No to Prop. 98, Yes to Prop. 99

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We are going back to the polls on Tuesday, June 3, to vote on two initiatives on the statewide ballot. Both have to do with property and housing issues, and more specifically with what is called “eminent domain”. Eminent domain means that private property that has been condemned, abandoned or damaged can be taken by the government and used to build housing, schools or roads.

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  • English PDF (5 MB)
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  • English - MS Word .doc format
  • Spanish - MS Word .doc format
  • Chinese - MS Word .doc format
One-Page Fact Sheets


Propositions 98 and 99 side by side

The main differences between Proposition 98 and 99 are:

  Proposition 98: The California Property Owner & Farmland Protection Act Proposition 99: The Homeowners Protection Act
What it does
  • Erase renters’ protections, such as requiring the fair return of rental deposits and 60-day notices for evictions (forcing renters to move out of their housing).
  • Gets rid of rent control, which places a cap on how much a person’s rent can increase every year. This includes individuals who rent mobile homes, too.
  • Eliminates the requirement that a certain percentage of new housing be affordable
  • Changes the current definition of “just compensation” making it drastically more expensive to acquire property
  • Makes it more difficult to enforce current environmental laws and pass stricter laws to protect the environment in the future
  • Almost prohibits ability to build infrastructure for water projects to supply safe drinking water.
  • Current law would stay the same, except that Prop. 99 would ensure the environmental protections under eminent domain in the future.
Supporter arguments
  • Politically connected special interests use and abuse government's power to take and develop private property.
  • Prevents governments from taking family farms and open space for the purpose of selling the natural resources.
  • Prop. 98 attacks renters by eliminating renter protections and rent control.
  • Prop. 98 guts important environmental protections like laws we need to combat global warming, and protect our land, air, water and coasts.
  • Prop. 98 jeopardizes the quality of our drinking water and our ability to secure new water sources to protect our environment and fuel our economy.
  • Prop. 98 will result in frivolous lawsuits, higher taxpayer costs, and hurt our economy.
Supporters A number of taxpayers associations, landlord groups and, property rights groups(partial list): California Republican Party, California Federation of Republican Women, California Republican Taxpayers Association,

Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association, California Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Apartment Association, California Southern Cities, Apartment Association of Greater Los Angeles (AAGLA), Apartment Owner Association of California (AOA) Private Property Rights

A number of community organizations, housing groups and unions (partial list): League of California Cities, Coalition of Mobile Home Owners- California,

Older Women's League of California, Gray Panthers California, Senior Action Network, California Police Chiefs Association, California Fire Chiefs Association, Sierra Club California, California League of Conservation Voters, Housing California, Inquilinos Unidos, Just Cause Oakland, Tenderloin Housing Clinic (THC), American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), SEIU 721, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Koreatown Immigrant Workers Alliance, League of Women Voters of California, Western Center on Law and Poverty, Union de Vecinos, League of California Cities, California State Association of Counties

Opponents A number of community groups, housing organizations, unions (partial list): AARP, CA Police Chiefs Association, League of CA Homeowners, Consumer Federation of America, CA Black Chamber of Commerce, California Teachers Association, Just Cause Oakland, Tenderloin Housing Clinic,

Sierra Club California, Coalition LA, Eviction Defense Network, Western Center on Law and Poverty, League of California Cities, St. Anthony Foundation

Californians for Property Rights Protection, a project of the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Assoc., New Taxes Committee, The California Farm Bureau Federation and The California Alliance to Protect Property Rights.
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