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But earlier this month, U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani \u003ca href=\"https://cdn.craft.cloud/5cd1c590-65ba-4ad2-a52c-b55e67f8f04b/assets/media/Programs/Workers-Rights/ICE_IRS_PreliminaryInjunction_260205_WR.pdf\">blocked this arrangement\u003c/a> — and prohibited ICE agents from viewing \u003cem>any \u003c/em>taxpayer data.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12073513\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12073513\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/251014-AntifaRoundtableFolo-19-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/251014-AntifaRoundtableFolo-19-BL_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/251014-AntifaRoundtableFolo-19-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/251014-AntifaRoundtableFolo-19-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">People line up outside the ICE Field Office in downtown San Francisco on Oct. 14, 2025, for scheduled check-ins and immigration-related appointments. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Judge Talwani’s order makes it very clear that ICE cannot rely on any of the tax-sharing agreements that it entered into with the IRS or use any information that it already received from the IRS,” said Dorothy Chang, managing attorney for workers’ rights at the Asian Law Caucus, one of the groups that took the federal government to court over the agreement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Talwani is the \u003ca href=\"https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/05/second-judge-blocks-irs-from-sharing-taxpayer-information-with-ice-00768196\">second federal judge\u003c/a> to block the IRS-ICE agreement in the past few months, but her ruling has placed some of the strongest restrictions yet on how government agencies share information with each other.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But community tax clinics KQED spoke with across California say they’re still hearing questions from filers on who has access to their personal information — and if there’s still a possibility that ICE will be able to access taxpayer data again in the future.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Keep reading to learn what legal and tax experts know right now about this rapidly changing situation.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What exactly is in Judge Talwani’s order?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In her ruling, Talwani — appointed by President Barack Obama to the U.S. District Court in Boston in 2014 — was highly critical of the Trump administration’s actions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Emphasizing the federal tax system depends on taxpayer trust, Talwaini said that implementing data-sharing agreements “erodes that foundation and undermines the public interest in a functioning tax system.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12069309\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12069309\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/KristiNoemGetty.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/KristiNoemGetty.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/KristiNoemGetty-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/KristiNoemGetty-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem speaks at a news conference on Jan. 7, 2026, in Brownsville, Texas. \u003ccite>(Michael Gonzalez/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Talwani’s order now bars DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, — and any agent from ICE — “from inspecting, viewing, using, copying, distributing, relying on, or otherwise acting upon any return information that had been obtained from or disclosed by the IRS.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The IRS confirmed with the court that it had already shared the addresses of roughly 47,000 noncitizen taxpayers, all of which were stored in the government-issued computer of a single DHS employee. Talwani specifically mentioned that this federal worker is also bound by her order.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Does this ruling permanently strike down the IRS-ICE agreement?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>No. This is only a temporary stay, which blocks the IRS and ICE from working together while the courts make a final decision on whether this arrangement is constitutional or not.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>How has the Trump administration responded to the ruling?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In a written statement, DHS did not directly respond to KQED’s question on how the agency will act to comply with the judicial order.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, a DHS spokesperson defended seeking IRS data, telling KQED by email that “With the IRS information specifically, DHS plans to focus on enforcing long-neglected criminal laws that apply to illegal aliens but which the Biden Administration ignored.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067431\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067431\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251216-ICEPROTEST-33-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251216-ICEPROTEST-33-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251216-ICEPROTEST-33-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251216-ICEPROTEST-33-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Department of Homeland Security officers detain demonstrators outside of the ICE field offices in San Francisco on Dec. 16, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In direct opposition to Talwani’s statements, the agency spokesperson said that sharing information across agencies was “essential to identify who is in our country, including violent criminals, determine what public safety and terror threats may exist so we can neutralize them, scrub these individuals from voter rolls, and identify what public benefits these aliens are using at taxpayer expense.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What are advocates telling immigrants about this ruling?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Immigrant advocates have applauded Talwani’s decision. “When we file our taxes, there is really sensitive data in there,” said Chang from Asian Law Caucus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If we take personal sensitive information that’s protected and use it to hunt down immigrants, that completely undoes the trust that people are placing in the federal government to do the right thing with our taxpayer information,” she said.[aside postID=news_12070260 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/AP25278748416734-2000x1333.jpg']Chang added that IRS employees have to follow very strict rules when handling taxpayer data — as established by the \u003ca href=\"https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/26/6103\">Internal Revenue Code\u003c/a>, created by Congress in 1939.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These rules only allow the IRS to share information in \u003cem>very \u003c/em>limited circumstances, including an audit or certain criminal investigations — like those involving a terrorist threat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even the president is blocked from directly accessing IRS data. In 1976, Congress \u003ca href=\"https://www.law.berkeley.edu/center-article/the-future-of-tax-privacy/\">strengthened the privacy rules \u003c/a>in the Internal Revenue Code after White House employees admitted they had tried to obtain tax information about individuals who then-President Richard Nixon \u003ca href=\"https://www.forbes.com/sites/taxnotes/2023/03/13/timelines-in-tax-history-nixon-aide-tried-to-weaponize-the-irs-by-pressuring-the-commissioner/\">considered to be his enemies\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Using the IRS as a political tool would later be one of the accusations Nixon faced from lawmakers who sought to \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/1974/06/14/archives/an-explanation-the-allegatoins-of-nixons-irs-interference-many.html\">impeach him\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What’s next in this legal battle?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The Trump administration may challenge Talwani’s order in the First Circuit Court of Appeals — the next rung in the hierarchy of the federal court system — although the government hasn’t confirmed this yet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The White House has already challenged \u003ca href=\"https://www.politico.com/news/2025/11/21/judge-puts-hold-on-irs-sharing-taxpayer-info-for-immigration-crackdown-00665267\">a similar ruling\u003c/a> against the IRS-ICE agreement by Washington, D.C.