Alastair Mactaggart, who led the drive for California's 2018 data privacy law, is pushing for a new voter initiative to buttress it.

In summary

California labor worries about the impact of Janus v. AFSCME, but vows to battle on. Privacy initiative funder Alastair Mactaggart agrees to drop his initiative in exchange for broad privacy legislation. Business opposes the bill but sees it as the lesser of two evils.

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