would raise taxes on people who make more than $2 million per year. It would generate up to $5 billion in new tax money each year, and most of that money would go to programs that help people buy electric cars and install charging stations. A smaller amount would go to wildfire prevention response and prevention programs.
"Don’t be fooled. Prop 30′s been advertised as a climate initiative. But in reality, it was devised by a single corporation to funnel state income taxes to benefit their company," Newsom says in the ad, which will air in all of the state’s major media markets. "Put simply, Prop 30 is a trojan horse that puts corporate welfare above the fiscal welfare of our entire state."
"It is disappointing that the Governor would side with the Californian Republican Party and a handful of San Francisco billionaires who would rather kids breathe toxic, polluted air than pay their fair share," the campaign said in an email to The Associated Press. Newsom has been a big advocate for electric cars, approving more than $10 billion in new spending over the next several years to accelerate their adoption in California. Last month,that will require new cars, pickup trucks and SUVs be electric, hydrogen or a gas-electric hybrid by 2035.
I guess Lyft didn't pay him a big enough bribe...I mean reelection contribution.
What about the attempt for every single Californian to switch to electric? This guy is a class act