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Poll Shows Prop. 1C With Largest Margin of All Statewide Bonds
Housing and Emergency Shelter Bond Holds 27-Point Lead

Yes on Prop 1C Press Release
September 27, 2006

Contact: Sam Delson
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SACRAMENTO -- A new statewide poll shows Proposition 1C, the $2.85 billion affordable housing and emergency shelter bond on the Nov. 7 ballot, leading by a 27-point margin among likely voters.

If the election were held today, 57 percent of likely voters would support Proposition 1C while 30 percent would vote no, according to the non-partisan Public Policy Institute of California's statewide survey. The new poll showed Prop. 1C’s margin increased by 2 percentage points since its previous survey one month earlier.

Among the four infrastructure bonds placed on the ballot by the governor and Legislature, “Proposition 1C has the most comfortable lead,” wrote PPIC survey director Mark Baldassare. The poll, conducted Sept. 13-20, interviewed 1,091 likely voters and has a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points.

The emergency shelter and affordable housing bond enjoyed strong backing in each of the state's major geographic regions, with support from 63 percent of Los Angeles voters, 59 percent in the Bay Area and 54 percent in the rest of the state.

“We are pleased that Prop. 1C continues to enjoy strong support in all regions of California,” said Jeff Loustau, executive director of the California Housing Consortium and treasurer of the Yes on 1C campaign. "The high level of support for 1C demonstrates that Californians care about providing emergency shelter for homeless families and battered women and recognize the need to invest in affordable housing programs."

The PPIC poll also showed Proposition 1C leading strongly among both Democrats and independents and by 1 percentage point among Republicans. The survey found 74 percent of Californians believe the availability of affordable housing in California will get worse by 2025, and 60 percent of those support Prop. 1C.