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List of those opposed to Prop 98...impressive names
Around Town, posted by Sharon - renter, a resident of the Vineyard Avenue neighborhood, on May 24, 2008 at 9:20 am

The Pleasanton Weekly is NOT listed pro or con. They attended the meeting held in our park clubhouse and the city council meeting. To date, the only article was in the real esetate section,May16th edition. It stated that the CA Realtor Assn was asking realtors to vote the opposite of our position. 'Nuff said about the probable P'ton Weekly stand.

Below is a list of Organizations SUPPORTING NO on Proposition 98 -

The Hidden Agendas Scheme

*** Public Officials

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger

Former Governor of California Pete Wilson

Speaker of the House, U.S. Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco)

U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein

U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer

U.S. Representative George Radanovich (R-Mariposa)

California State Treasurer Bill Lockyer

Patricia Wiggins - California State Senator

Lloyd Levine - California State Assemblymember

Fran Pavley - Former California State Assemblymember

*** Good Government

*** League of Women Voters of California ***

*** Water

Association of California Water Agencies

Metropolitan Water District of Southern California

Friant Water Users Authority

San Diego County Water Authority

Castaic Lake Water Agency

El Dorado Irrigation District

Friends of Locally Owned Water (FLOW)

Humboldt Bay Municipal Water District

Montara Water and Sanitary District

Monterey Peninsula Water Management District

Newhall County Water District

Soquel Creek Water District

South San Joaquin Irrigation District

Turlock Irrigation District

Vallecitos Irrigation District

Vista Irrigation District

*** Business

*** California Chamber of Commerce

California Building Industry Association

California Black Chamber of Commerce

Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce

San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce

Fresno Chamber of Commerce

Greater Riverside Chamber of Commerce

Greater Stockton Chamber of Commerce

Silicon Valley Leadership Group

Valley Industry and Commerce Association (VICA)

Consulting Engineers and Land Surveyors of California (CELSOC)

California Mexican American Chamber of Commerce

El Monte/South El Monte Chamber of Commerce

San Gabriel Valley Legislative Coalition of Chambers

South Bay Association of Chambers of Commerce

Santa Fe Springs Chamber Alliance

Fairfield-Suisun Chamber of Commerce

Fremont Chamber of Commerce

Greater Lakewood Chamber of Commerce

Hemet/San Jacinto Valley Chamber of Commerce

Kern County Hispanic Chamber of Commerce

Long Beach Chamber of Commerce

Rancho Cordova Chamber of Commerce

Moreno Valley Chamber of Commerce

Los Altos Chamber of Commerce

Monterey Peninsula Chamber of Commerce

Mountain View Chamber of Commerce

Napa Chamber of Commerce

Petaluma Chamber of Commerce

Redondo Beach Chamber of Commerce

Richmond Chamber of Commerce

Salinas Chamber of Commerce

San Marcos Chamber of Commerce

Santa Clarita Valley Chamber of Commerce

Santa Cruz Chamber of Commerce

Santa Rosa Chamber of Commerce

C*** alifornia Council for Environmental and Economic Balance (CCEEB)

*** Senior

AARP

California Alliance for Retired Americans

Older Women's League of California

Gray Panthers California

California Senior Advocates League

Congress of California Seniors

San Francisco Gray Panthers

Senior Action Network

Senior Council

*** Infrastructure

California Transportation Commission

Transporatation Agency for Monterey County

California Chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers

*** Consumer

Consumer Federation of California

Consumers Coalition of California

*** Public Safety

California Professional Firefighters

California Police Chiefs Association

California Fire Chiefs Association

Peace Officers Research Association of California (PORAC)

San Francisco Black Firefighters Inc.

*** Agriculture

Western Growers Association

Nisei Farmers League

Grower Shipper Association of Central California

American Farmland Trust

*** Education

California Teachers Association

California School Boards Association

Association of California School Administrators

United Teachers Los Angeles

Santa Monica Community College District

Santa Monica College Board of Trustees

*** Renter Advocates/Housing Providers

Housing California

California Housing Consortium (CHC)

California Coalition for Rural Housing

California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation

Coalition for Economic Survival

Coalition to Protect California Renters

Tenants Together

Eviction Defense Collaborative

California Council for Affordable Housing

Mercy Housing California

Affordable Housing Coalition of San Diego

Coalition L.A.

Coalition to Save Parkmerced

Community Housing Partnership

Concilio de Inquilinos: Local 1012

Council of Tenants- Los Angeles

EAH Housing

Eviction Defense Network

First Community Housing

Housing Justice Campaign

Housing Leadership Council of San Mateo County

Housing Rights Center

Housing Rights Committee of San Francisco

Housing Rights, Inc.

