Prop 30 News Today

In one of the highest-profile election results in the state, Proposition 30 failed despite California's commitment to climate action and its history of taxing the wealthy. But the "Clean Air Fund" ballot measure, which was funded by rideshare company Lyft, also was complicated and divided Democrats — a recipe for failure.

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From LAist and KPCC, your local NPR affiliate, an explainer on Election 2022's Proposition 30, which would impose an income tax on millionaires to raise additional funds to support the transition to electric vehicles.

California’s wealthiest residents won’t see a tax increase after voters rejected a measure Tuesday that would have boosted rates on incomes above $2 million...

On the ballot this November is Prop 30, which seeks to tax millionaires in order to create a Clean Air Fund that would help make electric vehicles more accessible. But the fact that a private rideshare company, Lyft, authored and subsidized the proposition has raised questions about where the money would actually go.

Voters in another state are also being asked to decide whether some of the richest residents should be taxed at a higher rate.

Here's a voter resource you may want to bring with you to your polling place or voting center this Election Day, November 8: a printable, downloadable at-a-glance guide to the California Propositions, including Props 26 and 27 (both of which address legalizing sports betting).

With wildfires, poor air quality and record heat plaguing California, Sacramento environmental, labor, public health, business and elected leaders have launched a campaign for passage of Proposition 30, the California

In refusing to soak the rich, Newsom is siding with his political enemies and opposing his...

Gov. Gavin Newsom has officially announced he is against a measure on the November ballot that would tax millionaires in California to fund electric vehicle and other climate-related programs.