Emily Schultheis
California Reporter at POLITICO
Covering ballot measures in California and beyond for @politico / LA via NorCal, DC, Vienna and Berlin / say hi: eschultheis (at) politico (dot) com
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3 days ago |
politico.com | Emily Schultheis |Will McCarthy
Darrell Steinberg, a former Sacramento mayor and veteran lawmaker, is kicking off his work in public policy mediation. | Damian Dovarganes/AP WHAT’S THE DEAL, DARRELL? — Eleven years ago, then-Senate Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg authored legislation that allows initiative and referendum sponsors to pull them after qualifying, a move that transformed the ballot into Sacramento’s liveliest new marketplace for haggling and dealmaking.
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1 week ago |
politico.com | Eric He |Blanca Begert |Emily Schultheis |Tyler Katzenberger
SACRAMENTO, California – California Attorney General Rob Bonta on Wednesday presented himself as a defender of the state’s formidable economy while unveiling a lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s authority to impose tariffs.
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1 week ago |
politico.com | Will McCarthy |Jeremy B. White |Emily Schultheis
THE LAST CHIP AT THE BARGAINING TABLE — A dispute over the labor rights of rideshare drivers gave California its all-time most-expensive ballot campaign. Five years later, unfinished business from the Prop 22 contest could either inspire a costly lobbying tug-of-war in Sacramento, or trigger a new round of legislative dealmaking over the place of gig workers in the state’s economy.
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2 weeks ago |
politico.com | Emily Schultheis |Will McCarthy
Sports betting has been the subject of multimillion dollar ballot fights in California. | AP GAME ON? — Three years ago, California’s powerful tribes poured more than $200 million into defeating Prop 27, an initiative from DraftKings and FanDuel that would have legalized online sports betting.
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2 weeks ago |
politico.com | Emily Schultheis
Executives at the companies behind 2022’s failed Prop 27 have acknowledged any path forward should be led by the tribes. The groups on opposite sides of the costly 2022 ballot battle over online sports betting are in talks to potentially collaborate. | AP Three years ago, California’s powerful tribes poured more than $200 million into defeating Prop 27, an initiative from DraftKings and FanDuel that would have legalized online sports betting.
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