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June 3,
2008 Election Day
'Yes
on Prop 99' Urgently Needs Local Union Support
But Prop 98 Must Be Defeated
Resolution Adopted by Delegates to 60th Convention
Delegates to the 60th Convention of the State Building & Construction
Trades Council last week unanimously adopted a resolution that recognizes the
urgency of craft and trade unions supporting Proposition 99, the real eminent
domain reform measure on the June 3 Primary Election ballot.
Proposition 99 will put a provision in the California Constitution that will
protect homeowners by prohibiting government from using eminent domain to
take a home to transfer to a private developer. Prop. 99 is supported by a
broad coalition of homeowners, labor, business, cities, counties and
environmentalists.
Prop. 98, a deceptive measure bankrolled by wealthy apartment and mobile home
park owners for their own financial gain, is also on the June ballot. They
want voters to believe that Prop. 98 is about eminent domain. But Prop. 98
will also eliminate rent control in California so they can make hundreds of
millions of dollars by raising rents on working families and seniors.
The resolution adopted by the SBCTC convention delegates also says that
"Proposition 98 must be defeated to protect public works infrastructure
projects in our state while standing up for renters and the
environment." Equally disturbing, there are drafting errors in Prop. 98
that would be locked into the State Constitution and which could prohibit the
acquisition of land and water through eminent domain to develop public water
projects. This could derail many future water projects intended to preserve
clean drinking water, protect existing water resources, and secure additional
water supply. This would also take many construction jobs off the table.
It is urgent that local building trades unions sign up to endorse Proposition
99 and follow up by contributing to the No 98/Yes 99 Campaign. To sign up
your local union as an endorser, go to www.no98yes99.com on the Internet,
click on Get Involved, and then on Join the Coalition On-Line where there is
a sign-up form.
To contribute directly to the No on 98/Yes on 99 campaign, click on Get
Involved, then on Make a Contribution, where there is a contribution form.
Your local union may also make a contribution to the No on 98/Yes on 99
campaign by sending a check to: Members' Voice of the State Building Trades,
PAC # 980162, and specify the purpose of your contribution.
Please advise the SBCTC of all contributions you make directly to the
campaign.
Statewide
Endorsements (click)
JUNE 2006 ELECTION
Yes on Proposition 81
Yes on Proposition 82
Governor: Phil Angelides
Lieutenant Governor: John Garamendi
Attorney General: Dual- Jerry Brown and Rocky Delgadillo
Secretary of State: Debra Bowen
Treasurer: Bill Lockyer
Controller: Dual - John Chiang and Joe Dunn
Superintendent of Public Schools: Jack O'Connell
Insurance Commissioner: Cruz Bustamante
Board of Equalization:
District 1: Betty
Yee
District 4: Dual- Judy Chu and Jerome Horton
California State Wide November Election 2005
Vote No on Prop 75 in November
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