Inquilinos Unidos

Just Cause Oakland

Lincoln Place Tenants Association

Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority

Los Angeles Rent Adjustment Commission

Novato Housing Coalition

Oakland Housing, Residential Rent and Relocation Board

Oakland Tenants Union

Parkmerced Residents' Organization

Rural California Housing Corporation

Sacramento Housing Alliance

Sacramento Mutual Housing Association

St. Peter's Housing Committee

San Diego Housing Federation

San Diego Renters Union

San Francisco Council of Community Housing Organizations

San Francisco Tenants Union

Santa Monicans for Renters' Rights

Southern California Association of Non-Profit Housing

Tenant Associations Coalition of San Francisco

Tenderloin Housing Clinic (THC)

Venice Community Housing Corporation

*** Homeowners

League of California Homeowners

Golden State Manufactured-Home Owners League, Inc. (GSMOL)

California Mobile Homes Resource and Action Association

Coalition of Mobile Home Owners- California

Resident Owned Parks, Inc. (ROP)

Alta Laguna Mobile Home Park Residents Committee

American Canyon Manufactured Home Owners Coalition

Butte County Mobile-Home Owners Association

CMRAA/Cal Hawaiian Home Owners Association

Contempo Marin Homeowners Association

County Mobilehome Positive Action Committee

EMPAC (Escondito Mobile/ Manufactured Home Positive Action Committee)

GSMOL Chapter 1613

GSMOL Chapter 1539

GSMOL Chapter 1517

GSMOL Chapter 1279

GSMOL Chapter 1200

GSMOL Chapter 820

GSMOL Chapter 708

GSMOL Chapter 161

Hayward Mobilehome Owners Association

Home Owners Acting Together H.A.T.

Homeowners Association of Cameron Mobile Estates

Los Rancheros Association, Inc.

Mobile Home Owners Coalition

Mobile Parks West Homeowners Association

Mobilehome Residents Alliance of Nevada County

Monarch Country Mobile Home Owners Association

Mountain Springs Homeowners Association

Neighborhood Friends

New Frontier Homeowner Association

Oceanside Manufactured Homes Association

Palos Verdes Shores Homeowners Association

Portola Heights Homeowners Association

San Lorenzo Mobile Home Park Homeowners' Association

San Marcos Mobilehome Residents Association

San Rafael Mobile Home Estates Homeowners Association

Santa Ana Mobile Home Owners Association

Sonoma County Mobilehome Owners Association

Sonoma No Condo Conversion Coalition

*** Environmental

National Wildlife Federation

Audubon California

California League of Conservation Voters

Natural Resources Defense Council

Sierra Club California

California Coastal Commission

Trust for Public Land

California Council of Land Trusts

California Park and Recreation Society

Wild Heritage Planners

Defenders of Wildlife

Environmental Defense

Center for Biological Diversity

Planning and Conservation League

Endangered Habitats League

LandWatch Monterey County

Save the Bay

California Oak Foundation

Greenbelt Alliance

Healthy Homes Collaborative

Mariposans for the Environment and Responsible Government

The Nature Conservancy

Pacific Forest Trust

Peninsula Open Space Trust

San Joaquin River Parkway and Conservation Trust, Inc.

Sonoma County Conservation Action

*** Faith

Lutheran Office of Public Policy-California

California Church Impact

LA Voice - Pico

Marin Interfaith Worker Justice

St. Anthony Foundation

Unitarian Universalist Legislative Ministry Action Network, CA

California Interfaith Power and Light

*** Public Interest/Community

California ACORN

Western Center on Law and Poverty

California Partnership

California Alliance

Strategic Actions for a Just Economy

National Lawyers Guild

Center on Race, Poverty & the Environment

Accountable Development Coailtion

American Civil Liberties Union, Northern California

American Civil Liberties Union, Southern California

Progressive Jewish Alliance

Americans for Democratic Action (ADA)

Southern California Chapter National Lawyers Guild- Los Angeles

Friends Committee on Legislation of California

Accountable Development Coalition

*** ArtsCorpsLA

Asian Law Caucus

Bay Area Immigrant Rights Coalition

Bernal Heights Neighborhood Center

California Association of Human Relations Organizations

Californians for Justice

California Immigrant Policy Center

Centro Legal De La Raza

Charles Houston Bar Association

Chinese for Affirmative Action

Community Advocacy Center

Community United Against Violence

Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund

East Bay Aliance for a Sustainable Economy

Equal Justice Society

Ella Baker Center for Human Rights

Greenlining Institute

Human Care Alliance

Impact Fund

Inner City Law Center

La Raza Centro Legal

Law Center for Families

Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area

Legal Services for Prisoners with Children

Los Angeles Coalition to End Hunger and Homelessness

Los Angeles Community Action Network

Los Angeles Community Legal Center and Educational

Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority

Los Angeles Metropolitan Alliance

Mexican American Bar Association

Miracle Mile Action Committee

National Center for Lesbian Rights

National Center for Youth Law

National Latina/o Law Student Association

Oakland ACORN

One Stop Immigration Counselor

Online Policy Group

Our City

People's CORE

People Organized for Westside Renewal (POWER)

Pride at Work San Francisco

Public Advocates

P.U.E.B.L.O.

