Prop. 98 Is An Attack on Real People! Meet Larry Jackson.

Prop. 98 Is an Attack on Real People! Meet Larry Jackson.

Profiles of the types of people who will be harmed by Proposition 98 - the landlords’ deceptive attack on renters, rent control, and renter protections.

Larry Jackson is an ex-Peace Corp member who lives in a mobile home park in Riverside with his wife Jean. After working his whole life, Larry is now out of retirement and working part time at Castle Park amusement park to make ends meet. If Larry’s mobile home park was not protected by rent control, the Jacksons would not be able to afford to live in their home.

Larry also worries that if Prop. 98 passes, mobile homeowners will face extreme difficulties selling their homes. Once buyers learn rent control will be lifted on the space as soon as the unit is sold, they will no longer be interested and the unit will be worth hundreds of thousands of dollars less. Prop. 98 will devastate home owners like Larry by eroding the equity he’s spent years building in his home.





“Everyday we see attacks from wealthy landlords to maximize their profits on those who can least afford to defend themselves. My wife and I are concerned about our survival if prop 98 passes. We continually ask our representatives, what is rent stabilization all about? If not to protect seniors and low-income families then who is rent stabilization meant to protect? Affordable housing will be just another cliché if we lose to prop 98.” -- Robert Fleak, Rohnert Park