perhaps they could rezone it and create “affordable” housing there, for the city’s downtrodden residents.
As far as rezoning commercial to residential property is concerned, I would imagine if the correct amount of zeros were added to a fairly large first few numbers, somebody would make it happen.
Everything is for sale, up to and including their soul.
Yeah and that attack that destroyed 31% of the Russian strategic bomber fleet was bullshit too.
I have never heard of the “commercial era estate market” and was unable to untangle the word salad to determine your meaning. I will say that even if all foreign ownership of unoccupied housing was ended it wouldn’t budge the needle on the housing shortage which was brought about by the unrestricted immigration of the previous administration that allowed at east 10,000,000 people from no one knows where to enter the US and do God only knows what.
People have to live somewhere and the rules of inflation that Biden and Company never understood say that more people competing for the same number of resources cause increases in prices of those resources.
Mostly foreign investors outside of an REIT are seeking agricultural land and paying top dollar for it. Those in an REIT are mostly looking for steady income, be it rents or turn over. While flipping may increase prices foreign investors aren’t the moving force in the market here, more like the beneficiaries of something that is already happening.
My advice? Buy land now, you may not be another chance. Pay top dollar or you will get outbid by an anonymous agent on the end of a phone connection representing, someone.
https://www.kcur.org/news/2025-01-27/foreign-ownership-us-farmland
Hobbs the racist is a VETO queen when it comes to Repub bills. The Arizona Repubs are all spineless hacks but when they do submit a bill she immediately vetos it. They let her spend 350 million more than she was authorized to and not 1 Repub called her on it, they just emergency allocated her more money. Looks like they didn’t get what they paid for.
Just another example of how unserious we as a nation and definitely the Dems are about the threat posed to us by China.
They are a clear and unambiguous threat to us and we should stop or severely curtail business with them. Get them out of our universities, our land/property ownership, the relegation to them of exclusive manufacturing of things we need. Stop the intellectual theft. Cut them off. Give them a choice: demonstrably join the community of nations in good faith or wreck their economy and force them to fail as a result of the demographic course they’ve charted for themselves. We have an amazing power over them if we just use it.
Side note: we aren’t the only blind ones. I was recently in dialog with an Australian the other day who now viewed the US as his enemy (of course because “but Trump!”) and China as his friends and greatest trade partner. A few minutes research showed that the reason Australia has a favorable trade balance was Chinese tourism and that Australia ships raw materials to China and China ships finished low-budget Temu quality goods back to them. Dude was surprised but still blind. “I have Chinese friends!” Yes, and the CCP aims to subjugate you last now because you are friends.
Jeez, how much clearer do we have to make it?
Just put a sign up on the highway coming in to your state that says; “No Heathen Chynee Allowed to buy land here! And stop putting starch in my underwear, damnit!”
We can’t vote KKKatie out fast enough. Mark Kelly has to go too, he’s a wholly-owned Chinese corporation.
Attributed to various Communists of the past and apropos in this situation….
How much moola shmoola ($$$$$$) is the hobbster getting from the chinese or the demoRatic party to not want the bill to pass.
I didn’t see your post till after I post almost the same thing
Just a suggestion, but, maybe ,,,,follow the money and see what her real motive was!
Now hobbs has been a flaming liberal dem for years. I am wondering how much campaign money came from sources related to the chinese commies. The kaliphonication of AZ is about complete.
I just saw a campaign ad for Adelita Grijalva running for her father’s vacant seat. Gotta keep the grift going, ya know.