{
  "id": 18125805,
  "title": "California Billionaire Tax Heading for Defeat, Sparing Team Owners",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/04/california-billionaire-tax-heading-for-defeat-sparing-team-owners",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-11-04T12:55:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Sportico",
    "slug": "sportico",
    "url": "https://www.sportico.com/business/finance/2026/california-billionaire-tax-sports-team-owners-1234957357/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "California voters so far have largely rejected the state’s controversial “billionaires tax” on the ballot Tuesday. Proposition 40 would have implemented a one-time 5% tax on residents in the three-comma club. The measure trailed 44.4% to 55.6% with 60% of ballots counted as of Wednesday morning. Two other initiatives, Propositions 41 and 42, were also […]",
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  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}