A Guide to State Propositions 41 and 42

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Voters will decide on ballot measures addressing housing for veterans and public access to local records. Photo courtesy of KQED News Fix

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Proposition 41 allows the state to sell $600 million in bonds to fund affordable rental housing for low-income and homeless veterans.

The existing CalVet Home Loans program was created in the 1920s to help veterans buy a home, mobile home or farm. While it has been effective for those who used it, many veterans today are not financially able to purchase a home, and the program now holds hundreds of millions of dollars worth of unsold bonds.

Read the complete story at KQED News Fix. 
 

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