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Newsom's wealth tax problem

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By Blake Jones Verified, Dustin Gardiner Verified
| California Playbook Newsletter
‘HAND GRENADE' — Gavin Newsom fought hard to keep a California billionaire's tax off the ballot. Now, he's keeping his distance. Months ago, Newsom personally lobbied the initiative's backers to withdraw the one-time levy, warning the proposal had already begun driving ultrawealthy residents and their businesses out of state . He remains one of its most prominent foes and has been kept apprised of the opposition campaign.
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Kamala Harris hits the midterm circuit

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By Blake Jones Verified, Dustin Gardiner Verified
| POLITICO Verified
DRIVING THE DAY — Kamala Harris is hitting the campaign cash circuit to help California Democrats flip two competitive House seats, according to invitations obtained by Playbook. She'll be the featured guest at a San Diego fundraiser for Marni von Wilpert , the Democrat running for an open seat currently held by GOP Rep. Darrell Issa , on Sept. 26. On Oct.
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Elon Musk meets Alex Gibney

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By Dustin Gardiner Verified, Blake Jones Verified
| California Playbook Newsletter
HOLLYWOOD WATCH — It was pretty obvious after Elon Musk called filmmaker Alex Gibney a “douche ” that the billionaire wouldn't sit for the Oscar winner's documentary about him, which had many in Hollywood buzzing on Tuesday. So Gibney, known for films including “Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room,” used computer graphics to create a digital avatar of the Tesla and SpaceX chief executive.
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