-based federal judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12073510\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12073510 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/iStock_000026330737_Large_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1324\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/iStock_000026330737_Large_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/iStock_000026330737_Large_qed-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/iStock_000026330737_Large_qed-1536x1017.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">IRS tax auditor reviewing filings. \u003ccite>(via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>If the administration \u003cem>does \u003c/em>challenge the order, what could happen then? A higher-ranking judge could either back Talwani’s decision or overrule it, giving ICE once again access to IRS data.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But ultimately, the outcome of any future legal battle is unclear, Chang said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, as of now, the IRS remains blocked from sharing any personal taxpayer information with ICE or DHS. We’ll update this guide as new information comes in from the courts.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What are tax experts recommending to filers?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>As the future of the IRS-ICE agreement remains unclear, community organizations that provide \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11909786/how-to-find-free-tax-help-near-you-and-prepare-everything-you-need-for-your-appointment\">free tax services \u003c/a>say they’re still hearing worries from ITIN holders — who are afraid that filing their taxes this year could come at great personal risk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We let them know that we’re still helping them file taxes,” said Lindsay Rojas, director of free tax help at \u003ca href=\"https://uwba.org/what-we-do/free-tax-help/\">United Way Bay Area\u003c/a>. “And if they have any questions or doubts, they should \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12013522/free-legal-aid-in-the-bay-area-how-it-works-where-to-find-it\">consult an immigration attorney\u003c/a> for their case.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rojas stressed that rather than there being any one-size-fits-all advice, this is a decision a person “should make based on their household” and their individual circumstances. Families living in the Bay Area can call 211 to find free tax filing services and an immigration attorney referral.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12073511\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12073511\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/005_SanFrancisco_MEDADairoRomero_05192021_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/005_SanFrancisco_MEDADairoRomero_05192021_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/005_SanFrancisco_MEDADairoRomero_05192021_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/005_SanFrancisco_MEDADairoRomero_05192021_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">MEDA staff member Dairo Romero works on the second floor of the Mission Food Hub in San Francisco on May 19, 2021, where he meets with families to help them file their taxes. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Other groups that provide tax aid confirmed with KQED that they’re also advising filers to check in first with an immigration attorney if they are concerned about their data privacy. It’s also important to mention that if someone has filed with an ITIN for several years already, the IRS \u003ca href=\"https://www.irs.gov/privacy-disclosure/irs-privacy-policy\">has already received\u003c/a> their personal information for past filings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s also important to take into account the potential consequences of not filing taxes, said Minnie Sage, program director of San Francisco-based \u003ca href=\"https://tax-aid.org/\">Tax-Aid\u003c/a>. “A tax return is oftentimes a requirement for proof of income, with things like housing, education and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/fafsa\">federal loans like FAFSA\u003c/a>,” she said. “It also helps avoid additional costs and penalties.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sandra Argueta-Bonneville, director of operations for the Los Angeles-based \u003ca href=\"https://laccnp.org/\">Central City Neighborhood Partners\u003c/a>, said her tax team is still seeing folks come in wanting to file with an ITIN. “We really thought that these numbers were going to plummet,” she said — before adding that many community members still feel a strong responsibility to pay taxes and have the hope that fulfilling this commitment will help their immigration process in the future.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What else should ITIN holders know?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Last summer, Congress passed the massive spending and tax plan known as the \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/06/28/g-s1-74388/senate-big-beautiful-bill\">One Big Beautiful Bill\u003c/a>, which severely limited the tax credits ITIN holders qualify for.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If a household does not have at least one taxpayer who’s filing their 2025 taxes with a Social Security number, that family will not qualify for the federal Child Tax Credit or the Earned Income Tax Credit. Children claimed as dependents will also need to have a Social Security Number in order to receive the Child Tax Credit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11943501\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11943501\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/pexels-emma-bauso-2253879.jpg\" alt=\"A family of four -- two adult parents or caregivers, and two children -- are photographed skipping along a wet street, holding hands.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1282\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/pexels-emma-bauso-2253879.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/pexels-emma-bauso-2253879-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/pexels-emma-bauso-2253879-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/pexels-emma-bauso-2253879-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/pexels-emma-bauso-2253879-1536x1026.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A family of four skipping along a wet street, holding hands. \u003ccite>(Emma Bauso/Pexels)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Not receiving these credits could now mean a refund that’s thousands of dollars smaller than what families previously received, Argueta-Bonneville said. “A lot of our families really depend on the credits and refunds to be able to reinvest in themselves, their children, and they’re also reinvesting into the community,” she added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, families filing with an ITIN are still eligible for California’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.ftb.ca.gov/file/personal/credits/caleitc/eligibility-and-credit-information.html\">Earned Income Tax Credit\u003c/a> — and if they have children under 6 years old, they can also receive the state’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.ftb.ca.gov/file/personal/credits/young-child-tax-credit.html\">Young Child Tax Credit\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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But earlier this month, U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani \u003ca href=\"https://cdn.craft.cloud/5cd1c590-65ba-4ad2-a52c-b55e67f8f04b/assets/media/Programs/Workers-Rights/ICE_IRS_PreliminaryInjunction_260205_WR.pdf\">blocked this arrangement\u003c/a> — and prohibited ICE agents from viewing \u003cem>any \u003c/em>taxpayer data.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12073513\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12073513\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/251014-AntifaRoundtableFolo-19-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/251014-AntifaRoundtableFolo-19-BL_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/251014-AntifaRoundtableFolo-19-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/251014-AntifaRoundtableFolo-19-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">People line up outside the ICE Field Office in downtown San Francisco on Oct. 14, 2025, for scheduled check-ins and immigration-related appointments. