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Southern California Leadership Council Issues Statement On their Opposition to Proposition 10
November 3rd, 2018
Southern California Leadership Council Issues Statement
on their Opposition to Proposition 10
Prop 10 only worsens California housing crisis
LOS ANGELES— November 3, 2018 — Today, the Southern California Leadership Council (SCLC), a group of regional leaders comprised of two former California Governors and three dozen Presidents and CEOs of major Southern California companies and agencies, announced their public opposition to Proposition 10. Although Prop 10 is titled the “Affordable Housing Act”, SCLC has found that this initiative only compounds California’s housing crisis, and will make housing even less affordable. Economists and housing experts agree that California’s high housing costs are the result of our state’s significant undersupply of housing. “We simply don’t have enough ‘for-sale’ and ‘rental’ housing to accommodate our growing population. Considering this, the only long-term solution to housing affordability in our state and region is through increased housing production and, unfortunately, Prop 10 will have the opposite effect.” said Richard Lambros, Managing Director of SCLC. Proposition 10 is an initiative that would repeal the Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act (Costa-Hawkins), thus allowing local governments to adopt broader and more restrictive forms of rent control. In particular, it allows local rent control ordinances to include “vacancy control” and other severe measures, which are known to have a chilling effect on capital investment in, and the construction of, new rental housing. By passing this proposition, the construction of affordable housing will diminish, only making housing more expensive. Because of this, SCLC believes that Prop 10 is a flawed measure that would worsen California’s housing affordability crisis. SCLC is also concerned that Prop 10 allows for the application of strict rent control on single-family homes, thus affecting every California homeowner who might one day want to rent out their home. Because of this, Prop 10’s flaws will incentivize homeowners to either sell their homes or use them as short-term rentals, rather than putting them on the rental market. In this way, Prop 10 again has the effect of reducing the supply of long-term rental housing.About Southern California Leadership Council
SCLC is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization formed to provide leadership on major public policies critical to economic vitality, job growth and the quality of life in Southern California. SCLC is led in its work by two former Governors (Wilson and Davis) and its Board is comprised of three dozen Presidents and CEOs of major Southern California companies and agencies.For more information:
Richard Lambros, Managing Director 909.225.0095 rlambros@southerncaliforniagroup.com Or visit our website at www.socallc.orgFormer California Assembly Speaker Pro Tempore Mike Roos Joins Southern California Leadership Council as President
January 3rd, 2018Mike Roos, Former Assembly Speaker Pro Tempore of the California State Assembly, Joins Southern California Leadership Council as President

“Mike Roos knows how to get things accomplished from his years of leading the legislative process in Sacramento, and will undoubtedly tap into that experience to advance the positive agenda of the Council,” said former Governor Pete Wilson, Co-Chair of SCLC.
Roos, a resident of Los Angeles, served in the California State Assembly for over 14 years. During his second legislative term, Roos was chosen by his caucus as Majority Floor Leader. He served as Majority Floor Leader for six years until he was elected Speaker Pro Tempore of the California State Assembly. After his career in the Assembly, he founded Mike Roos and Company, a public affairs company with a focus on government relations and ballot measures.
Roos was instrumental in ballot measures such as Prop 10 (early childhood development programs) and Prop 46 (housing and shelters for low-income senior citizens, homeless families and battered women), among others. Roos is also known for facilitating needed infrastructure investment (Mello Roos Community Facilities Act), the first assault weapons ban in the United States (Roberti Roos Weapons Control Act), and Roos also worked to improve LAUSD and its role and responsibilities with its schools and the children it serves (LEARN). Roos holds a Masters of Public Administration from the University of Southern California (USC).
“My excitement in taking on this responsibility stems from my enduring love for California, the diversity and creativity of its citizens and its influence on the rest of our country.” said Mike Roos. “SCLC is the microphone through which Southern California leaders can champion policies that will spur economic growth and opportunity for all Californians. Nothing happens by chance, progress comes from constant stewardship and investment, and reexamination of the structures that foster upward mobility.”
“I think Mike Roos is going to help the Council make huge strides on issues affecting job growth and quality of life, and we are excited that he is here.” said Trey Thornton, Co-Chair of SCLC and Executive Director at Ernst & Young.
Roos will help lead SCLC’s advocacy on important economic development and jobs-related issues in policy areas such as; Workforce Development, Housing Affordability, Water Reliability, Goods Movement, Climate Change Strategies, Regional Planning, Energy Solutions, and Business Retention and Attraction.
SCLC was well served from 2015-2017 by the leadership of departing President Kish Rajan, who will step into a new leadership role at the Center for a Competitive Workforce, a Los Angeles-based partnership that helps align the region’s educational programs with the skills needed for the well-paying occupations of the future, to the benefit of the residents of Greater Los Angeles.
About the Southern California Leadership Council
The Southern California Leadership Council is a non-partisan, non-profit, business-led public policy partnership that exerts strong leadership on issues of regional significance, providing a common voice on major public policies critical to economic vitality, job growth and quality of life in Southern California. Founded in 2005 by Governors Jerry Brown, Gray Davis, Pete Wilson and George Deukmejian, the Council is comprised of almost three dozen Presidents and CEO’s of top Southern California companies and agencies.
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