With a midnight Friday deadline to determine the fate of hundreds of bills on his desk, Gov. Gavin Newsom has been a busy man.
, the Nov. 8 ballot measure that would increase taxes on millionaires to fund electric vehicle and other environmental programs.
At least not until Wednesday, when she was pressed about it during a CalMatters interview — and finally said that voters can count her as a “no.” “So you want me to take a position, then yes, I will be no on Prop. 30,” she said.for opposing it — that ride-share company Lyft is one of the driving forces behind it and would be among the biggest beneficiaries. The Yes on Prop. 30 campaign said, “Neither Lyft nor Lyft drivers get any preferential treatment under Prop.
and who she says have been “demonized” and worries might start leaving California. In an ad, Newsom calls Prop. 30 “a Trojan horse that puts corporate welfare above the fiscal welfare of our entire state.” But their stand puts the governor and the state’s banker on the opposite side from the official position of their Democratic Party, as well as many environmental groups.the fact that “the governor would side with the California Republican Party and a handful of San Francisco billionaires who would rather kids breathe toxic, polluted air than pay their fair share.”
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