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Prop 98 loses, Prop 99 wins

by Lynda Carson (tenantsrule [at] yahoo.com)
Landlords and realtors lose big time, on their gamble with Prop 98 to strip renters of their tenant protections and rent control! By 2:37 am, at 99.5% of precincts reporting in, the returns seem to have slowed down at that point, and the numbers slowly changed in the state ballot count until 3:22 am. See time and details below... Click on this link to get the final ballot counts that went past 99.5%; http://vote.sos.ca.gov/

Prop 98 loses, Prop 99 wins

Thanks to all who voted against Prop 98, and voted for Prop 99! Special thanks to San Francisco Tenants Union and Just Cause Oakland!


See state ballot counts below as they occurred throughout the night and early morning, for Prop 98 and Prop 99.

Theres also some returns posted below from Alameda County, Los Angeles County and San Francisco, for a comparison of ballot counts in each district...

State Ballot Measure Figures -- http://vote.sos.ca.gov/


State Ballot Measures
11.0% ( 2576 of 23398 ) precincts
reporting as of Jun. 3, 2008, at 8:47 p.m.
County Returns   Other Contests

Statewide Results

Prop 98
Eminent Domain. Limits on Government Authority.
Yes votes --498,279
44.6%

No votes -- 618,324
55.4%


Prop 99 
Eminent Domain. Limits on Government Acquisition.
Yes votes -- 724,078
65.3%

No votes -- 385,999
34.7%

***********
State Ballot Measures
12.1% ( 2832 of 23398 ) precincts
reporting as of Jun. 3, 2008, at 8:57 p.m.
County Returns   Other Contests

Statewide Results
 
Prop 98
Eminent Domain. Limits on Government Authority.
Yes votes -- 521,493
44.5%

No votes -- 648,788
55.5%

 
Prop 99 
Eminent Domain. Limits on Government Acquisition.
Yes votes -- 759,419
65.3%

No votes -- 404,195
34.7%

************
State Ballot Measures
12.5% ( 2943 of 23398 ) precincts
reporting as of Jun. 3, 2008, at 9:27 p.m.
County Returns   Other Contests

Statewide Results 

Prop 98
Eminent Domain. Limits on Government Authority.
Yes votes -- 553,125
44.5%

No votes -- 689,775
55.5%
Map

 
Prop 99
Eminent Domain. Limits on Government Acquisition.
Yes votes -- 806,380
65.3%

No votes -- 429,379
34.7%

***********
State Ballot Measures
42.0% ( 9837 of 23398 ) precincts
reporting as of Jun. 3, 2008, at 11:17 p.m.
County Returns   Other Contests

Statewide Results
 
Prop 98 
Eminent Domain. Limits on Government Authority.
Yes vote -- 944,836
41.5%

No vote -- 1,328,134
58.5%

 
Prop 99 
Eminent Domain. Limits on Government Acquisition.
Yes vote -- 1,442,435
63.9%

No vote -- 816,044
36.1%

*************
State Ballot Measures
55.8% ( 13079 of 23398 ) precincts
reporting as of Jun. 3, 2008, at 11:52 p.m.
County Returns   Other Contests

Statewide Results

Prop 98 
Eminent Domain. Limits on Government Authority.
Yes votes -- 1,039,675
40.8%

No votes -- 1,505,186
59.2%

 
Prop 99 
Eminent Domain. Limits on Government Acquisition.
Yes votes -- 1,597,585
63.2%

No votes -- 931,001
36.8%

************
State Ballot Measures
81.7% ( 19133 of 23398 ) precincts
reporting as of Jun. 4, 2008, at 1:02 a.m.
County Returns   Other Contests

Statewide Results

Prop 98 
Eminent Domain. Limits on Government Authority.
Yes votes -- 1,231,840
39.6%

No votes -- 1,874,070
60.4%

 
Prop 99
Eminent Domain. Limits on Government Acquisition.
Yes votes -- 1,935,097
62.8%
No votes -- 1,150,397
37.2%

************
State Ballot Measures
98.2% ( 22987 of 23398 ) precincts
reporting as of Jun. 4, 2008, at 2:22 a.m.
County Returns   Other Contests

Statewide Results
 
Prop 98 
Eminent Domain. Limits on Government Authority.
Yes votes -- 1,334,100
39.1%

No votes -- 2,074,008
60.9%


Prop 99 
Eminent Domain. Limits on Government Acquisition.
Yes votes -- 2,113,375
62.5%

No votes -- 1,272,338
37.5%

*************
State Ballot Measures
99.5% ( 23285 of 23398 ) precincts
reporting as of Jun. 4, 2008, at 2:37 a.m.
County Returns   Other Contests

Statewide Results
 
Prop 98 
Eminent Domain. Limits on Government Authority.
Yes vote --1,341,505
39.1%
No votes -- 2,089,105
60.9%

