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Somin: Causes of the Defeat of Prop 98


Ilya Somin at Volokh – Causes of the Defeat of Proposition 98

There were two major causes of Prop 98′s defeat. One was the sponsors’ mistake in combining the popular cause of restricting eminent domain with a far less popular phaseout of rent control.

The second and more unusual cause of 98′s defeat [...]

Somin: Prop 99 Worse Than Nothing


Ilya Somin at Volokh: Why California’s Proposition 99 is a Lot Worse than Nothing

Yesterday’s California returns show that Proposition 98 – the referendum initiative that would have imposed real restrictions on eminent domain and also phased out rent control – has been overwhelmingly defeated by a 61% to 39% margin. The rival [...]