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The Wealth Tax Stakes in California

California's new attempt to help struggling newsrooms faces key test

The bill will require approval from two-thirds of the Legislature in the coming days in order to make it to Gov. Newsom's desk.

The Fight Over California's Billionaire Tax Continues

Who Can Save California?

CalMatters Sues UCLA Over Records Of $20.5 Million In Direct Payments To Athletes

CalMatters is suing the UC Regents after UCLA refused to reveal which athletes share $20.5 million in payments allowed under the House v. NCAA settlement. The post CalMatters Sues...

California’s Billionaire Tax Promises Healthcare Relief. The Fine Print Is Murkier.

California’s proposed billionaire wealth tax could fund healthcare, but questions remain about revenue, spending oversight and long-term financial stability. The post California’s...

California’s Billionaire Tax Promises Healthcare Relief. The Fine Print Is Murkier.

An initiative on the California ballot would levy the nation’s first wealth tax on billionaires. Supporters say the proceeds would help offset President Donald Trump’s sweeping hea...

Californians not confident about their state’s future

Skyler Safriet writes for National Review Online about the latest evidence that conditions in the Golden State have lost some luster. California’s feeling the blues. According to a...

California’s Landmark Wealth Tax May Be Running Out of Steam

The ballot measure led in early polls, but opposition from Gavin Newsom and Xavier Becerra, plus heavy ad spending, is taking a toll.

Next Governor To Face Thorny Choices After California’s Rapid Medicaid Expansion

Medi-Cal, the nation’s largest Medicaid program, was in trouble even before the GOP’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act. Rapid expansion, spiraling costs, and billions in federal funding...

California insurers, doctors take MCO tax fight to state Supreme Court

An unusual alliance says Sacramento's rebuilt tax on health plans more than triples a voter-approved cap – and could add about $100 a year to each privately insured Californian's p...

Who controls California politics? A new index tracks the state’s top political donors

When it burst into widespread use as a result of the 1976 movie All the President’s Men, the phrase “Follow the money” referred to political influence or corruption and how to trac...

Roundup: Changing Coalitions and California’s Billionaire Tax

It’s mid-October, and spending to oppose California’s proposed billionaire tax has breached $1 million per day. Some polling indicates that the ballot measure has a “slim” edge amo...

Your guide to Proposition 40: California's billionaire tax proposal

Prop 40, which would tax the assets of California billionaires to mostly fund healthcare, has divided Democratic politicians, labor unions and other groups.

A California Scandal Reveals How The State Is Governed Under Single-Party Democrat Rule

In 2026, with no trains and no track in place, the officials who oversee the California High-Speed Rail Authority are working to implement new internal controls to prevent waste.

California Is On the Verge of Passing a Journalism Subsidy Law

Gavin Newsom has on his desk a new bill passed by the state legislature that can only be described as a “news subsidy.” The Community News Act will see that California newsrooms ac...

Forget It, Jake. It's Sacramento

California's attorney general rounded up the usual subsidies and turned a merger settlement into policy for movies, labor, and newsrooms.

Brickbat: Paying the Piper

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 2222, creating tax incentives for news organizations. Under the law, eligible news organizations can… The post Brickbat: Paying th...

California’s Wealth Tax Explained (And Why It Might Fail)

California's billionaire tax is on the ballot this November, and it raises more questions than answers. From lost government revenue to legal battles that could drag on for years,...

Bill to aid California newsrooms now on the governor's desk

Assembly Bill 2222 would create refundable tax credits for California local news organizations based on the number of journalists they employ, which in practice would provide direc...

Whither the Governor’s Mansion?

Those of you who tuned in to the extra-long season finale of my favorite reality TV show, the California State Legislature, on September 1 (a full half-day after session was suppos...

California Bill Creating Independent Oversight Of CPUC Heads To Governor

The measure comes amid growing scrutiny of how California regulates utilities and protects consumers

Hearst Newspapers, San Francisco Chronicle & USLege Launch Capitol Confidential Pro With Searchable Government Video...

Hearst Newspapers, the San Francisco Chronicle and USLege announced the California launch of Capitol Confidential Pro, powered by USLege, a California-focused platform designed...

California’s Prop 40: Responses to Common Objections

Proposition 40, California’s proposed billionaire tax, is a one-time 5 percent levy that addresses a significant one-time emergency, namely the cuts made to the healthcare system b...