The Weekly editorial board’s recommendations for the June 3 election.  

State ballot measures  

EMINENT DOMAIN Proposition 98 No Proposition 99 Yes  

Prop. 98 seeks approval for a number of things, including barring state and local governments from taking or damaging private property for privates uses. Above all, though, if passed, this largely landlord-funded measure would ban rent control and eliminate deference to government in property-rights cases. Opponents have said a yes vote on the measure would make it more difficult for the government to condemn property for water projects, roads and other public projects. It has a solid base of bi-partisan opposition, including Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and former governor Pete Wilson, both Republicans, and U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and the League of California Cities.  

Prop. 99 was devised in response to Prop. 98, as a more sane approach to dealing with eminent domain. If passed, it would prevent governments from taking residential property and giving it to private developers. Feinstein is among its supporters, and says the measure would protect private homes, “without making it more difficult for government to do its job to improve our infrastructure and protect public health and safety.’’ Other supporters include the California League of Conservation Voters and the California Police and Fire Chiefs Associations.  

Tenants–rights activists in San Francisco offer a little rhyme to help you remember how to vote: “We hate 98, but 99 is fine.’’