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Tag: Taxes

Gov. Gavin Newsom is surrounded by lawmakers as he signs into law his oil profit penalty plan in Sacramento on March 28, 2023. Photo by Miguel Gutierrez Jr., CalMatters
Posted inPolitics

Which bills will Gavin Newsom sign into new California laws?

Avatar photo by CalMatters September 11, 2023September 26, 2023

The Legislature is approving lots of significant bills in the final days of the session. But the final call is up to the governor, and he isn’t shy about using his veto pen.

An ambulance owned by the private company American Medical Response at Natividad Hospital in Salinas. Photo by Vern Fisher, Monterey Herald via Bay Area News Group
Posted inPolitics

Why a Colorado ambulance company wants to limit California taxes

Avatar photo by Alexei Koseff August 24, 2023August 24, 2023
Posted inWhatMatters

California lawmakers want answers on toxic waste

Avatar photo by Lynn La August 24, 2023August 24, 2023
Assemblymember Robert Rivas (center)and other legislators talk on the assembly floor in the state Capitol in Sacramento on Jan. 19, 2023. Photo by Rahul Lal for CalMatters
Posted inCommentary

California Democrats emulate Ohio GOP to undermine tax limit ballot measure

by Dan Walters August 22, 2023August 21, 2023
Vehicles cross over a flood control basin that has almost reached the street, Sunday, Aug. 20, 2023, in Palm Desert, Calif. Forecasters said Tropical Storm Hilary was the first tropical storm to hit Southern California in 84 years, bringing the potential for flash floods, mudslides, isolated tornadoes, high winds and power outages. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Posted inWhatMatters

California officials respond to Tropical Storm Hilary, an Ojai quake and wildfires

Avatar photo by Lynn La August 21, 2023August 21, 2023
A voter fills out their ballot at a voting site at the Hamilton School gymnasium in central Fresno on June 7, 2022. Photo by Larry Valenzuela, CalMatters
Posted inCommentary

Ballot proposal and court ruling open new front in California’s never-ending tax wars

by Dan Walters August 15, 2023August 14, 2023
The skyline of San Francisco as seen from Bernal Heights Hill on March 16, 2020. Photo by Jeff Chiu, AP Photo
Posted inCommentary

After decades of historic growth, California switching to a period of chronic stagnation

by Dan Walters July 30, 2023July 30, 2023
Posted inHealth

Californians are smoking less: Why that’s a problem for these early childhood services

Avatar photo by Ana B. Ibarra July 18, 2023July 21, 2023
People at a night market in Taipei, Taiwan on June 29, 2023. Photo by Chiang Ying-ying, AP Photo
Posted inWhatMatters

California Legislature could boost night markets

Avatar photo by Lynn La July 18, 2023July 18, 2023
Posted inExplainers

California’s budget whiplash: From a record-setting surplus to a massive shortfall in one year

Avatar photoAvatar photo by John Osborn D'Agostino and Jeremia Kimelman June 12, 2023June 12, 2023

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