From CalMatters politics intern Jenna Peterson:
Amid a Southern California warmth wave, about 300 advocates for hire management — with two 10-foot “greedy landlord” puppets — rallied Thursday in downtown Los Angeles, chanting: “The rent is too damn high!”
Many advocates, together with representatives from the AIDS Healthcare Basis and UNITE HERE Native 11, held indicators in assist of Proposition 33 and towards Prop. 34which is able to each be determined by California voters in November. Voters shot down related hire management propositions in 2018 and 2020, however advocates are hoping this yr shall be completely different.
Prop. 33 would permit cities to develop hire management, which is at present not allowed for single-family properties or residences constructed after 1995. Consequently, renters akin to Nallely Gomez, an organizer with UNITE HERE Native 11, say they see their rents enhance yearly.
- Gomez: “My rent literally went up $149 yesterday. Everyone who works here should be able to live here.”
On the floor, Prop. 34 doesn’t have a lot to do with hire management, requiring some California well being care suppliers to spend 98% of their income from a federal low cost prescription program on direct affected person care. However the measure, supported by the California House Affiliation, seems to focus on the AIDS Healthcare Basis — which spends a few of that cash on hire management and different political advocacy.
“Prop. 33 and Prop. 34 are intrinsically linked,” mentioned Susie Shannon, marketing campaign supervisor for Sure on 33.
In different election information:
- Well being tax measure: Aside from Gov. Gavin Newsom elevating issues about taking away funds flexibility, there hadn’t been actual opposition to Prop. 35which might require the state to spend cash from a tax on well being plans on Medi-Cal and is backed by California’s well being care business. That modified Thursday with the launch of a coalition that features advocacy teams for kids, seniors, good authorities and well being care entry. They are saying that the measure would roll again investments in group behavioral well being, Alzheimer’s companies and different applications. “Prop. 35 throws away the hard work communities have done to make health care more equitable,” Kiran Savage-Sangwan, government director of California Pan Ethnic Well being Community, mentioned in a press release.
- Asian American voters: A new examine being launched in the present day by a number of advocacy teams says that three-quarters of California’s Asian American voters are completely sure they may vote in November, however 46% of these surveyed haven’t been contacted by both main political social gathering. The report means that Democrats could have the very best probability: 43% establish with the social gathering, in comparison with 19% Republican. And there are fairly a couple of potential Asian American voters in California: 4.5 million — practically a 3rd of all eligible Asian voters within the U.S. The report additionally says that the highest coverage priorities are the economic system, well being care and inflation.
Voter schooling: CalMatters is internet hosting a sequence of public occasions to tell and have interaction voters. The primary one is subsequent Thursday in Eureka, co-hosted by Misplaced Coast Outpost. There’s extra info right here.
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