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Judge Talwani’s order makes it very clear that ICE cannot rely on any of the tax-sharing agreements that it entered into with the IRS or use any information that it already received from the IRS,” said Dorothy Chang, managing attorney for workers’ rights at the Asian Law Caucus, one of the groups that took the federal government to court over the agreement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Talwani is the \u003ca href=\"https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/05/second-judge-blocks-irs-from-sharing-taxpayer-information-with-ice-00768196\">second federal judge\u003c/a> to block the IRS-ICE agreement in the past few months, but her ruling has placed some of the strongest restrictions yet on how government agencies share information with each other.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But community tax clinics KQED spoke with across California say they’re still hearing questions from filers on who has access to their personal information — and if there’s still a possibility that ICE will be able to access taxpayer data again in the future.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Keep reading to learn what legal and tax experts know right now about this rapidly changing situation.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What exactly is in Judge Talwani’s order?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In her ruling, Talwani — appointed by President Barack Obama to the U.S. District Court in Boston in 2014 — was highly critical of the Trump administration’s actions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Emphasizing the federal tax system depends on taxpayer trust, Talwaini said that implementing data-sharing agreements “erodes that foundation and undermines the public interest in a functioning tax system.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12069309\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12069309\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/KristiNoemGetty.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/KristiNoemGetty.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/KristiNoemGetty-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/KristiNoemGetty-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem speaks at a news conference on Jan. 7, 2026, in Brownsville, Texas. \u003ccite>(Michael Gonzalez/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Talwani’s order now bars DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, — and any agent from ICE — “from inspecting, viewing, using, copying, distributing, relying on, or otherwise acting upon any return information that had been obtained from or disclosed by the IRS.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The IRS confirmed with the court that it had already shared the addresses of roughly 47,000 noncitizen taxpayers, all of which were stored in the government-issued computer of a single DHS employee. Talwani specifically mentioned that this federal worker is also bound by her order.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Does this ruling permanently strike down the IRS-ICE agreement?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>No. This is only a temporary stay, which blocks the IRS and ICE from working together while the courts make a final decision on whether this arrangement is constitutional or not.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>How has the Trump administration responded to the ruling?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In a written statement, DHS did not directly respond to KQED’s question on how the agency will act to comply with the judicial order.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, a DHS spokesperson defended seeking IRS data, telling KQED by email that “With the IRS information specifically, DHS plans to focus on enforcing long-neglected criminal laws that apply to illegal aliens but which the Biden Administration ignored.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067431\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067431\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251216-ICEPROTEST-33-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251216-ICEPROTEST-33-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251216-ICEPROTEST-33-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251216-ICEPROTEST-33-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Department of Homeland Security officers detain demonstrators outside of the ICE field offices in San Francisco on Dec. 16, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In direct opposition to Talwani’s statements, the agency spokesperson said that sharing information across agencies was “essential to identify who is in our country, including violent criminals, determine what public safety and terror threats may exist so we can neutralize them, scrub these individuals from voter rolls, and identify what public benefits these aliens are using at taxpayer expense.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What are advocates telling immigrants about this ruling?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Immigrant advocates have applauded Talwani’s decision. “When we file our taxes, there is really sensitive data in there,” said Chang from Asian Law Caucus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If we take personal sensitive information that’s protected and use it to hunt down immigrants, that completely undoes the trust that people are placing in the federal government to do the right thing with our taxpayer information,” she said.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Chang added that IRS employees have to follow very strict rules when handling taxpayer data — as established by the \u003ca href=\"https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/26/6103\">Internal Revenue Code\u003c/a>, created by Congress in 1939.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These rules only allow the IRS to share information in \u003cem>very \u003c/em>limited circumstances, including an audit or certain criminal investigations — like those involving a terrorist threat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even the president is blocked from directly accessing IRS data. In 1976, Congress \u003ca href=\"https://www.law.berkeley.edu/center-article/the-future-of-tax-privacy/\">strengthened the privacy rules \u003c/a>in the Internal Revenue Code after White House employees admitted they had tried to obtain tax information about individuals who then-President Richard Nixon \u003ca href=\"https://www.forbes.com/sites/taxnotes/2023/03/13/timelines-in-tax-history-nixon-aide-tried-to-weaponize-the-irs-by-pressuring-the-commissioner/\">considered to be his enemies\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Using the IRS as a political tool would later be one of the accusations Nixon faced from lawmakers who sought to \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/1974/06/14/archives/an-explanation-the-allegatoins-of-nixons-irs-interference-many.html\">impeach him\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What’s next in this legal battle?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The Trump administration may challenge Talwani’s order in the First Circuit Court of Appeals — the next rung in the hierarchy of the federal court system — although the government hasn’t confirmed this yet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The White House has already challenged \u003ca href=\"https://www.politico.com/news/2025/11/21/judge-puts-hold-on-irs-sharing-taxpayer-info-for-immigration-crackdown-00665267\">a similar ruling\u003c/a> against the IRS-ICE agreement by Washington, D.C.-based federal judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12073510\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12073510 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/iStock_000026330737_Large_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1324\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/iStock_000026330737_Large_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/iStock_000026330737_Large_qed-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/iStock_000026330737_Large_qed-1536x1017.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">IRS tax auditor reviewing filings. \u003ccite>(via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>If the administration \u003cem>does \u003c/em>challenge the order, what could happen then? A higher-ranking judge could either back Talwani’s decision or overrule it, giving ICE once again access to IRS data.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But ultimately, the outcome of any future legal battle is unclear, Chang said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, as of now, the IRS remains blocked from sharing any personal taxpayer information with ICE or DHS. We’ll update this guide as new information comes in from the courts.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What are tax experts recommending to filers?