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Los Angeles Times · September 21, 2026

Why Proposition 38 should make California voters skeptical.

“Being backed by a billionaire isn’t the problem. It’s being written to substantially benefit one research institute that’s led by the billionaire.”—George Skelton

Veteran Capitol columnist George Skelton calls Proposition 38 problematic and focuses on its apparent benefit to a single UCLA-affiliated institute co-founded and led by its chief backer.