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Coming up in an hour, Jackie Lacey.

Jackie Lacey was the L.A. County DA for eight years.

She was running for a third term against Gascon in 2020, which is a bad year to run.

And Gascon beat Jackie Lacey.

And now we've dealt with all kinds of tragedy ever since. Nathan Hockman is taking on Gascon. This time around, as you know, Jackie Lacey is

endorsing Nathan Hockman. And she's going to be on with us to talk about it coming up after 3 o'clock.

Right now, though, this story has been percolating in the background, really important.

You do live in the highest tax state in the nation.

Really, you do.

The highest income tax rate in the nation, highest sales tax, highest gas tax, and goes on and on and on.

Even with all that money, the government is still over $70 billion in debt.

They've blown tens of billions of dollars on an unemployment fund that was completely overwhelmed with fraud.

You got the high-speed rail debacle that's blown billions of

dollars. And the list just goes on and on. So the whole state government is a complete mess,

a complete fiasco. And people want to turn off the tax spigot. And there is a possible initiative on

the ballot for November that would strip the legislature and the governor of the ability to increase taxes.

Taxes would only increase if the voters approved of it.

Now, obviously, Newsom and the legislature want to stop this thing from reaching the ballot

because they know what's going to happen.

So they have petitioned the Supreme Court to hear this case in advance, and the Supreme

Court said yes.

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