Battle Over Rent Control and Eminent Domain, California Election June 2008

Rent control is a major election issue in June, 2008, over two California ballot measures. The primary focus of the two initiatives — Prop. 98 and Prop. 99 — is to remedy the state’s eminent domain law to prevent government from taking private property for private uses. Proposition 98, spearheaded by the conservative Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association and the mobile home park industry, adds another provision that would phase out rent control in California apartments and mobile homes as they are vacated. Rent control proponents, led by a coalition of renters, seniors, mobile home associations and environmental groups, countered with Prop. 99, which they say would provide eminent domain protection without stripping renters of their rights. We like proposition 98.
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Posted by Harrison K. Long, Explore Group, April 1, 2008 [Source: OC Register.com]