Word: referendum
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...ballot referendum known as Proposition 1-2-3, which would radically overhaul the city's rent control system, was also expected to mobilize large numbers of voters...
...right, a coalition of Independent council hopefuls have joined with Councillor William H. Walsh to form the "Today's Independents" slate. The slate's members are unified by their support of Proposition 1-2-3, a ballot referendum that would drastically alter rent control...
...Flood says that as governor, his personal outlook would have little effect on public policy. He says the Massachusetts Constitution is written in such a way that it would require an amendment approved by referendum to restrict abortion...
Those arguments--and the faces behind them--will be on the minds of Cambridge voters today when they pass final judgment on Proposition 1-2-3, the latest referendum on rent control in Cambridge...
...first glance Proposition 1-2-3 does not seem to be an anti-rent control referendum. Its first part allows tenants who have lived in rent-controlled apartments for two years to buy them. The second part exempts owner-occupied units from rent control should the owner move out temporarily. And the third part suggests that extra tax revenue garnered from the sale of rent controlled units should be used to increase the supply of affordable housing...