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California billionaire tax secures enough signatures to make ballot

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Proponents of a proposal to tax California billionaires say they have obtained enough signatures for the measure to appear on the November ballot.  The measure, proposed by Service Employees International Union-United Healthcare Workers West (SEIU-UHW), a union representing more than 120,000 California health care workers, would impose a one-time 5% tax on Californians with net … Read more

California launches probe after video shows petition gatherers offering money for signatures

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California election officials said Friday that they are investigating whether signature collectors in San Francisco illegally offered to pay people to sign ballot petitions using false names. A video posted Monday on X shows a sign that says “Sign petition for $5” and a line of people waiting along the sidewalk. A … Read more