Newsom has already vowed to tank a proposed ballot initiative that would impose a 5% wealth tax on the state’s billionaires to bolster Medi-Cal. Progressive lawmakers and their allies in labor and health seem hopeful that Newsom could support a different long-shot funding idea.
Author Archives: Jeanne Kuang, CalMatters
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Newsom casts California as a foil to the Trump agenda in his final State of the State
Newsom touted a 9% reduction in unsheltered homelessness, but lawmakers were restrained in their responses to him claiming success on the issue.
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Who’s running for California governor? Here’s a look at the current field of candidates
A few moments of controversy have touched an otherwise sleepy, wide open race to be California’s next governor.
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Gavin Newsom’s congressional maps face their final test at the ballot box
Tuesday is the final day for California voters to weigh in on whether to approve Newsom’s plan to redistrict congressional lines to favor Democrats.
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Supporters are way ahead in fundraising for Newsom’s Prop. 50, but the race remains close
Opponents of Prop. 50 want voters to resist gerrymandering. Supporters are doing everything they can to make the election about Trump.