Today the Secretary of State officially qualified the Homeowners Protection Act for the June Ballot, ensuring that voters will be able to enact real eminent domain reform. Read the press release here. Of course, the Landlord's Hidden Agendas Scheme will also be on the ballot and they are hoping voters won't notice the provision in their measure that eliminates rent control. But we will be working to make sure voters know this is really an attempt by greedy landlords to line their wallets on the back of seniors and working families.
Last weekend in San Francisco, over 200 people attended a meeting focused on saving rent control and defeating this dangerous "Hidden Agendas" measure. Similar efforts are happening all over the state. To get involved, contact the campaign at http://www.eminentdomainreform.com/.
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Your press release link is broken.
1. All current rent controls for current tenants remain in effect under CPOFPA
2. Why should it be the job of one group of people (property owners) to fix a societal problem that they didn't create?
As far as HPA, saying that's real eminent domain reform is like saying that Prop 78 (the drug company phony prescription drug discount proposition in the special election) was real prescription drug reform. They're both sponsored by people who have a conflict of interest against doing what they claim the proposition does, and both are too little too late
CPOFPA is the only real reform on the ballot. It protects ALL property equally from private takings (including for the same use as the current owner, and for consumption of natural resources appurtenant to the property), prohibits the courts from rubber-stamping the government when it declares "blight" or other nuisances, entitles the owner to prompt release of compensation while still being allowed to challenge the amount and/or the taking in court, requires compensation that takes into account the true cost of being subject to eminent domain, and ends the "incidental private use" loophole.
HPA says that taking away the roof over my head for private development is unacceptable, but taking away what pays for the roof over my head is acceptable. HPA does none of those things mentioned above, but if it gets one more vote, it will nullify all those things
We're doing a fundraiser February 16 in San Francisco to save rent control. More information here: http://progressivereadingseries.blogspot.com/
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