 
Prop 99 
Eminent Domain. Limits on Government Acquisition.
Yes vote -- 2,126,702
62.5%
No votes -- 1,281,421
37.5%

*************
State Ballot Measures
99.5% ( 23297 of 23398 ) precincts
reporting as of Jun. 4, 2008, at 3:02 a.m.
County Returns   Other Contests

Statewide Results
 
Prop 98 
Eminent Domain. Limits on Government Authority.
Yes votes -- 1,341,603
39.1%
No votes -- 2,089,464
60.9%


Prop 99
Eminent Domain. Limits on Government Acquisition.
Yes votes -- 2,126,994
62.5%
No votes -- 1,281,576
37.5%

*************
State Ballot Measures
99.5% ( 23297 of 23398 ) precincts
reporting as of Jun. 4, 2008, at 3:22 a.m.
County Returns   Other Contests

Statewide Results

Prop 98 
Eminent Domain. Limits on Government Authority.
Yes votes -- 1,341,603
39.1%
No votes -- 2,089,464
60.9%

 
Prop 99 
Eminent Domain. Limits on Government Acquisition.
Yes votes -- 2,126,994
62.5%
No votes -- 1,281,576
37.5%

*************
(Alameda County Results)
State Ballot Measures
100.% ( 1200 of 1200 ) precincts
reporting as of Jun. 4, 2008, at 2:27 a.m.
County Returns   Other Contests

Alameda County Results
 
Prop 98 
Eminent Domain. Limits on Government Authority.
Yes votes -- 51,184
30.4%
No votes 117,008
69.6%

Prop 99 
Eminent Domain. Limits on Government Acquisition.
Yes votes -- 111,263
66.7%
No votes -- 55,579
33.3%

***************
(Los Angeles County)
State Ballot Measures
100.% ( 4783 of 4783 ) precincts
reporting as of Jun. 4, 2008, at 2:52 a.m.
County Returns   Other Contests

Los Angeles County Results
 
Prop 98 
Eminent Domain. Limits on Government Authority.
Yes votes -- 196,194
31.5%
No votes -- 424,722
68.5%


Prop 99 
Eminent Domain. Limits on Government Acquisition.
Yes votes -- 391,517
63.6%
No votes -- 224,581
36.4%

***************
(San Francisco County)
State Ballot Measures
100.% ( 580 of 580 ) precincts
reporting as of Jun. 4, 2008, at 2:32 a.m.
County Returns   Other Contests

San Francisco County Results

Prop 98 
Eminent Domain. Limits on Government Authority.
Yes votes -- 29,231
25.3%
No votes -- 86,173
74.7%

Prop 99 
Eminent Domain. Limits on Government Acquisition.
Yes votes -- 80,824
71.3%
No votes -- 32,654
28.7%

§Out of Ashes of Prop 98’s Defeat, a Statewide Tenants Movement Emerges
by Randy Shaw, Beyond Chron (reposted)
When tenant activists learned that Proposition 98 had qualified for the expected low-turnout June 2008 ballot, many feared that rent control would not survive. Although a statewide ballot initiative to abolish rent control was handily defeated in 1980, as was a later effort to prohibit mobile home rent controls, insecurity about tenants’ statewide political clout persisted. Prop 98’s landslide defeat puts such doubts to rest. In a campaign that became primarily framed by voter attitudes toward rent control, Prop 98 was resoundingly defeated by over a 60-40% margin (75% voted no in San Francisco). The question now is whether tenant advocates can build on this success by creating a powerful movement that can win victories for tenants through the State Legislature and statewide ballot measures.

More
http://www.beyondchron.org/news/index.php?itemid=5737#more
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State Ballot Measures
100.% ( 23398 of 23398 ) precincts
reporting as of Jun. 4, 2008, at 7:01 a.m.
County Returns   Other Contests

Statewide Results
 
Prop 98 
Eminent Domain. Limits on Government Authority.
Yes votes -- 1,342,655
39.0%

No votes -- 2,091,890
61.0%


Prop 99 
Eminent Domain. Limits on Government Acquisition.
Yes votes -- 2,129,247
62.5%

No votes 1,282,763
37.5%
by Election geek
The results that are currently available are "not quite final" because there still are a few "provisional" and "disputed" ballots that must be processed. (And in some places, absentee ballots that were turned in at the polls on election day -- known as "late absentees" -- may also not have been counted yet).

State election law actually provides for a 30-day period following each election before the results must then be "certified" as final. However, there are so few ballots which remain to be counted that only extremely close contests will be affected, between now and the end of that 30-day period. (So in other words, the "truly final" results might differ from the current results by about a quarter or a half of a percentage point -- but definitely not at all enough to change the 98 or 99 outcomes!).

So again, congratulations everybody on the great 98/99 outcome!



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