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  • Calif. ballot measures address property-right concerns

    05/09/2008 4:11:49 PM PDT · by SmithL · 12 replies · 285+ views
    AP via SFGate ^ | 5/9/8 | SAMANTHA YOUNG, Associated Press Writer
    SACRAMENTO, (AP) -- Barbara Gonzel has lived in a two-bedroom duplex in northwest Los Angeles for 13 years, protected from the region's soaring housing costs by the city's rent-control ordinance. That could change, and Gonzel could find herself paying hundreds of dollars more in monthly rent, if voters approve one of two property rights initiatives on the June 3 primary election ballot. One of the measures, Proposition 98, is supported by landlords and business owners and contains a provision that would phase out local rent-control ordinances for apartments, duplexes and mobile home parks. It also would eliminate tenant-protection rules that...