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>As the future of the IRS-ICE agreement remains unclear, community organizations that provide \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11909786/how-to-find-free-tax-help-near-you-and-prepare-everything-you-need-for-your-appointment\">free tax services \u003c/a>say they’re still hearing worries from ITIN holders — who are afraid that filing their taxes this year could come at great personal risk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We let them know that we’re still helping them file taxes,” said Lindsay Rojas, director of free tax help at \u003ca href=\"https://uwba.org/what-we-do/free-tax-help/\">United Way Bay Area\u003c/a>. “And if they have any questions or doubts, they should \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12013522/free-legal-aid-in-the-bay-area-how-it-works-where-to-find-it\">consult an immigration attorney\u003c/a> for their case.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rojas stressed that rather than there being any one-size-fits-all advice, this is a decision a person “should make based on their household” and their individual circumstances. Families living in the Bay Area can call 211 to find free tax filing services and an immigration attorney referral.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12073511\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12073511\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/005_SanFrancisco_MEDADairoRomero_05192021_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/005_SanFrancisco_MEDADairoRomero_05192021_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/005_SanFrancisco_MEDADairoRomero_05192021_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/005_SanFrancisco_MEDADairoRomero_05192021_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">MEDA staff member Dairo Romero works on the second floor of the Mission Food Hub in San Francisco on May 19, 2021, where he meets with families to help them file their taxes. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Other groups that provide tax aid confirmed with KQED that they’re also advising filers to check in first with an immigration attorney if they are concerned about their data privacy. It’s also important to mention that if someone has filed with an ITIN for several years already, the IRS \u003ca href=\"https://www.irs.gov/privacy-disclosure/irs-privacy-policy\">has already received\u003c/a> their personal information for past filings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s also important to take into account the potential consequences of not filing taxes, said Minnie Sage, program director of San Francisco-based \u003ca href=\"https://tax-aid.org/\">Tax-Aid\u003c/a>. “A tax return is oftentimes a requirement for proof of income, with things like housing, education and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/fafsa\">federal loans like FAFSA\u003c/a>,” she said. “It also helps avoid additional costs and penalties.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sandra Argueta-Bonneville, director of operations for the Los Angeles-based \u003ca href=\"https://laccnp.org/\">Central City Neighborhood Partners\u003c/a>, said her tax team is still seeing folks come in wanting to file with an ITIN. “We really thought that these numbers were going to plummet,” she said — before adding that many community members still feel a strong responsibility to pay taxes and have the hope that fulfilling this commitment will help their immigration process in the future.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What else should ITIN holders know?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Last summer, Congress passed the massive spending and tax plan known as the \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/06/28/g-s1-74388/senate-big-beautiful-bill\">One Big Beautiful Bill\u003c/a>, which severely limited the tax credits ITIN holders qualify for.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If a household does not have at least one taxpayer who’s filing their 2025 taxes with a Social Security number, that family will not qualify for the federal Child Tax Credit or the Earned Income Tax Credit. Children claimed as dependents will also need to have a Social Security Number in order to receive the Child Tax Credit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11943501\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11943501\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/pexels-emma-bauso-2253879.jpg\" alt=\"A family of four -- two adult parents or caregivers, and two children -- are photographed skipping along a wet street, holding hands.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1282\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/pexels-emma-bauso-2253879.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/pexels-emma-bauso-2253879-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/pexels-emma-bauso-2253879-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/pexels-emma-bauso-2253879-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/pexels-emma-bauso-2253879-1536x1026.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A family of four skipping along a wet street, holding hands. \u003ccite>(Emma Bauso/Pexels)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Not receiving these credits could now mean a refund that’s thousands of dollars smaller than what families previously received, Argueta-Bonneville said. “A lot of our families really depend on the credits and refunds to be able to reinvest in themselves, their children, and they’re also reinvesting into the community,” she added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, families filing with an ITIN are still eligible for California’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.ftb.ca.gov/file/personal/credits/caleitc/eligibility-and-credit-information.html\">Earned Income Tax Credit\u003c/a> — and if they have children under 6 years old, they can also receive the state’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.ftb.ca.gov/file/personal/credits/young-child-tax-credit.html\">Young Child Tax Credit\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/california\">California\u003c/a> lawmakers are seeking to target the deep pockets of for-profit contractors key to the Trump administration’s growing deportation campaign, amid outrage over the killing of U.S. citizens by federal \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/immigration\">immigration\u003c/a> agents in Minneapolis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A new state bill would raise taxes on companies that contract with the federal government to run immigration detention facilities, which hold thousands of men and women in California. \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1633\">AB-1633\u003c/a>, introduced by Assemblymember Matt Haney, D-San Francisco, on Tuesday, would tax operators’ detention contract revenue by 50% annually and reinvest those funds into services supporting immigrant communities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The first-in-the-nation bill aims to mitigate economic, emotional and social harms caused to the state as immigration authorities detain more residents, businesses lose workers and students skip school due to deportation fears, Haney said during a press conference on the bill on Wednesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We will not allow these for-profit corporations to make hundreds of millions of dollars off of human suffering and family separation,” Haney said, flanked by Democratic lawmakers, gubernatorial candidate Tony Thurmond and immigrant advocates. “If you are going to impose this kind of terror on our state and on our people, we are going to tax you for the pain and harm that you’re causing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This comes as the fatal shootings of protesters Alex Pretti, an intensive care unit nurse, and Renee Macklin Good, a mother of three, have\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12071018/california-governor-candidates-denounce-ice-at-san-francisco-forum\"> generated intense backlash\u003c/a> in spaces as varied as professional basketball games, social media influencers’ baking feeds and Trump\u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/transcripts/nx-s1-5688870\"> voter\u003c/a> surveys.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement contracts with three private prison companies — Geo Group, CoreCivic and Management & Training Corporation — for about $560 million per year to run detention centers in the state, according to the California Immigrant Policy Center, a bill sponsor. The seven facilities currently jail more than 6,200 immigrants, ICE’s most recent \u003ca href=\"https://www.ice.gov/detain/detention-management#stats\">figures\u003c/a> show.