Rainbow - PUSH

Public Counsel

San Francisco Human Rights Commision

San Francisco Planning and Urban

Research Association (SPUR)

Union de Vecinos

Valley Women's Club

*** Tax

San Diego County Taxpayers Association

California Tax Reform Association

*** Labor

California Labor Federation

SEIU California State Council

State Building and Construction Trades Council

American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME)

National Organization of Legal Services Workers NOLSW, UAW Local 2320, AFL-CIO

(AFSCME) Los Angeles Retiree Chapter 36

(AFSCME) Chapter 2712

International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers

San Francisco Labor Council

Koreatown Immigrant Workers Alliance

Marin County Building and Construction Trades Council

People Organized to Win Employment Rights (POWER)

Plumbers and Steamfitters Local 159

*** Ethnic

National Coalition of Hispanic Organizations

Black, Asian, Minority and Ethnic Renaissance CDC

South Asian Network

*** Health

California Council of Community Mental Health Agencies

Mental Health Association in California

Physicians for Social Responsibility - Los Angeles

National Health Law Program

AIDS Legal Referral Panel

*** Women

California National Organization for Women

California Women's Agenda

National Council of Jewish Women California

Center for Young Wonen's Development

*** Political

California Democratic Party

Democratic Women's Club

Alice B. Toklas LGBT Democratic Club

Arroyo Democratic Club

Burbank Democratic Club

Democrats of Pasadena Foothills

Democratic Club of Santa Maria Valley

Harvey Milk LGBT Democratic Club

Metropolitan Greater Oakland Democratic Club

Monterey Park Democratic Club

Santa Monica Democratic Club

Women Democrats of Placer County

*** ACT

Associations

League of California Cities

California State Association of Counties

California Special Districts Association

California Association of Councils of Government

California Chapter of the American Planning Association

California Redevelopment Association

San Bernardino Associated Governments (SANBAG)

San Diego Association of Governmetns (SANDAG)

*** Newspaper Editorials

Bakersfield Californian

Contra Costa Times

East County Times

Fremont Argus

Fresno Bee

Hayward Daily Review

Hollister Freelance

Inland Valley Daily Bulletin

Lompoc Record

Los Altos Town Crier

Los Angeles Times

Marin Independent Journal

Merced Sun Star

Marin Pacific-Sun

Metro Santa Cruz

Modesto Bee

Monterey County Herald

Monterey County Weekly

North County Times

Oakland Tribune

Palm Springs Desert Sun

Pasadena Star News

Pasadena Weekly

Riverside Press Enterprise

Sacramento Bee

Sacramento News and Review

Salinas Californian

San Bernardino Sun

San Diego City Beat

San Diego Union Tribune

San Francisco Bay Guardian

San Francisco Chronicle

San Gabriel Valley Tribune

San Joaquin Valley Herald

San Luis Obispo Tribune

San Mateo Times

San Ramon Valley Times

Santa Cruz Sentinel

Santa Maria Times

Santa Rosa Press Democrat

Sonoma Index-Tribune

Tulare Advance Register

Tracy Press

Tri-Valley Herald

Visalia Times Delta

Vacaville Reporter

Valley Times

Weekly Calistogan

West County Times

Whittier Daily News

Woodland Daily Democrat

Pleasanton City Council

Vineyard Villa Mobile Park Residents

Thanks to all of you for your support.

VOTE JUNE 3


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Posted by Sharpon - renter, a resident of the Vineyard Avenue neighborhood, on May 24, 2008 at 1:26 pm

TO ABNER, a resident of the Canyon Oaks neighborhood***

Yes there is the 1st Amendment...Freedom of Speech. When one becomes an adult, we should have learned by then to be respectful of others. It takes a combination of the two things to be a grown-up and garner respect for yourself from others.

You have a long way to go. And your comment is in no way relative to my topic.

I am asking the Editor: please remove this comment. It is rude and disrespectful of your readers. If you need to remove the entire topic that is ok as I can re-post.

Thanks you

Abner...grow-up.


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