SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A California ballot measure to raise taxes on multimillionaires to subsidize zero-emission vehicle programs, which has pitted Gov. Gavin Newsom against his own political party and the ride-sharing company Lyft, is narrowly favored by voters but remains in jeopardy.
A new poll from the University of California, Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies, co-sponsored by the Los Angeles Times, found 47% of likely voters favored Proposition 30 while 41% were against it, with support dipping slightly since September.
Berkeley IGS poll director Mark DiCamillo said the proposition’s failure to win support from more than 50% of likely voters, even with an endorsement from the California Democratic Party and $44 million already spent promoting the measure, indicates that it could falter in the final week before the November election.
