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The Claim

Gavin Newsom proposed that California should impose a 100% tax rate on any California resident who receives money from a specific federal settlement fund.

The Short Version

Multiple independent reports and Newsom’s own recorded remarks show he publicly sought a 100% California tax on payouts Californians might receive from the federal “Anti-Weaponization Fund.” That makes the claim accurate as a description of a proposal. The key caveat is that this was not enacted policy and would have required legislative approval and likely faced legal challenges.

Caveats

  • This concerned a specific federal settlement fund, not a general proposal to tax all federal payments at 100%.
  • The proposal was a public policy push, not an enacted California law or a completed bill at the time described.
  • Any such measure would likely face immediate constitutional and legal challenges, so proposal and implementation are not the same thing.

The Receipts

  1. Newsom says he wants California to fully tax payouts from Trump ‘Anti-Weaponization Fund’

    Associated Press

  2. Newsom vows California will impose 100% tax on Trump's $1.8 billion 'Anti-Weaponization Fund'

    KABC / ABC7

  3. Newsom Targets Trump’s ‘Anti-Weaponization’ Payouts With Proposed 100% California Tax

    The New York Times

  4. Gavin Newsom seeks 100% tax on Trump anti-weaponization fund cash as California burns billions on rail, other boondoggles

    Fox News

  5. Newsom wants California to tax Trump ‘anti-weaponization’ payouts at 100%

    San Francisco Chronicle

  6. Newsom says California will tax 100% of payments from Trump-backed fund

    KMPH FOX26 (Fresno)

  7. Gavin Newsom vows 100% tax on California recipients of Trump's $1.8-billion 'slush fund'

    YouTube - Los Angeles Times channel (press conference clip)

  8. Newsom wants California to tax away Trump ‘Anti-Weaponization’ cash

    SFGATE

  9. Gavin Newsom Says California Will 'Tax 100%' Of DOJ 'Slush Fund' Payouts

    YouTube - news clip

  10. Newsom vows 100% tax on Californians who take Trump ‘slush fund’ money

    MSN (aggregating regional newspaper report)

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