California’s proposed billionaire tax: what you need to know Plan to levy 5% tax on California billionaires championed by progressives – but state’s super rich are forcefully opposed The Guardian - US · Jun 26
California billionaire tax will appear on ballot after deadline for deal passes Proposal to introduce one-time tax of 5% will go to voters in November after backers decline to withdraw measure The Guardian - US · Jun 26
In some conservative California counties where anti-abortion candidates win, so does abortion SACRAMENTO, Calif. — In some of California’s most conservative counties, where Republican gubernatorial candidate Brian Dahle was the clear favorite over Gov. Gavin Newsom and where anti-abortion Christian conservatives are leading in partial returns, voters still showed up for abortion access by supporting Proposition 1. Tribune News Service · Nov 14, 2022
Proposition 1 abortion rights ballot measure passes in California SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California will codify its progressive abortion protections in its state Constitution after voters overwhelmingly approved Proposition 1, a measure placed on the ballot in the aftermath of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe vs. Wade. Los Angeles Times · Nov 9, 2022
Newsom signs 13 abortion protection and reproductive health bills SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom signed 13 abortion protection and reproductive health bills Tuesday, codifying the final pieces of California’s campaign to counter the effects of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. Los Angeles Times · Sep 27, 2022
Bills aimed at creating California abortion sanctuary headed to Newsom SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California is on the verge of making it easier for nurse practitioners to provide abortions, barring coroner investigations following a fetal death and dedicating $20 million to expand access to reproductive care programs in Los Angeles County under bills passed by the state Legislature before the body… Los Angeles Times · Sep 1, 2022
California abortion clinics braced for out-of-state surge as bans kick in The state has pledged to be a ‘sanctuary’, with people seeking reproductive care potentially rising from 46,000 to 1.4m The Guardian - US · Jun 27, 2022
California leaders move to enshrine abortion, contraceptive rights in state Constitution SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Democratic legislative leaders, hoping to solidify the long-term right in California to abortions and contraceptives, will introduce a bill Wednesday asking voters to enshrine those protections in the state Constitution. Los Angeles Times · Jun 8, 2022