Newsom breaks with socialists over billionaire tax, and California voters appear poised to reject it
Topics: California Politics
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- Fox News reports: “California's Prop 40 billionaire tax pits the Democratic Socialists of America against Gavin Newsom, who backs a countermeasure to block it.”
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