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Vote to Preserve Tenants Rights and Rent Control Today (No on Prop 98)

By  Anjali Taneja
Published Jun 2, 2008 11:00 PM
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Today will be historic. Throngs of voters will get out and vote NO on Proposition 98, a not thinly veiled attempt to destroy rent control and tenants rights. Of note, Los Angeles has the highest average rents (over $1500) of any city in the Western United States -- even higher than San Francisco. In what direction will allowing the passage of Proposition 98 lead us?

Yesterday, Ross Lincoln wrote a fine post on LAist about the devil in the details regarding Prop 98 (and why we should vote NO). Today, we bring you a wonderful video that SAJE (Strategic Actions for Just Economies) developed to discuss the basis for and impact of Proposition 98. This animated story takes some of the confusion out of the proposition:


The video has been produced en espanol, tambien! Pass it on, and remind your friends and co-workers and family and passers-by -- to vote NO on Proposition 98 TODAY. And then, let's celebrate in OUR streets.

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