Prop. 34 is about healthcare spending. But it will also likely quash the controversial AIDS Healthcare Foundation’s fight for rent control.
If you're enjoying this article, you'll love our daily newsletter, The LA Report. Each weekday, catch up on the 5 most pressing stories to start your morning in 3 minutes or less., which squeaked by with just 50.8% of voters saying “yes,” California ns also have potentially knee-capped one of the biggest players in the fight for statewide rent control. The Associated Press called the race on Wednesday, more than two weeks after Election Day. It was the last ballot measure called.
But it’s telling that even though the Yes campaign vastly outspend the opposition, the measure just barely passed, said Susie Shannon, campaign manager for No on 34. Under the leadership of the controversial Michael Weinstein, the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, which provides health care in California and beyond for patients with HIV and AIDS, has become a big player in state and local housing politics. It also owns affordable housing developments in Los Angeles’ Skid Row, where tenants have complained about habitability and health issues.
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation also has thrown its weight around in other housing-related fights — it campaigned against legislation requiring local governments to approve denser housing and backed a failed two-year moratorium on certain building projects in Los Angeles. “That’s obviously not what this program was designed for,” said Nathan Click, spokesperson for Yes on 34.
Technically, Prop. 34 applies to any health care provider that participates in the federal drug program and also spends at least $100 million on expenses other than direct patient care, owns and operates apartment buildings, and has accumulated at least 500 severe health and safety violations in the last decade.The measure is unconstitutional, The AIDS Healthcare Foundation argues, because it singles out one organization.
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