This has happened before: competing and similar ballot initiatives, one done by special interests and one by politicians to counter it. In this case, of two measures dealing with eminent domain, Prop. 98 is a rather deceptive measure that threw in the elimination of rent control (it is sponsored in part by apartment owners) beyond its supposed focus about eminent domain. The other measure, Prop. 99, might not do a huge amount on this, but would help some and -- more importantly -- doesn't harm like 98 could.