California ballot measure appears to target a single nonprofit -- and it's furious

If you check California’s official voter guide – or even the text of the proposed law – for information on Prop 34, they’ll tell you the measure requires “certain providers” to spend virtually all of the money they receive from a federal prescription drug program on patient services.

But the measure’s backers have repeatedly pointed to one group that would likely be subject to the requirements. And that group says it’s being illegally targeted.

Whether Prop 34 really singles out one specific nonprofit, or could also apply to a handful of other groups, is a matter of fierce debate between supporters and opponents, but one thing seems clear: The question will go to the courts if Prop 34 passes.

Opponents say Prop 34 is aimed at undercutting the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, a Los Angeles-based, politically active organization serving HIV and AIDS patients.The group is the primary sponsor of the Yes on 33 campaign, which aims to remove restrictions on rent control from state law, and has spent at least $41 million supporting the measure. It also sponsored rent control ballot measures unsuccessfully twice before, in 2018 and 2020.



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