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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Why big real estate companies are spending millions to defeat Prop 10

    Prop 10 would allow cities in California to enact stricter rent control laws. The campaign to defeat Prop 10 has raised nearly $75 million. About half of that has come from some of California's biggest real estate companies.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Oct 31, 2018 • 1 min read

    Prop 10 would allow cities in California to enact stricter rent control laws. The campaign to defeat Prop 10 has raised nearly $75 million. About half of that has come from some of California's biggest real estate companies.

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    3. 20:22Photojournalist Lynsey Addario on why her job is more dangerous now
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    The full episode

    1 of 4
    Photojournalist Lynsey Addario on why she still covers the most dangerous places on earth
    1. 0:00Why big real estate companies are spending millions to defeat Prop 10You’re reading this
    2. 7:53Lt. Gov candidate Ed Hernandez on making health care and higher ed more affordable
    3. 20:22Photojournalist Lynsey Addario on why her job is more dangerous now
    4. 41:30New black-and-orange sea slug is found near Catalina
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