The June 3rd Primary Election is more important than you might think...
We asked you to
VOTE NO ON PROPOSITION 98!
AND YOU DID!
Contra Costa County defeated Proposition 98 by 60.9%!
Alameda County defeated Proposition 98 by a whooping *69.6%*!!!
State-wide, voters rejected Proposition 98 by an almost 2-1 margin!!!
http://vote.sos.ca.gov/Returns/props/59.htm
Read all about it by clicking HERE.
Congratulations on all those who worked so hard to preserve and protect affordable housing, renter's rights, and environmental regulations!
Bamboozle, hoodwink, mislead, trick, dupe, double-cross, betray...those are just some of the words used to Proposition 98. It attempts to feed off of concerns about the use of eminent domain to covertly pass something that would gut land use laws throughout the state of California- at the expense of hundreds of thousands of families and communities from Modoc County to the Mexican border.
The implications would be disastrous for residents of and advocates of affordable housing. Rent Control and tenant protections laws (such as Just Cause for Evictions ordinances) would be wiped off the books, and housing policies such as inclusionary zoning (IZ) ordinances would be overturned.
It doesn't just stop with housing too. Clean water statutes would be eliminated, and laws protecting the environment would be gutted... threatening our precious coastline and the survival of dozens of endangered species.
Advocates can fight back to prevent the above scenarios from taking place:
You can:
- Go to the No on Prop 98 website to learn more about this horrible proposition and how you can help defeat it in June. Then inform others and urge people to get out and vote on June 3rd! Click HERE to send them an email now!
- If you are an organization, inform your staff and constituents. Get the word out to you neighbors, family, and friends, etc. by forwarding this email and distributing information found on in the Campaign Toolbox on the No on Prop 98 website.
- If you are active in Oakland, join with Oakland Rising, a new collaboration of social justice organizations, at a weekday evening phone bank or on one of the following Saturday precinct walks:
May 24th
9am-1pm
1601 Telegraph Ave, Oakland, CA
May 31st
9am-1pm
1601 Telegraph Ave, Oakland, CA
June 3rd ELECTION DAY
6 am-ALL DAY
1601 Telegraph Ave, Oakland, CA
For more information on these walks and phone banking opportunities, and how you can get involved, please contact Pete Woiwode at 510.834.8920 x 306 or via email at pete@oaklandrising.org.
Whatever you do, please remember to get involved, talk to you neighbors, forward this website to your friends and family by clicking HERE, and on June 3, 2008 vote NO ON PROPOSITION 98!
Remember to click HERE to send an email to your friends and family telling them to Vote No on Prop 98!
LISTEN TO THE ADS!
Click on the play buttons below to hear more about why you should vote "NO ON PROPOSITION 98!" All ads produced by the No on Prop 98 campaign.