LOS ANGELES – Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and the LA City Council have united with seniors, tenant rights groups, unions and civil rights advocates to oppose Proposition 98, which aims to eliminate rent control, eviscerate local land use rules, gut environmental protections and undermine public water projects. Prop. 98 holds out the false promise of “eminent domain” reform, but instead obliterates Californian’s rights to fair housing.
At a rally and press conference in front of the Los Angeles City Hall on Wednesday, May 28th, community members will have a chance to sign up for “Get Out The Vote” phone-banking and precinct walking for the last weekend before the June 3rd election. Speakers will talk about how Prop. 98, also known as the “Hidden Agendas Scheme,” will affect them and what it will do to their communities’ landscape.
WHAT: “Get Out the Vote” Press Conference and Rally to Defeat Prop. 98
WHEN: May 28th 2008, 11:00 AM (RALLY BEGINS AT 10:00 am) --- Bring your signs, banners and visuals!
WHERE: Los Angeles City Hall (South Lawn)
200 N. Spring Street
WHO: The AARP, American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California, Asian Pacific American Legal Center (APALC), Coalition for Economic Survival (CES), Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles (CHIRLA), Coalition LA, Families to Amend California’s Three Strikes (FACTS), Korean Resource Center, Labor/Community Strategy Center & Bus Riders Union, Los Angeles Community Action Network (LACAN), National Korean American Service & Education Consortium (NAKASEC), Santa Monicans for Renters Rights, Service Employees International Union, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and Los Angeles City Council Members (invited), potentially affected community members and many others.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, please call
CLARISSA WOO, ACLU of Southern CA, at (213) 977-5241 or email cwoo [at] aclu-sc.org.
HyunJoo Lee, NAKASEC, at (323)937-3703
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