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12065169\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12065169\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/GettyImages-2240148392-scaled-e1769712035624.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fences and barbed wire surround the CoreCivic Otay Mesa Detention Center on Oct. 4, 2025, in San Diego, California. \u003ccite>(Kevin Carter/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For years, detainees and immigrant advocates, as well as the \u003ca href=\"https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/attorney-general-bonta-warns-dangerous-conditions-california-city-detention\">California Attorney General,\u003c/a> have reported that the facilities have failed to meet ICE’s own detention standards, with substandard medical care, unsanitary living spaces, inadequate access to food and other serious problems. Last year, 32 people died in ICE custody nationwide, the most in two decades. So far this year, six more detainees have died.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alexandra Wilkes, a spokeswoman for the Day 1 Alliance — a trade organization representing Geo Group, CoreCivic and MTC — declined to comment on the new proposed tax, but defended the companies’ records.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For more than 30 years, contractors have partnered with both Democratic and Republican administrations to provide vital services at their request, including safe, humane housing, quality medical and mental health care, and respectful, dignified care for individuals navigating the U.S. immigration system,” Wilkes said in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Without the contractors’ critical services, she added, more immigrants would likely be held in overcrowded local jails, alongside potentially dangerous individuals.[aside postID=news_12069688 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/KernCountyICEDetentionGetty.jpg']“Contractors do not make arrests, do not decide the length of detention, and play no role in determining the legal status of individuals in their care,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under President Donald Trump, the federal government approved last summer an unprecedented \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12069220/south-bay-rep-ro-khanna-horrified-after-visit-to-california-city-ice-detention-center\">$170 billion\u003c/a> over four years for the Department of Homeland Security, which oversees ICE, Border Patrol and other agencies. Those funds include $45 billion for building new immigration detention centers and $30 billion to boost enforcement and deportation operations. The \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12070519/california-senators-visit-immigration-jail-ahead-of-looming-ice-funding-bill-deadline\">Senate is now considering\u003c/a> a House-approved package that would send additional funding to DHS. The measure is largely opposed by Democrats, who are demanding more guardrails for ICE.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kimberly Woo, a Bay Area community organizer, said her elderly family members were apprehended by ICE during their final interview to apply for permanent residency, after 20 years of living in the U.S. They were locked up in the state’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12062774/conditions-at-massive-new-california-immigration-facility-are-alarming-report-finds\">largest and newest detention center\u003c/a> in the Mojave Desert, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Words cannot describe what visceral pain of seeing your elder relative who immigrated to this country to build a better life for our family, break down crying behind a glass screen window where it’s impossible to hug them and hold their hand,” said Woo, who works at the nonprofit Services, Immigrant Rights and Education Network. “No one deserves to experience the same inhumane pain, suffering, and loneliness that my loved one felt every day in that prison.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California legislation previously tried to phase out all for-profit prisons and private detention facilities, but was blocked by the courts. 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California’s corporate income tax is 8.84% on profits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If they look at this tax and they say, ‘That’s too high for us to pay,’ then they can leave,” Haney said. “And certainly, we’re not going to shed any tears if that’s the outcome.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>States may not impose taxes directly on the federal government, but can tax the income of federal employees and contractors. In addition, taxes are often targeted to activities perceived as causing social harm to discourage the taxpayer from creating additional harm or to mitigate it, said UC Davis law professor Darien Shanske, who teaches tax law.[aside postID=news_12071374 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-1.jpg']“You can use the tax system to express values. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“Contractors do not make arrests, do not decide the length of detention, and play no role in determining the legal status of individuals in their care,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under President Donald Trump, the federal government approved last summer an unprecedented \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12069220/south-bay-rep-ro-khanna-horrified-after-visit-to-california-city-ice-detention-center\">$170 billion\u003c/a> over four years for the Department of Homeland Security, which oversees ICE, Border Patrol and other agencies. Those funds include $45 billion for building new immigration detention centers and $30 billion to boost enforcement and deportation operations. The \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12070519/california-senators-visit-immigration-jail-ahead-of-looming-ice-funding-bill-deadline\">Senate is now considering\u003c/a> a House-approved package that would send additional funding to DHS. The measure is largely opposed by Democrats, who are demanding more guardrails for ICE.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kimberly Woo, a Bay Area community organizer, said her elderly family members were apprehended by ICE during their final interview to apply for permanent residency, after 20 years of living in the U.S. They were locked up in the state’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12062774/conditions-at-massive-new-california-immigration-facility-are-alarming-report-finds\">largest and newest detention center\u003c/a> in the Mojave Desert, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Words cannot describe what visceral pain of seeing your elder relative who immigrated to this country to build a better life for our family, break down crying behind a glass screen window where it’s impossible to hug them and hold their hand,” said Woo, who works at the nonprofit Services, Immigrant Rights and Education Network. “No one deserves to experience the same inhumane pain, suffering, and loneliness that my loved one felt every day in that prison.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California legislation previously tried to phase out all for-profit prisons and private detention facilities, but was blocked by the courts. Still, the state has broad authority to tax businesses as it sees fit, including contractors enabling detentions, Haney said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12027566\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12027566 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250218-SFDowntown-14-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250218-SFDowntown-14-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250218-SFDowntown-14-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250218-SFDowntown-14-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250218-SFDowntown-14-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250218-SFDowntown-14-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250218-SFDowntown-14-BL-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Assemblymember Matt Haney speaks during a press conference in Union Square, San Francisco, on Feb. 18, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>He acknowledged the proposed 50% tax on the gross receipts from detention contracts (before operating expenses) would be much larger than most state taxes, and could threaten the companies’ ability to operate in the state. California’s corporate income tax is 8.84% on profits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If they look at this tax and they say, ‘That’s too high for us to pay,’ then they can leave,” Haney said. “And certainly, we’re not going to shed any tears if that’s the outcome.