The more I think about it, considering that AHF sued to block LA's housing element (that would have approved more housing to be zoned), I wouldn't be surprised if they put #prop33 on the ballot because they know people will vote for it AND they know that it will stop new housing from being built. (See Huntington Beach council member saying that's exactly how they'll use it: to block all housing.)
If we vote no on 33 & 34, we'll get another bad prop like 33 in a year. Vote yes on 34 so AHF spends their government money from the prescription drug benefit on patients. Nothing stops them from fundraising to put ballot measures on! Plus the state Medi-Cal can then negotiate for lower drug prices.
* #Prop32 - Yes. Why: we're all for inflation adjusting the minimum wage.
* #Prop33 - No. Why: the provision to "prohibit the state from limiting the ability of cities and counties to maintain, enact, or expand residential rent-control ordinances" is a step too far, allowing growth adverse cities a potentially powerful loop-hole.
* #Prop34 - No. Why: way too strangely specific for a state prop, clearly targeting a single organization. Would vote yes in a heartbeat for a more generalized prop, but not this.
* #Prop35 - Yes. Why: we get that this limits a key budget balancing tool, but that's part of the problem. We need to find ways to balance the budget without playing games with medi-cal services (we've seen this personally).
* #Prop36 - No. Why: there are retail theft problems and drug problems, but mandating state prison and charging new felonies is not a solution.
Confused about Prop 33 in CA? CalMatters sorts it all out with some fact checking
https://calmatters.org/housing/2024/10/prop-33-2024-fact-check/
Californians, please vote yes on #Prop33. It's past time to repeal Costa Hawkins, which freezes out of rent control anything built after 1995 (1979 in SF)
The anti- campaign is saying 33 lets Republicans pass "rent control" laws that ban new housing. CalMatters rated that false. https://calmatters.org/housing/2024/10/prop-33-2024-fact-check/
A really nice article going over the rent control aspects of prop 33. Thanks to @aurosharman for finding it - he's also endorsing me.
I support rent stabilization and voted in favor of Prop 10 in 2020, but Proposition 33 is a cure that's worse than the disease. It has very little upside, and its downsides are potentially limitless.
God bless Daddy #Newsom and the great work he's doing in #california
State wide rent control is just bonkers policy. Pushed by a rich guy who is mad there's affordable housing being built in his city.
Was walking my dog this morning someone left all this dog shit on the ground. Put it where it belongs.
This paper argues that a California law, entitled the “Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act” is a primary cause of homelessness in that state. The origins of that law will be discussed. The exact system by which that law produces homelessness will be modeled. The paper argues that that law is the primary reason why the homeless population in California is exceptionally high, nearly twice that of the next state. That law is also the single most important reason why all the state’s efforts, and billions of dollars spent, to alleviate the problem have failed to even stop the increase in the number of homeless. Among the unintended consequences of the law are sever mental and emotional stress for those persons who live on the threshold of becoming homeless.
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