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List of those opposed to Prop 98...impressive names

Original post made by Sharon - renter, Vineyard Avenue, on May 24, 2008

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




































































































Comments (1)

Posted by Sharpon - renter
a resident of Vineyard Avenue
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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