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Who Supports, Who Opposes Prop 98? |
The misleading ads supporting Prop 98 are paid for by wealthy landlords, but major public interest groups like the AARP and the League of Women Voters oppose Prop 98. Vote No on Prop 98.
Vote No on Prop 98, Stop the Landlords' Scheme.
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The League of Women Voters Opposes Prop 98 and Supports Prop 99!
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Our Winner: Sara Skelton of Hollywood, CA. The video features a song and some of Sara's neighbors who would be harmed by Prop 98.
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Our second place winner, from Chris Hume of Santa Monica, CA.
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The AARP Says No to Prop 98. Join them in protecting seniors and all Californians by Voting No on June 3!
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Yesterday,we announced the "Fortune 500" list of more than 500 individual mobile home park and apartment owners that have contributed millions toward the deceptive proposition 98 campaign to abolish rent control. If you click "read more", you'll see our press release listing all 510 mobile home parks and apartment owners that have contributed to the Yes on 98 campaign. Five of the contributors gave over $100,000 towards the elimination of rent control. It's no wonder that these landlords want Prop 98 to pass, they'll make millions of dollars.
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Donna Matthews, 83, lives in Plantation on the Lake mobile home park in Calimesa, Riverside County and is facing an eviction threat over a disputed trash bill. Donna’s original agreement specified that a garbage bin and trash pick up would be provided as a part of her rent. Out of no where, 22 years later, Donna received a bill for $73.80 claiming she was two months behind on her trash bill. But Donna has never paid rent late and the trash fee was part of her rent. The landlord gave Donna 10 days to pay the fee or leave the park. Under protest Donna paid the fee, but her landlord is still trying to evict her through the court process. Right now, Donna is protected by strong mobile home tenant protection laws which protect against unfair evictions. But if Prop. 98 passes, those protections are threatened, and the landlord will likely try to evict Donna again. Also, because Prop. 98 eliminates rent control once a tenant moves out, the landlord will have a new financial incentive to try to get rid of Donna so he can raise the rent. Donna is a fighter and she refuses to be intimidated by her landlord. The Prop. 98 threat has inspired Donna to fight the greedy landlords and inform the mobile home park residents of Calimesa to vote No on Prop. 98 in June. 
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“What people don’t realize is that both the mobile home parks owners and mobile home owners have an investment. Without rent control it will be one investor taking advantage of another investor. We won’t have the bargaining power or the money that the owners will have. The landlords will raise the rents as high as they want. The rents will be so high and nobody will be able to rent the space. We would lose the value in our homes. If we lose our only nest-egg, where will we go?” - Donna Matthews (83)Calimesa |
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Our 3rd Place Winner: "Marge"
"Marge" tells the story of a retired math professor living in a mobile home park. The video was produced and submitted by Samii Taylor of Cypress, CA.
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Here is our second campaign spot. This ad highlights Prop 99 as well as exposing the negative aspects of Prop 98.
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* Donna Mathews, Calimesa |
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No on Prop 98 Video Contest: MelonHeads |
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This is the first finalist in the No on Prop 98 Video Contest! We'll be debuting all four finalists as we approach the election, and will announce the winner. The winner gets $1,000!
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* The Fleak Family, Rohnert Park |
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* Larry Jackson, Riverside |
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* Helen Gourley, San Rafael |
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* Juanita Bradbury, San Marcos |
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* Conny Caruso Hutchinson, Los Angeles |
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* Robert Potter, San Francisco |
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 Janelle Longwell has struggled with epilepsy most of her life. Janelle lives in a small Los Angles area apartment protected by rent control – the only way she can afford a roof over her head. Because of her disability, Janelle struggles with normal daily living, cannot drive, and has to live close to her daughter and a friend of thirty-seven years in case of emergencies. If Prop. 98 passes, many individuals like Janelle are worried about where she would go if her landlord wanted to force her out. Prop. 98 will make it easier for landlords to evict tenants with no notice and no just cause. She also worries about Prop. 98’s impact on her Section 8 voucher that she waited 10 years to receive. If rent control is phased out, many Section 8 recipients may have to pay more out of their pockets toward their rent, leaving them with less money for basic necessities like food, prescriptions and utilities. Defeating Proposition 98 is paramount to the survival to many renters like Janelle.
“A lot of these landlords are just plain heartless, and they would stop at nothing to evict people like me. Some of us are barely making it financially with rent control, and I have no clue how we would survive without it. It’s shameless that these landlords would try to deceive California voters -- just to put money in their pockets at the expense of renters like me!"
Janelle Longwell
Los Angeles
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 John (79) and Elizabeth (77) Cirica of Alviso, CA. narrowly avoided losing their home 4 years ago when the Park Owner tried to increase everyone’s rent by 620 dollars, more than doubling their rent payments. That effort was defeated by strong Rent Control Ordinances and a unified community. Elizabeth, who recently lost a leg due to diabetes, worries that Proposition 98 would once again create a situation where they could no longer afford rent payments when rent control is lost to them.
”We bought this home so John and I could live the rest of our lives peacefully in a safe and secure environment, and remain close to our grandchildren and great grandchildren. With rent control we can budget the yearly increase, but there is no way we could afford to pay rent in the amount these Park Owners demand as their due.”
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