One-time payments ranging from $400 to $1,050 will arrive to 23 million Californians starting Friday. The state will spend $9.5 billion as part of the tax refund program.
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Addiction experts fear the fallout if California legalizes sports betting
If California voters approve one or both sports-wagering initiatives on the November ballot, psychiatrists anticipate more cases of problem gambling and gambling addiction. They’re especially concerned about online betting, a very addictive way to play.
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Your guide to Proposition 30 on the 2022 California midterm ballot
California voters will decide the fate of seven statewide propositions on Nov. 8. Here’s what you need to know about Proposition 30.
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Dueling sports betting measures appear headed to defeat despite record spending, poll finds
A new poll finds that Proposition 26 and Proposition 27 aren’t gaining majority support despite more than $400 million spent so far, and Proposition 30, a tax increase on wealthier Californians, also appears at risk. Meanwhile, Gov. Gavin Newsom seems headed to easy reelection.
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California won’t forgive parking tickets for homeless after Newsom veto
Assembly Bill 1685 would have required local governments and universities that issue parking tickets to forgive at least $1,500 in fines each year for Californians who prove they are living unhoused.
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Fact-checking ads for California’s sports betting propositions
The campaigns for Propositions 26 and 27 on this November’s ballot have made a wide variety of claims, especially about how the money gleaned from sports betting in California will get distributed. CalMatters parses it all.
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In nonpartisan race for California superintendent of public instruction, it’s all politics
Democratic incumbent Tony Thurmond and Republican challenger Lance Christensen will face off in the race for superintendent of public instruction to oversee California schools.
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A new law could raise fast-food wages to $22 an hour — and opponents are trying to halt it
Almost as soon as Gov. Gavin Newsom signed California’s fast-food labor law on Labor Day, critics started trying to overturn it. Here’s what you need to know about AB 257.
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California voters to decide on repeal of anti-public housing measure in 2024
The measure will ask voters to do away with Article 34 of the California Constitution, which requires voter approval before public housing is built in a community. Passed in 1950, the provision stymied low-income housing construction in California for decades and continues today to add to the cost and uncertainty of building affordable housing.
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California lawmakers pass new social media protections for minors
A pair of bills approved by California legislators would regulate how Facebook, YouTube and other platforms treat minors and seek to influence how they moderate extremist content.