California Democratic Party / Official Nov 8 2022 State Proposition Endorsements

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9. Prop 30: Why mayors of SJ, Oakland and Newsom are on opposite sides of the EV ballot measure

ABC7News September 20

One of the biggest financial contributors to Prop 30 is rideshare company Lyft who has poured millions into it.

Though Prop 30 has received backing from the California Democratic Party, it's also opposed by the California Republican Party and other groups.

They say Lyft is trying to get taxpayers to help them meet a state mandate to eventually electrify their fleet.

"It's a big tax increase that disproportionately benefits, a few large corporations," Newsom said, "There was one large corporation, wonderful company, that's going to be one of the lion's share beneficiaries of raising everybody else's taxes to direct money in an area where we just passed the largest appropriation and the largest budget in U.S. history." Newsome quote