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Billionaire Tax, Affordable Housing: See the Measures on California’s November Ballot

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By Yue Stella Yu Verified, Kristen Hwang Verified
| Santa Barbara Independent Verified
The Santa Barbara Independent republishes stories from CalMatters.org on state and local issues impacting readers in Santa Barbara County. On Nov. 3, Californians will vote on 14 statewide ballot measures on environment, taxation, election, housing and healthcare.
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Billionaire tax, affordable housing: See the measures on California’s November ballot

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By Yue Stella Yu Verified, Kristen Hwang Verified
| Jefferson Public Radio Verified
On Nov. 3, Californians will vote on 14 statewide ballot measures on environment, taxation, election, housing and healthcare. For months, interest groups sponsoring ballot initiatives spent heavily on ad blitzes and signature gathering to get on the ballot, but some agreed to withdraw high-profile proposals after striking deals with state leaders or other interest groups this week, ahead of Thursday’s deadline to finalize the November ballot.
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California unions, hospitals strike deal — but billionaire tax heads to ballot

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By Kristen Hwang Verified
| Piedmont Exedra
IN SUMMARY ~ Hospitals and a healthcare union have agreed to pull rival initiatives from the ballot, but a proposed one-time 5% tax on billionaires remains headed to November voters. ~ The union behind the deal has sponsored 48 ballot initiatives since 2012 — and most have failed. So why does it keep trying? California hospitals and the state’s largest health workers union reached an agreement Thursday to pull two competing initiatives from the November ballot hours before a state deadline.
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