The California Alliance to Protect Private Private Property rights is an outstanding organization that was founded with the idea that decisions like the Supreme Court made in their 2005 Kelo vs. New London decision where wrong, and that the private property rights of Americans are quickly eroding.  I can’t say it any better than the Alliance’s President, Marko Mlikotin, who says, “Californians feel it is wrong for government to profit by seizing private property from unwilling sellers, only to use the property for projects that benefit the wealthy and politically connected."
 
Obviously we were all saddenned when Proposition 90, the Save Our Homes ballot measure, was narrowly defeated last November (a FR ‘shout out’ again to Assemblywoman Mimi Walters for her heroic efforts on behalf of qualifying and campaigning for that ballot initiative).
 
But now there is some great news to report as we go forward…
 
Public Opinion Strategies (POS) is one of the most respected public research firms in America, and their California point man, Steve Kinney, has a decades-long track record of credibility in the polling marketplace.  I’ve personally worked with Steve and POS in many campaigns, and can attest to their ability and performance.  As such, I was really excited to learn that on behalf of the California Alliance, POS and Kinney just finished a statewide survey.
 
The survey question:

The responses:

First, by Party:

Then by region:

This survey was conducted February 5-7, 2007 among a sample of 1000 likely California voters.

What did Kinney have to say about these results? 
 
“Even after the narrow defeat of Proposition 90, California voters remain deeply concerned with protecting private property rights.  This survey shows that a well drafted ballot measure would have the support of voters in 2008.”

You can read more about this at the California Alliance’s website here.

This entry was posted on Friday, February 9th, 2007 at 12:00 am and is filed under Blog Posts.