Sacramento, CA – The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) California and California Labor Federation both endorsed Propositions 1 and 2 this week that will be on the statewide November ballot as essential to building the affordable housing veterans, working families, people with disabilities, Californians experiencing homelessness and people living with mental illness need across the state.

"We all know the demand is immense to help blue-collar, working class families afford housing and to build communities that thrive," said Robbie Hunter, President of State Building and Construction Trades Council of California and Executive Committee Member of Proposition 1 and 2. "We are grateful for the support of our labor partners, SEIU California and the California Labor Federation, in helping us tackle top priorities for workers across California with Propositions 1 and 2, which focus on building homes for veterans and working families, while easing the homeless crisis and creating good paying jobs statewide."

Governor Jerry Brown and California’s Legislature put Prop. 1, the Veterans and Affordable Housing Act, on the November 2018 ballot as part of a multi-pronged strategy in the 2017-18 State Budget to address the crisis faced by one in three California families who can’t afford the cost of housing, including veterans, low-income families and seniors, survivors of domestic violence and other vulnerable populations.

Under the 2018-19 State Budget, the Governor and Legislature placed Prop. 2, No Place Like Home, on the November 2018 ballot to build permanent supportive housing for Californians with a serious mental illness who are homeless or at great risk of becoming homeless.

Propositions 1 and 2 are under the leadership of a joint campaign and steering committee that includes: California Housing Consortium, Housing California, Silicon Valley Leadership Group, State Building and Construction Trades Council of California, California Association of Veterans Services Agencies, Steinberg Institute, Dignity Health, Senate Pro Tem Toni Atkins, Senator Jim Beall, Assemblymember David Chiu and others to be announced in the coming weeks.