The November election in California features competing ballot measures over rent control.

With hundreds of millions of dollars rolling into initiative campaigns over housing and health care, California has hit a new record.

Prop. 8 would limit California’s dialysis clinics to 15 percent profit, and provide incentives for the operators to increase staffing.

Don’t expect to see San Jose’s Chuck Reed join the growing list of mayors who have pledged their support to the Freedom to Marry campaign. In an interview with San Jose Inside last week, the mayor said he supports civil unions and domestic partnerships, but he draws the line at marriage. San Jose is the largest city in the country not to have its mayor supporting Freedom to Marry.