California Leaders yet to Reach Deal to Keep Billionaire Tax Off the Ballot. Time Is Running Out

California leaders yet to reach deal to keep billionaire tax off the ballot. Time is running out

State leaders struck a deal with Uber and trial lawyers to keep rivaling measures off the November ballot, but no deal yet on the wealth tax.

Uber, trial lawyers pull costly ballot measures

California voters will not see dueling ballot measures this November that would have likely been one of the most costly fights on record.  Uber and the Consumer Attorneys of California reached a deal to pull their competing ballot measures in turn for certain concessions.  The backstory: Uber and California trial lawyers have been locked in a battle that looked as if it was leading to two competing ballot measures in November.  The Uber-backed …