State Voters Approve Prop 99, Reject Prop 98
Posted: 10:25 pm PDT June 3, 2008Updated: 10:36 pm PDT June 3, 2008
LOS ANGELES -- Californians have approved some limits on government home seizures but rejected sweeping changes to property rights laws. Voters approved Proposition 99 and defeated Proposition 98 on Tuesday. Both ballot measures were intended to limit when government can force Californians to sell their homes for private development projects, like shopping malls, hotels and housing. Proposition 98 also would have added protections for businesses and farms and phased out rent control. The defeat of Proposition 98 was a victory for the California League of Cities and environmentalists who placed the narrower Proposition 99 on the ballot as an alternative.
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