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Workers say state housing freeze would hurt California families, limit housing and cut construction jobs IMMEDIATE RELEASESeptember 18, 2024Contact: Nathan Clicknathan@click-comms.com SACRAMENTO –  The California State Council of Laborers, the largest construction trade union in California, representing more than 75,000 hardworking union construction workers, urged California voters to reject Proposition 33, the measure on the upcoming ballot that would […]

California voters will be asked this fall to expand rent control with a statewide ballot measure similar to ones they rejected in 2018 and 2020 by 19 and 20 points respectively. The same controversial group, the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, apparently has money to burn and is back with a similar measure. Like previous ones, Proposition […]

Campaign calls on stations to immediately take down deceptive ad exploiting Vice President’s Image FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASESeptember 13, 2024Contact: Nathan Clicknathan@click-comms.com Employing Trumpian tactics of deep fakes and willful deception, the Yes on 33 campaign is once again deliberately misrepresenting Vice President Kamala Harris’ record on key housing issues in a shameful new campaign ad.  […]

For the third time in recent years, state voters are being asked to expand cities’ and counties’ power to control rent. Proposition 33, the latest such measure to make the ballot thanks to the deep pockets of its sponsors, the Los Angeles-based AIDS Healthcare Foundation, would repeal a state law that says local rent control laws can’t be […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 6, 2024 Contact: Nathan Click, nathan@click-comms.com CALIFORNIA — The Yes on Prop 33 campaign is on its heels this morning after POLITICO reported the Kamala Harris campaign has disavowed the use of the VP’s image in a new campaign ad aimed at tricking voters into supporting the extreme anti-housing initiative Prop 33. “The Harris campaign […]

NAACP joins the California African American Chamber to emphasize how Prop. 33 hurts Black communities IMMEDIATE RELEASEAugust 15 , 2024Contact: Nathan Clicknathan@click-comms.com SACRAMENTO – Black leaders across California are speaking out against Proposition 33, the anti-housing initiative that will undermine state housing laws while making it harder for California to build the affordable housing we […]

Court Rejects AHF challenge and affirms statement “Prop 33 is a Trojan Horse that Overturns State Housing Law” Court separately affirmed state’s finding that some renters would see rent increases under Prop 33 Court also confirmed Prop 33 “weakens renter protections” Judge to opposition during oral arguments: “Do you want to be in fantasy land […]

Democratic and Republican mayors from San Diego to San Jose warn Proposition 33 will make it harder to create more affordable housing – increasing homelessness and making our housing crisis worse IMMEDIATE RELEASEAugust 8, 2024Contact: Nathan Clicknathan@click-comms.com SACRAMENTO –  23 Mayors across California announced their opposition and are speaking out against Proposition 33, the anti-housing […]

by Brandon Pho San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan has come out against a November ballot initiative that could vastly expand rent control to cover any type of housing in California. State law has for decades barred cities from limiting rent hikes on single-family homes and apartments built after 1995. Proposition 33 would repeal that law […]

San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria and 22 other California mayors announced their opposition Thursday to Proposition 33, calling it an anti-housing initiative. This November, voters will be asked to repeal the Costa-Hawkins law which stops cities from setting rent control on single-family homes or apartments built after 1995. It also allows landlords to set their own rental rates […]