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CA Op-Ed: No on Proposition 98: List of Organizations Opposing Prop 98 - the Landlords' Attack on Renters
Author: No on Prop. 98 Committee
Published on Feb 9, 2008 - 8:33:26 AM

Sacramento, CA, Feb. 8, 2008 - The No on Prop. 98 Committee announced today the most recent additions to the diverse coalition of organizations opposed to Prop. 98 on the June ballot. Nearly 100 prominent organizations representing seniors, teachers, public safety, business leaders, organized labor, renters, religious groups, farmers and environmentalists have come out in formal opposition to Prop. 98, dubbed the "Hidden Agendas Scheme" by opponents.

Prop. 98 is a deceptive measure. California Secretary of State records show that more than 85% of funding for the measure comes from wealthy landlords and organizations representing them. These landlords are trying to trick voters into believing Prop. 98 deals with eminent domain. But these landlords don't care about eminent domain. The landlords only care about their Hidden provisions in the initiative – ones that would wipe out rent control laws and other important renter protections. Prop. 98 also would gut environmental protections, threaten new public water projects and decimate local land use planning.

The new organizations to recently announce their opposition to Prop. 98 are listed below. The complete list of groups opposing the Hidden Agendas Scheme follows.

AARP

California Police Chiefs Association

California Teachers Association

League of Women Voters of California

Silicon Valley Leadership Group

National Wildlife Federation

Western Center on Law and Poverty

California Church Impact

Black, Asian, Minority and Ethnic Renaissance, CDC

WE OPPOSE PROP. 98 - THE HIDDEN AGENDAS SCHEME

Senior:

AARP

California Alliance for Retired Americans

Gray Panthers California

Business:

Silicon Valley Leadership Group

Public Safety:

California Police Chiefs Association

Education:

California Teachers Association

California School Boards Association

Homeowners:

League of California Homeowners

Golden State Manufactured-Home Owners League, Inc. (GSMOL)

California Mobile Homes Resource and Action Association

Coalition of Mobile Home Owners- California

Resident Owned Parks, Inc. (ROP)

California Coalition for Rural Housing

Butte County Mobile-Home Owners Association

GSMOL Chapter 1613

GSMOL Chapter 1279

GSMOL Chapter 708

Homeowners Association of Cameron

Mobile Estates

Mobilehome Residents Alliance of Nevada County

Mobile Parks West Homeowners Association

New Frontier Homeowner Association

Neighborhood Friends

Palos Verdes Shores Homeowners Association

Santa Ana Mobile Home Owners Association

Windsor Group

Mobile Home Owners Coalition

Agriculture:

Western Growers Association

Water:

Association of California Water Agencies

Consumer:

Consumer Federation of California

Labor:

State Building and Construction Trades Council

AFSCME 2712

International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers

Marin County Building and Construction Trades Council

Renter Advocates/Housing Providers:

Housing California

California Housing Consortium (CHC)

California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation

Coalition for Economic Survival

Eviction Defense Collaborative

Sacramento Mutual Housing Association

Inquilinos Unidos

Just Cause Oakland

San Francisco Tenants Union

Santa Monicans for Renters' Rights

Council of Tenants - Los Angeles

Eviction Defense Network

Lincoln Place Tenants Association

Oakland Tenants Union

Environmental:

National Wildlife Federation

California League of Conservation Voters

Natural Resources Defense Council

Planning and Conservation League

Environmental Defense

Defenders of Wildlife

Greenbelt Alliance

Healthy Homes Collaborative

Mariposans for the Environment and

Responsible Government

Wild Heritage Planners

Public Interest/Community:

League of Women Voters of California

Western Center on Law and Poverty

Community Advocacy Center

Inner City Law Center

Los Angeles Community Action Network

Miracle Mile Action Committee

Our City

Union de Vecinos

Los Angeles Community Legal Center and Educational

One Stop Immigration Counselor

Ethnic:

Black, Asian, Minority and Ethnic Renaissance CDC

Government:

League of California Cities

California State Association of Counties

California Special Districts Association

California Chapter of the American

Planning Association

California Redevelopment Association

Faith:

California Church Impact

St. Anthony Foundation

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