FILE - Attorney Margaret R. Prinzing, representing the California Governor and Legislature, standing, speaks at the California Supreme Court in San Francisco, Wednesday, May 8, 2024. The California Supreme Court on Thursday, June 20, removed a measure from the November ballot that would have made it harder to raise taxes, siding with Gov. Gavin Newsom and his Democratic allies in the state Legislature.
“The Supreme Court’s decision to take this dangerous initiative off the ballot avoids a host of catastrophic impacts, protecting billions of dollars for schools, access to reproductive health care, gun safety laws that keep students safe in classrooms, and paid family leave,” said Jonathan Underland, spokesperson for the campaign that opposed the initiative.
The ballot initiative posed a tricky political question for Newsom, a Democrat now in his second term who is a potential candidate for president. He has opposed many tax increases, and. But he has also been willing to temporarily increase business taxes to balance the state's budget, something he's proposing to do again this year.
Newsom has argued he can oppose both new taxes and ballot measures he says would hamstring state and local governments from raising taxes in a time of crisis.
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