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>States may not impose taxes directly on the federal government, but can tax the income of federal employees and contractors. In addition, taxes are often targeted to activities perceived as causing social harm to discourage the taxpayer from creating additional harm or to mitigate it, said UC Davis law professor Darien Shanske, who teaches tax law.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>A sales tax increase in Santa Clara County appeared headed for victory on Tuesday, signaling a willingness among South Bay voters to help backfill federal cuts to food and health care safety net programs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/measure-a\">Measure A\u003c/a> was leading 57% to 43% in early returns on Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re calling it!” Supervisors Betty Duong and Susan Ellenberg said after results flashed across a flatscreen TV at a Yes on Measure A party in San José’s Willow Glen neighborhood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The measure would increase the county sales tax by five-eighths of a cent for every one dollar spent, raising roughly $330 million annually. County leaders \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12051250/santa-clara-county-voters-could-pay-more-sales-tax-due-to-trump-cuts\">placed it on the ballot\u003c/a> after President Donald Trump approved cuts to Medicaid and SNAP that will reduce county revenues by $1 billion a year by the end of the decade.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Home to four public hospitals, Santa Clara County \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12059539/with-measure-a-santa-clara-county-hopes-to-keep-hospitals-afloat\">was uniquely vulnerable\u003c/a> to the historic cuts to Medicaid, the nation’s health care program for low-income residents and people with disabilities. Supporters of Measure A billed the measure as an opportunity for residents of the liberal county to push back against Republicans in Washington. The campaign closely aligned its messaging with the successful measure to redraw the state’s congressional lines to help Democrats win control of the U.S. House of Representatives.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is affirmation that the people of Santa Clara County are going to determine their own future, and they’ve decided that we will not allow for our health care system to go down,” Duong told KQED. “Had we not had the results we had tonight, had Measure A gone the other way, we would be looking at which hospital to close right now.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Backers of Measure A acknowledged the new revenue would not fully make up for the loss of federal funding. The One Big Beautiful Bill Act that Trump signed this summer is expected to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1997707/how-will-trumps-mega-bill-impact-health-care-in-california\">reduce the number of people\u003c/a> eligible for Medicaid, known as Medi-Cal in California. As a result, the county will receive fewer direct payments and reimbursements for services, and county leaders said cuts to county health services are likely.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The road ahead of us is daunting,” said Santa Clara County Executive James Williams. “We are facing hundreds of millions in cuts even with the passage of Measure A, but this gives us the fight.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12016848\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12016848\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/GettyImages-1230183080.jpg\" alt=\"A large hospital building that says 'Santa Clara Valley Medical Center' in front.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/GettyImages-1230183080.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/GettyImages-1230183080-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/GettyImages-1230183080-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/GettyImages-1230183080-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Santa Clara Valley Medical Center stands on 751 South Bascom Avenue in San José on Sept. 29, 2025. \u003ccite>(Neal Waters/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Still, Measure A supporters argued the sales tax would allow the county to keep all four of its public hospitals open. In recent years, the county expanded its health system beyond Valley Medical Center to acquire struggling hospitals in the region: O’Connor Hospital and Regional Medical Center in San José and St. Louise Regional Hospital in Gilroy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Politicians from across the South Bay’s political spectrum endorsed Measure A, including Assemblymember Patrick Ahrens, Rep. Ro Khanna, San José Mayor Matt Mahan and the entire Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors.[aside label=\"2025 California Special Election\" link1='https://www.kqed.org/measure-a,Learn about Measure A in Santa Clara County' hero=https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Aside-2025-Special-Election-Voter-Guide-Santa-Clara-County-Measure-A-1200x675-1.png]Opponents of Measure A included Cupertino Mayor Liang-Fang Chao and a handful of former mayors and city council members, including Rishi Kumar of Saratoga and Lydia Kou of Palo Alto.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They noted that because Measure A is a general tax, the revenue can technically be spent on any county service. They also argued a sales tax would fall disproportionately on lower-income residents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Opponents also questioned the long-term viability of the county’s health system after the Medicaid cuts. The three hospital acquisitions have ballooned county health care spending, they said, and the sales tax increase was a Band-Aid solution that sidestepped a more serious reevaluation of county health spending.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those messages were largely drowned out by a well-funded campaign in support of Measure A. The main campaign committee raised over $2.6 million through Oct. 31, including $525,000 from the Valley Health Foundation, a nonprofit supporting the county health system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The campaign against Measure A reported virtually no fundraising beyond a $357 loan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the closing weeks of the campaign, opponents accused county leaders of improperly advocating for the sales tax hike.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kumar \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12060326/measure-a-opponents-criticize-county-mailer-ahead-of-election\">criticized a taxpayer-funded mailer\u003c/a> from the county that warned residents of looming health cuts in language closely mirroring the pro-Measure A arguments. The No on Measure A also filed a complaint last week with campaign finance regulators, accusing Sheriff Bob Jonsen of improperly campaigning for the measure while wearing his uniform.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The people have spoken and I hope the county will spend the money judiciously,” Kumar said in a statement after Tuesday’s results.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Yes on Measure A campaign sought to project unity with the popular redistricting measure, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12062781/proposition-50-passes-in-california-boosting-democrats-in-fight-for-us-house-control\">Proposition 50\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A mailer in the final days of the campaign showed a shield inscribed with Measure A and Proposition 50 fending off an arrow labeled “Trump’s Agenda.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“One Election, Two Ballot Measures to Protect California,” the mailer read.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/jgeha\">Joseph Geha\u003c/a> contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The measure would increase the county sales tax by five-eighths of a cent for every one dollar spent, raising roughly $330 million annually. County leaders \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12051250/santa-clara-county-voters-could-pay-more-sales-tax-due-to-trump-cuts\">placed it on the ballot\u003c/a> after President Donald Trump approved cuts to Medicaid and SNAP that will reduce county revenues by $1 billion a year by the end of the decade.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Home to four public hospitals, Santa Clara County \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12059539/with-measure-a-santa-clara-county-hopes-to-keep-hospitals-afloat\">was uniquely vulnerable\u003c/a> to the historic cuts to Medicaid, the nation’s health care program for low-income residents and people with disabilities. Supporters of Measure A billed the measure as an opportunity for residents of the liberal county to push back against Republicans in Washington. The campaign closely aligned its messaging with the successful measure to redraw the state’s congressional lines to help Democrats win control of the U.S. House of Representatives.