• TunaCowboy
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    310 days ago

    California Proposition 33. Repeals ban on local rent controls.

    61.6% No · 52% reporting

    • @alcoholicorn@lemmy.ml
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      10 days ago

      That’s bizarre, were people confused by the wording? Was there a media blitz by local landlords? More people are renters than landlords so obviously the majority doesn’t want rent to be higher.

      • @Not_mikey@slrpnk.net
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        510 days ago

        There was a massive media campaign against it. Every other political ad on tv was against it .

        Progressive policies are popular until billionaires spend millions of dollars convincing people that the world will end if we help poor people a bit.

        • @alcoholicorn@lemmy.ml
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          210 days ago

          That’s true, we need a strategy to deal with the media.

          The same thing could be observed when even the most right-wing democrats in 2020 were saying we need police reform, and in 2022, they were all talking about a made-up crime wave, or how every election until now, reliable dem voters understood immigration is a net positive for society, but suddenly they’re talking about how Kamala is going to secure the border