Amen.
It is one of the dirty big secrets behind the billionaire fortunes of both Barbara Boxer and Dianne Feinstein. The basic scam (among many others): The companies controlled by hubbies Messrs. Boxer and Feinstein buy up forfeited lands seized by county sheriffs and federal authorities at closed sales for $x. They then sell those very lands to the State of California and the Federal Government as "Ecological Reserves," "Wilderness Areas," "State Parks," etc. for (1000+)X ($x). That's just one trick! But they have worked it for years.
Nancy Pelosi's husband came damn close to controlling the Presidio in San Francisco, probably the most valuable piece of real estate on this planet.