The State - News from July 27, 1988

Backers of Proposition 84, the Housing and Homeless Bond Act of 1988, kicked off their campaign for passage of the ballot measure, seeking to raise $500,000 to promote it in the face of voter apathy and confusion. State Sen. David A. Roberti (D-Los Angeles), a proponent of the proposition that would raise $300 million through bond sales to build emergency and permanent low-cost housing, said at a Burbank meeting that “homelessness is a California tragedy.” The measure would provide money to build 8,000 rental units, 22,000 rehabilitated residential hotel rooms, 33,000 emergency shelter beds, 900 units for family housing, 300 housing units for seasonal farm workers, and assistance for 4,000 first-time home buyers.