Cruz Baca Sembello and her family stand to lose their family home of over 60 years. The Baca home has celebrated three generations of weddings, anniversaries and birthday parties in their home. Now, the family fears seeing it bulldozed for a mall.
Prop 99 is a taxpayer financed sham supported by politicians and developers to undermine the property rights protections provided in Prop 98. Prop 98 is the only proposition that protects ALL private property -- homes, small businesses, places of worship, family farms and ranches. And Prop 98 phases out a bad form of rent control that is banned in 44 other states.
Ken Woods, owner of Woods N' Sons, a sewing machine repair and custom embroidery shop, stands to lose his small business for the second time to a mall.
Gail Zauss and her neighbors lost their family homes more than 20 years ago to a Lucky's Market that relocated from down the street. Gail grew up in the home her parents owned for 40 years. Seven other homes and two apartment buildings were also demolished to build this failed shopping center.