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is affirmation that the people of Santa Clara County are going to determine their own future, and they’ve decided that we will not allow for our health care system to go down,” Duong told KQED. “Had we not had the results we had tonight, had Measure A gone the other way, we would be looking at which hospital to close right now.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Backers of Measure A acknowledged the new revenue would not fully make up for the loss of federal funding. The One Big Beautiful Bill Act that Trump signed this summer is expected to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1997707/how-will-trumps-mega-bill-impact-health-care-in-california\">reduce the number of people\u003c/a> eligible for Medicaid, known as Medi-Cal in California. As a result, the county will receive fewer direct payments and reimbursements for services, and county leaders said cuts to county health services are likely.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The road ahead of us is daunting,” said Santa Clara County Executive James Williams. “We are facing hundreds of millions in cuts even with the passage of Measure A, but this gives us the fight.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12016848\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12016848\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/GettyImages-1230183080.jpg\" alt=\"A large hospital building that says 'Santa Clara Valley Medical Center' in front.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/GettyImages-1230183080.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/GettyImages-1230183080-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/GettyImages-1230183080-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/GettyImages-1230183080-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Santa Clara Valley Medical Center stands on 751 South Bascom Avenue in San José on Sept. 29, 2025. \u003ccite>(Neal Waters/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Still, Measure A supporters argued the sales tax would allow the county to keep all four of its public hospitals open. In recent years, the county expanded its health system beyond Valley Medical Center to acquire struggling hospitals in the region: O’Connor Hospital and Regional Medical Center in San José and St. Louise Regional Hospital in Gilroy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Politicians from across the South Bay’s political spectrum endorsed Measure A, including Assemblymember Patrick Ahrens, Rep. Ro Khanna, San José Mayor Matt Mahan and the entire Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Opponents of Measure A included Cupertino Mayor Liang-Fang Chao and a handful of former mayors and city council members, including Rishi Kumar of Saratoga and Lydia Kou of Palo Alto.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They noted that because Measure A is a general tax, the revenue can technically be spent on any county service. They also argued a sales tax would fall disproportionately on lower-income residents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Opponents also questioned the long-term viability of the county’s health system after the Medicaid cuts. The three hospital acquisitions have ballooned county health care spending, they said, and the sales tax increase was a Band-Aid solution that sidestepped a more serious reevaluation of county health spending.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those messages were largely drowned out by a well-funded campaign in support of Measure A. The main campaign committee raised over $2.6 million through Oct. 31, including $525,000 from the Valley Health Foundation, a nonprofit supporting the county health system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The campaign against Measure A reported virtually no fundraising beyond a $357 loan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the closing weeks of the campaign, opponents accused county leaders of improperly advocating for the sales tax hike.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kumar \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12060326/measure-a-opponents-criticize-county-mailer-ahead-of-election\">criticized a taxpayer-funded mailer\u003c/a> from the county that warned residents of looming health cuts in language closely mirroring the pro-Measure A arguments. The No on Measure A also filed a complaint last week with campaign finance regulators, accusing Sheriff Bob Jonsen of improperly campaigning for the measure while wearing his uniform.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The people have spoken and I hope the county will spend the money judiciously,” Kumar said in a statement after Tuesday’s results.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Yes on Measure A campaign sought to project unity with the popular redistricting measure, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12062781/proposition-50-passes-in-california-boosting-democrats-in-fight-for-us-house-control\">Proposition 50\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A mailer in the final days of the campaign showed a shield inscribed with Measure A and Proposition 50 fending off an arrow labeled “Trump’s Agenda.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“One Election, Two Ballot Measures to Protect California,” the mailer read.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/jgeha\">Joseph Geha\u003c/a> contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>With only a few days left before \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11909786/how-to-find-free-tax-help-near-you-and-prepare-everything-you-need-for-your-appointment\">Tuesday’s filing deadline\u003c/a>, the Internal Revenue Service made a major change in how President Donald Trump’s administration can use the tax records of certain undocumented immigrants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On April 7, Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent signed \u003ca href=\"https://embed.documentcloud.org/documents/25889274-mou-0408/\">a memorandum of understanding\u003c/a> with the Department of Homeland Security, on behalf of the IRS, allowing for the agency to share personal tax information of undocumented immigrants who are “under criminal investigation.” This is the first time the IRS has entered into this kind of agreement as part of an immigration enforcement mandate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#A\">Jump straight to: What are lawyers and advocates advising people who haven’t filed their taxes yet to do?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://embed.documentcloud.org/documents/25889274-mou-0408/\">15-page document\u003c/a> — still partially redacted — lays out the details of this agreement between the IRS and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the primary federal agency tasked with carrying out deportations. According to the document, ICE can now request the information of noncitizens that the immigration agency is \u003ca href=\"https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1253&num=0&edition=prelim\">investigating for specific federal crimes\u003c/a>, including staying in the country after receiving a final order of removal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For months, different media outlets \u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2025/02/10/irs-immigration-ice-raids/\">had reported that Trump administration officials were in talks with the IRS\u003c/a> to access the tax data of undocumented immigrants, but it was unclear what exactly was on the table. Now that the agreement is widely available, immigrant advocacy groups \u003ca href=\"https://www.ilrc.org/immigrant-legal-resource-center-denounces-irs-agreement-cooperate-ice-sharing-sensitive-data\">are criticizing the IRS for accepting these terms\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This represents a broken promise to immigrants across the country who have relied on \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12030564/who-can-see-my-tax-information-when-i-file\">the representation of the IRS that their information will not be shared with immigration enforcement\u003c/a>,” said Josh Rosenthal, who leads the workers’ rights program at the Asian Law Caucus in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12030564/who-can-see-my-tax-information-when-i-file\">previously reported\u003c/a> that Bay Area community tax clinics have consistently heard concerns this year from families worried that the IRS would share their tax information with other government agencies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Attempting to transform the tax system into an immigration enforcement tool is not just illegal and immoral, it’s also destructive economic policy,” said Kelly Batson, chief community impact officer for \u003ca href=\"https://uwba.org/what-we-do/free-tax-help/\">United Way Bay Area\u003c/a>, which works with free tax sites all over the region.