2008 Primary Propositions

Vote NO on 98

Proposition 98 pretends to protect homeowners, but it is a deceptive measure that a group of wealthy landlords and moneyed interests placed on California's June 3, 2008 ballot. Their real intent reaches far beyond protecting homeowners from unfair uses of “eminent domain.”

Prop 98’s hidden agenda is to:
Overturn rent control
Gut environmental laws
Make it impossible to build public works projects like schools, transit lines, and reservoirs.

Vote YES on 99
Proposition 99 offers real homeowner protection – without the hidden agenda. It outlaws taking away anyone’s home in order to transfer it to a private developer, a rare but real abuse of “eminent domain” * that Proposition 99 clearly outlaws.

AARP, League of Women Voters of California, California Professional Firefighters, California Teachers Association, National Wildlife Federation, SEIU and hundreds of other organizations who don't always agree on the issues all OPPOSE Prop. 98. 

* Eminent domain is a legal doctrine that allows the state to compel property owners to sell their property to the state for public uses such as railroads, utilities, and schools.