And the politician wonder why more and more people are looking into the “pitchforks and torches” options for government “reform”.
The Howard Jarvis Tax Association, that created and helped pass Prop. 13, is recommending YES on Prop. 98 and NO on Prop. 99.
In a nutshell...
98 prevents private eminent domain of both homes and businesses.
A city could not take away an auto repair shop and hand it over to a private party to put a car dealership in its place. It could not take the homes either side of the auto repair shop and similarly hand it over to a private developer for the auto dealership.
98 also phases out rent control. Rent control, however established it may have become over the years, is a form of taking. Supporters of 98 say if society wants to subsidize rents, it should do it at the public’s expense, not on the backs of rental owners.
There are very few rentals in California that will be affected by 98 if it passes (someone can correct me on that).
The rent control aspect has raised the most objections. However, the California League of Cities that is actively opposing 98, does not like the resrictions on private eminent domain of businesses.
To be clear, there is a difference between public and private eminent domain. Hopefully noone here needs that remedial explanation.
99 on the other hand provides no protections for private business owners. It is supported by the League of California Cities.
98 is the one to vote for if you are a conservative. Vote Yes on 98! Vote NO! on 99.
Yes on 98.
Every liberal group in California, every liberal newspaper, every liberal union, every liberal special interest group ... is opposed to Prop 98.
That’s enough for me. Prop 98 it is.
Prop 99 is (clearly, no question) some sort of leftist dodge. Not sure I understand yet, how. But it’s pretty simple to decide, just based on the forces lining up on this one.
Three yes 98, three no 99 here. The rent control provision supplied the money for the advertising. That’s politics. Like all lib ideas, rent controls never made sense to me.