Since last month, Big Real Estate has nearly doubled its millions in campaign contributions to stop Proposition 21. Leading the charge, Essex Property Trust, helmed by CEO Mike Schall (pictured above), is the top contributor …
EXCLUSIVE: The Big Real Estate Executives Who Are Calling the Shots to Stop Prop 21
On Thursday, July 16, a little before noon, Essex Property Trust executive John Eudy sent an email to his deep-pocketed colleagues in the real estate industry, asking for campaign contributions — $100 per apartment — …
Multi-Millionaire Landlord Tod Spieker Wants to Kill Proposition 21
Many years ago, at UCLA, Richard “Tod” Spieker was an All-America swimmer, whose legacy was enshrined when the school’s state-of-the-art aquatics center was named after him. Today, in 2020, Spieker, a multi-millionaire landlord in Palo …
Barons of Big Real Estate Want You to Help Them Make Billions
In a few months, Californians will vote by mail or walk into the local polling place and decide if Proposition 21, the ballot measure that limits unfair rent increases, should be passed. For middle- and …
New Update: Top 10 Contributors Opposing Rent Control in California
Big Real Estate keeps pumping millions into campaigns that oppose Proposition 21, the November ballot measure that expands rent control in California. And in June, a new No on 21 committee was established, adding up …
UPDATED: Top 10 Contributors That Oppose Rent Control in California
Big Real Estate continues to shell out major cash to political committees that oppose the Rental Affordability Act, the November ballot measure that expands rent control in California. Equity Residential and Essex Property Trust, two …
Top 10 Real Estate Contributors That Oppose Rent Control in California
Despite a global pandemic that’s fueling mass unemployment in California, Big Real Estate has been contributing millions to stop the expansion of rent control through the Rental Affordability Act. Housing activists say rent control is …
California Apartment Association, Once Again, Opposes Renter Protections
The California Apartment Association, one of the most powerful landlord lobbying groups in the state, has a long, sordid history of opposing renter protections. For decades, they’ve shown up anywhere and everywhere in California to …
During Pandemic, Landlords Thomas Coates and Jackie Safier Spend Big to Stop Rent Control
As the coronavirus pandemic unfolds, slamming middle- and working-class Californians who struggle to pay already sky-high rents, corporate landlords Thomas Coates and Jackie Safier (pictured above) have shelled out major campaign contributions to a committee …
Corporate Landlords Behind Campaigns to Stop Rent Control in California
Corporate landlords are financing two campaigns to stop the Rental Affordability Act, the November 2020 ballot measure that expands rent control in California. Concerned that rent control will impact the outsized profits they’ve gained by …
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