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Evicting Section 8 Tenants is a Great Way to Rake in the $$!

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I do some web work for No on 98.

A quick one here. I’m not sure I can add much to this story, especially given the facts of these cases. Basically, LA rents skyrocket, so landlords decide that they don’t want Section 8 tenants after all.  So, out they go. Pay up or else!

In a blow to some of the Valley’s poorest people, nearly 50 mostly senior and disabled tenants are being forced out of their apartments by landlords seeking to flee city rent control and subsidized housing.

Renters in Reseda, Northridge and North Hollywood who get federal Section 8 subsidies have been told to pay full market rates or get out, tenants, city officials and housing advocates said.

Though there are 45 documented cases, 115 tenants in four complexes could get 90-day notices that demand as much as $900 more a month in rent, or face eviction. (LADN 3/12/08)

Just a taste of what’s to come when Prop 98 passes and we tenants protections are reduced or eliminated.  Get used to it.

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CTA joins AARP in saying “No on Prop 98!”

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That's the BAD Prop 98 that will be on the ballot in the June primary, not the good Prop 98 from 1988.  Still sounds kind of weird to see the California Teacher Association opposed to Prop 98, though.  But the AARP and the CTA are not the only members of what is a growing coalition against the Hidden Agendas embodied in the BAD Prop 98. You can get the full list of groups that oppose these hidden agendas on Friday here or over the flip.  But, it's quite an impressive list, running the gamut from all areas, including environmental groups, senior groups, education groups, labor, religious organizations, homeowner's groups, business, and even farming groups.

I think it's also important to note that several good government groups, such as the League of Women Voters, have come together with organizations across the state to reject Prop 98. A lot of propositions get a lot of pushback, but few get this depth and this breadth of pushback. In this video, you see Senator Carole Migden (D-SF) talking about the long, hard fight that we're going to have wage against the Bad Prop 98. 

The Bad Prop 98 will eliminate rent control in California, make governance of our state even harder, and generally be a problem for Californians.  This Bad Prop 98 is really, really bad for progressives and bad for California.

WE OPPOSE PROP. 98 – THE HIDDEN AGENDAS SCHEME  

 

Senior  

 AARP  

 

 California Alliance for Retired Americans  

 

 Gray Panthers California  

 

 

 

 Business  

 

 Silicon Valley Leadership Group  

 

 

 

 Public Safety  

 

 California Police Chiefs Association  

 

 

 

 Education  

 

 California Teachers Association  

 

 California School Boards Association  

 

 

 

 Homeowners  

 

 League of California Homeowners  

 

 Golden State Manufactured-Home Owners League, Inc. 

 

      (GSMOL)  

 

 California Mobile Homes Resource and Action 

 

      Association  

 

 Coalition of Mobile Home Owners- California  

 

 Resident Owned Parks, Inc. (ROP)  

 

 California Coalition for Rural Housing  

 

 Butte County Mobile-Home Owners Association  

 

 GSMOL Chapter 1613  

 

 GSMOL Chapter 1279  

 

 GSMOL Chapter 708  

 

 Homeowners Association of Cameron 

 

      Mobile Estates  

 

 Mobilehome Residents Alliance of Nevada County  

 

 Mobile Parks West Homeowners Association  

 

 New Frontier Homeowner Association  

 

 Neighborhood Friends  

 

 Palos Verdes Shores Homeowners Association  

 

 Santa Ana Mobile Home Owners Association  

 

 Windsor Group  

 

 Mobile Home Owners Coalition  

 

 

 

 Agriculture  

 

 Western Growers Association  

 

 

 

 Water  

 

 Association of California Water Agencies  

 

 

 

 Consumer  

 

 Consumer Federation of California  

 

 

 

 Labor  

 

 State Building and Construction Trades Council  

 

 AFSCME 2712  

 

 International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers  

 

 Marin County Building and Construction Trades Council  

 Renter Advocates/Housing Providers  

 Housing California  

 

 California Housing Consortium (CHC)  

 

 California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation  

 

 Coalition for Economic Survival  

 

 Eviction Defense Collaborative  

 

 Sacramento Mutual Housing Association  

 

 Inquilinos Unidos  

 

 Just Cause Oakland  

 

 San Francisco Tenants Union  

 

 Santa Monicans for Renters' Rights  

 

 Council of Tenants – Los Angeles  

 

 Eviction Defense Network  

 

 Lincoln Place Tenants Association  

 

 Oakland Tenants Union  

 

 

 

 Environmental  

 

 National Wildlife Federation  

 

 California League of Conservation Voters  

 

 Natural Resources Defense Council  

 

 Planning and Conservation League  

 

 Environmental Defense  

 

 Defenders of Wildlife  

 

 Greenbelt Alliance  

 

 Healthy Homes Collaborative  

 

 Mariposans for the Environment and  

 

 Responsible Government  

 

 Wild Heritage Planners  

 

 

 

 Public Interest/Community  

 

 League of Women Voters of California  

 

 Western Center on Law and Poverty  

 

 Community Advocacy Center  

 

 Inner City Law Center  

 

 Los Angeles Community Action Network  

 

 Miracle Mile Action Committee  

 

 Our City  

 

 Union de Vecinos  

 

 Los Angeles Community Legal Center and Educational  

 

 One Stop Immigration Counselor  

 

 

 

 Ethnic  

 

 Black, Asian, Minority and Ethnic Renaissance CDC  

 

 

 

 Government  

 

 League of California Cities  

 

 California State Association of Counties  

 

 California Special Districts Association  

 

 California Chapter of the American  

 

 Planning Association  

 

 California Redevelopment Association  

 

 

 

 Faith  

 

 California Church Impact  

 

 St. Anthony Foundation