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“PROP. 90 could require billions of dollars in new taxpayer costs each year, if communities and the state continue to pass or enforce basic laws to protect our neighborhoods...”

—William Hamm, California's former nonpartisan legislative analyst

“Prop. 90 will restrict the ability of local agencies to enact even the most basic laws that are intended to protect the well-being and safety of our citizens.”

—Chief Steve Krull, president, California Police Chiefs Association

“Hidden inside this measure is a loophole that would make pollution a property right, creating windfall profits for polluters at a huge cost to ordinary taxpayers.”

—Tom Adams, board president, California League of Conservation Voters

“Proposition 90 is so far-reaching that it actually hurts, not helps, California's small businesses. Prop 90's poorly drafted and far reaching provisions will result in a flood of frivolous lawsuits that will cost taxpayers billions each year and hinder local growth and economic development.”

—Betty Jo Toccoli, president, California Small Business Association

“This measure will drive up the cost of projects like school repair and construction, traffic congestion relief, road repairs, water quality projects and levee improvements, just to name a few.”

—David Walrath, executive director, Small School Districts' Association of California.

“Proposition 90's extreme provisions will spur thousands of lawsuits and put scarce local taxpayer dollars at risk. Funds that should be used for critical local services like emergency response and fire protection will instead be diverted to fund frivolous lawsuits and massive payouts to a few wealthy landowners.”

—Lou Paulson, president, California Professional Firefighters

“Prop. 90 would fundamentally change our system of representative democracy and put the interests of a few above the well-being of ALL Californians.”

—Jacqueline Jacobberger, president, League of Women Voters of California

“Prop. 90 is a trap that actually hurts homeowners. It would cost taxpayers billions and erode basic laws that protect our communities, our neighborhoods and the value of our homes.”

—Ken Willis, president, League of California Homeowners

“Prop. 90 goes far beyond eminent domain reform and contains sweeping provisions that will pose great fiscal harm to taxpayers and strain local government budgets, including funding for public safety services.”

—Chief Michael Warren, president, California Fire Chiefs Association

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