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fromTruthout
1 week ago

CA Organizers' Proposal Would Tax Billionaires to Mitigate Medicaid Cut Harm

California proposes a one-time 5% tax on roughly 200 billionaires to offset federal Medicaid cuts and fund healthcare services for the 2026 ballot.
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fromLos Angeles Times
1 week ago

California business leaders want voters to expedite state's environmental review process for housing, infrastructure

California Chamber proposes a ballot initiative imposing a 365-day limit on CEQA reviews for essential projects including housing, clean energy and wildfire resiliency.
fromwww.mercurynews.com
2 weeks ago

Opponents of Menlo Park affordable housing proposal reach signature threshold for ballot measure

Opponents of a plan to convert downtown parking lots into affordable housing say they've collected enough signatures to put the issue before voters, potentially halting an effort to build 345 affordable units on lots that currently provide more than 500 parking spaces. Save Downtown Menlo Park, a coalition of local businesses and downtown patrons, submitted 3,440 signatures to City Hall last Friday well above the 10% threshold of registered voters needed to qualify the measure for the ballot.
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fromwww.dailynews.com
1 month ago

California Republicans pushing to get voter ID initiative onto 2026 ballot

Republicans are pursuing a California Voter ID initiative for the 2026 ballot requiring government-issued ID or verified ID numbers and voter-roll citizenship checks.
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