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Do we vote or strike over Prop. 98?
1.
I'm against the propositions, mainly for the "too complicated" reasons Patt cites.
However, in response to Karen Ann, heaven forbid a businessperson (i.e. a landlord) make a profit. Who are you to say how much rent should be? Do I get to dictate how much your salary is?
2. Kicking tenants out of the neighborhoods that they built so that the title holder can sell those features for a big fat profit is also theft.California rent control laws protect our families from that kind of abuse. Anyone who raises children knows that most important values we teach are not about money and ownership. They are about doing what's right in your community. How weird that the commenters who seem to have the most trouble grasping that fact couch their complaints in anti-communist and pro-Christian lingo.
3. Rent Control laws acknowledge that people who live in a community contribute to that community, Dense, urban neighborhoods with well-supported public schools, lively street activities, bustling local markets, restaurants and cafes are not created by landlords or developers. These neighborhood features cause real estate values to sky rocket. Kicking tenants out of the neighborhoods that they built so that the title holder can sell those features for a big fat profit is also theft. California rent control laws protect our families from that kind of abuse.
4. I am a renter and I am against rent control. Let the market determine what rents should be. Same as home prices. Doesn't mean that someone won't try to control either or both. That's where the government can help us keep things on the up and up with fair trade laws.
5. In support of ballot initiatives; With our legislature almost completly out of contact with the public, impervious in gerrymanded districts, and only listening to corporate or other big money donors... The only way the population of California has been able to express themselves the last forty years has been by ballot initiative, which is why it has come to be hated by the politicians who otherwise completly controll us. In a benevelent way, of course.
6. Excellent Article, Patt. I wholeheartedly agree with you and recommend to vote NO on both Props., especially since they are Constitutional amendments. How many teachers' salaries could we pay with the cost of these nonessential elections that just lead to voter fatigue!
7. DEM. Ours is a government of law. Our laws ARE THE TEN COMMANDMENTS. GET YOUR RELIGION OUT OF MY GOVERNMENT.
8. Rent control is a heinous violation of the Commandment that says, "Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house" and is additionaly a form of theft from the owners, thereby violating another Commandment ("Thou shalt not steal"). Finally, inasmuch as its supporter libel owners, they violate "Thou shalt not bear false witness." Anyone supporting rent control should abandon any pretense of respecting the Ten Commandments, among other things.
9. Rent control was invented during WWII because of scarce housing and price controls on almost everything. Since that time it became the tool of local governments to "protect the poor" living in housing whose costs were increasing to the point that it became unaffordable. As a result slums and "Slum Lords" were created because there was no money available to keep housing in condition due to low rents. Today, if the people want to continue rent subsidies, fine. Put it to a vote and have the government pay for the difference between the fair rate to the subsidized rate. Why should the owner be the one to carry the load?
10. Pat Morrison's article is absolutely right. I came to live in California from another state -and I am shocked by how special interest politics has corrupted the ballot initiative process in this state. Proposition 98 is something that should never gotten on the ballot. It is so dangerous to so many people - yet I keep hearing those deceptive, overblown radio ads for it - attempting to scare people into voting for it. Will it pass merely because of the advertising $$ promoting it. Will it pass because voters are being tricked?
Submitted by: MTS
2. Kicking tenants out of the neighborhoods that they built so that the title holder can sell those features for a big fat profit is also theft.California rent control laws protect our families from that kind of abuse. Anyone who raises children knows that most important values we teach are not about money and ownership. They are about doing what's right in your community. How weird that the commenters who seem to have the most trouble grasping that fact couch their complaints in anti-communist and pro-Christian lingo.
Submitted by: Karen Ann
3. Rent Control laws acknowledge that people who live in a community contribute to that community, Dense, urban neighborhoods with well-supported public schools, lively street activities, bustling local markets, restaurants and cafes are not created by landlords or developers. These neighborhood features cause real estate values to sky rocket. Kicking tenants out of the neighborhoods that they built so that the title holder can sell those features for a big fat profit is also theft. California rent control laws protect our families from that kind of abuse.
Submitted by: Karen Ann
4. I am a renter and I am against rent control. Let the market determine what rents should be. Same as home prices. Doesn't mean that someone won't try to control either or both. That's where the government can help us keep things on the up and up with fair trade laws.
Submitted by: Mike Mancuso, San Jose
5. In support of ballot initiatives; With our legislature almost completly out of contact with the public, impervious in gerrymanded districts, and only listening to corporate or other big money donors... The only way the population of California has been able to express themselves the last forty years has been by ballot initiative, which is why it has come to be hated by the politicians who otherwise completly controll us. In a benevelent way, of course.
Submitted by: John Ridgley
6. Excellent Article, Patt. I wholeheartedly agree with you and recommend to vote NO on both Props., especially since they are Constitutional amendments. How many teachers' salaries could we pay with the cost of these nonessential elections that just lead to voter fatigue!
Submitted by: Elke
7. DEM. Ours is a government of law. Our laws ARE THE TEN COMMANDMENTS. GET YOUR RELIGION OUT OF MY GOVERNMENT.
Submitted by: Common Sense
8. Rent control is a heinous violation of the Commandment that says, "Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house" and is additionaly a form of theft from the owners, thereby violating another Commandment ("Thou shalt not steal"). Finally, inasmuch as its supporter libel owners, they violate "Thou shalt not bear false witness." Anyone supporting rent control should abandon any pretense of respecting the Ten Commandments, among other things.
Submitted by: DEM
9. Rent control was invented during WWII because of scarce housing and price controls on almost everything. Since that time it became the tool of local governments to "protect the poor" living in housing whose costs were increasing to the point that it became unaffordable. As a result slums and "Slum Lords" were created because there was no money available to keep housing in condition due to low rents. Today, if the people want to continue rent subsidies, fine. Put it to a vote and have the government pay for the difference between the fair rate to the subsidized rate. Why should the owner be the one to carry the load?
Submitted by: bdbdbd
10. Pat Morrison's article is absolutely right. I came to live in California from another state -and I am shocked by how special interest politics has corrupted the ballot initiative process in this state. Proposition 98 is something that should never gotten on the ballot. It is so dangerous to so many people - yet I keep hearing those deceptive, overblown radio ads for it - attempting to scare people into voting for it. Will it pass merely because of the advertising $$ promoting it. Will it pass because voters are being tricked?
Submitted by: howard
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