Tuesday’s results indicate in that my own Assembly district, the 2nd, we still value private property rights. With Prop 98’s defeat and 99’s win statewide, there is some indication voters want to protect homes from takings but get nervous about anything beyond that as the 98 opponents did very effectively use the rent control fear and hype to deter voter support.
Up our way, we can point to the returns showing that of the 9 counties I represent, 7 voted in majority for Prop 98, with 3 of them, Modoc, Tehama and Colusa each over 60% for 98.
Only one county in California had a majority voting no on Prop 99 and that was, again, in the 2nd AD, with Colusa County rejecting 99. [If Modoc had flipped 34 votes from "yes" to "no", it wouldve been in the No club too.]
In the 2nd Assembly race, it’s congratulations to former Senator Jim Nielsen, an active proponent of eminent domain reform, who won with a very strong showing in a 4-way primary. Jim received very nearly twice the votes of the 2nd place challenger and was first in all nine counties. I expect that he will hit the ground running and do very well in the Assembly, especially in the area of prison reform, crime, and agricultural issues. Congrats Jim and best wishes! And good work 2nd district voters!