Campaign Filings Show Landlords Provide 83% of Funding Prop 98

by Kathy Fairbanks via Beyond Chron

Tue, Mar 25, 2008 7:40AM

Tuesday, March 25, 2008 : According to new campaign reports filed yesterday with the Secretary of State's office, more than 83% of funding in support of Proposition 98 comes from apartment and mobile home park landlords and the associations that represent them. Hidden in the fine print of Prop 98 are provisions that would eliminate rent control and other renter protections.

Prop 98 supporters are trying to trick voters into believing their measure is only about eminent domain, but today's filings clearly reveal that eminent domain is just a stalking horse to pass the landlords' real agenda: abolishing rent control and renter protections for their own financial gain.

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