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Attacks on immigrant communities push vulnerable families further into the shadows and deeper into poverty,” she said, adding that she is “beyond dismayed.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED spoke to legal experts familiar with the IRS document to better understand who it impacts — and what this could mean for the tax data privacy of undocumented immigrants and the overall U.S. population.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12035741\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12035741\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/GettyImages-2209419978.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/GettyImages-2209419978.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/GettyImages-2209419978-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/GettyImages-2209419978-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/GettyImages-2209419978-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent looks on as U.S. President Donald Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House on April 9, 2025, in Washington, D.C. \u003ccite>(Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>What is the objective of the IRS-ICE agreement?\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://embed.documentcloud.org/documents/25889274-mou-0408/\">agreement\u003c/a> states that the Department of Homeland Security “has identified numerous aliens illegally present in the United States” who have received a final order of removal.” These individuals, DHS claims, are “under criminal investigation” for violating federal law.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The law in question is \u003ca href=\"https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1253&num=0&edition=prelim\">a section in the U.S. Code\u003c/a> that establishes that noncitizens could be in violation of the law if they do not leave the U.S. within 90 days of receiving a final order of removal. The IRS-ICE memorandum of understanding also agrees that the federal government can request data if a person is in violation of “another specifically designated Federal criminal statute.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_11909786 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/04/pexels-sora-shimazaki-5668869.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Does the agreement include every undocumented immigrant in the country? At the moment, according to Rosenthal, the document only allows the IRS and ICE to share data “in the limited circumstance of investigating a federal crime.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It is not a crime in itself to be undocumented,” Rosenthal said. “That’s a civil violation, and that is not a valid reason for the IRS to share information.” Instead, he explained that the federal crime the Trump administration identified is “staying in the country past a final order of removal.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to data from the \u003ca href=\"https://tracreports.org/phptools/immigration/closure/\">Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse\u003c/a>, a research organization that makes government data available, federal immigration judges \u003ca href=\"https://tracreports.org/phptools/immigration/closure/\">issued 162,514 removal orders in the first two months of this year\u003c/a>. By contrast, around \u003ca href=\"https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/07/22/what-we-know-about-unauthorized-immigrants-living-in-the-us/\">11 million undocumented people live in the U.S.\u003c/a>, according to 2022 data from the Pew Research Center.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Immigration law experts \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12014436/undocumented-what-to-know-before-a-second-trump-term\">have previously told KQED\u003c/a> that just because someone is in the U.S. without proper documentation, this does not necessarily mean they have a removal order against them. If you are currently in an active removal proceeding, you should have previously received a letter from the Executive Office of Immigration Review, which manages federal immigration courts.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Why does the IRS have the personal information of undocumented immigrants in the first place?\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Individuals without a legal immigration status can pay taxes thanks to an \u003ca href=\"https://www.irs.gov/tin/itin/individual-taxpayer-identification-number-itin\">individual taxpayer identification number\u003c/a> (ITIN) granted by the IRS.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to a 2024 report by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, undocumented immigrants \u003ca href=\"https://itep.org/undocumented-immigrants-taxes-2024/\">paid $96.7 billion in federal, state and local taxes in 2022\u003c/a>.[aside postID=news_12030564 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/taxes041511_qed-1020x682.jpg']The IRS started issuing ITINs in 1996 in order to improve tax collection among people without a Social Security number. Many people who use an ITIN to file are undocumented, although other groups — including the spouses of workers legally authorized to work in the U.S. and international students — use an ITIN as well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Federal law blocks undocumented immigrants from receiving Medicare or Social Security retirement benefits — despite this group contributing massively to these programs — but many still do so in order to potentially \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2017/04/17/523634144/tax-filings-seen-dipping-amid-trump-crackdown-on-illegal-immigration\">improve their chances of obtaining legal immigration status\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Requesting an ITIN from the IRS \u003ca href=\"https://www.irs.gov/tin/itin/how-to-apply-for-an-itin\">can be a complicated process\u003c/a> that requires applicants to send their foreign passports, along with other personal information, to the tax agency. And for decades, millions of undocumented immigrants \u003ca href=\"https://itep.org/undocumented-immigrants-taxes-2024/\">shared their personal information with the IRS\u003c/a> under the assumption that only the agency would have access to this data.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Is the IRS-ICE agreement legal?\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In a statement to NPR, the Treasury Department, which oversees the IRS, \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/04/08/g-s1-59056/irs-dhs-information-sharing-deal-immigrants-tax-records\">insisted that the agreement with ICE\u003c/a> is based on “longstanding authorities granted by Congress, which serve to protect the privacy of law-abiding Americans while streamlining the ability to pursue criminals.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But legal experts KQED spoke to were critical of the government’s argument.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The agreement “doesn’t seem to truly meet the requirements of the law,” said Rosenthal from Asian Law Caucus. He points to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/26/6103\">Internal Revenue Code (IRC)\u003c/a>, a set of laws established by Congress that the IRS must follow, including a section on how the agency must handle personal taxpayer data.[aside postID=news_12014436 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/GettyImages-1217922027_edited-1020x678.png']The IRC “imposed pretty stark requirements for information to be shared and even how that information can be used once it is shared,” Rosenthal said. Both \u003ca href=\"https://www.cbsnews.com/news/internal-revenue-service-immigrant-tax-data-ice/\">the IRS commissioner and the agency’s chief privacy officer have resigned\u003c/a> since news of the ICE deal emerged, which Rosenthal sees as “indications of just how radical this move is.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Weeks before the IRS and ICE reached an agreement, immigrant advocacy groups in the Chicago area \u003ca href=\"https://www.citizen.org/wp-content/uploads/1-Complaint-10.pdf\">sued the Trump administration in order to prevent this type of data-sharing\u003c/a>. “We think that this is illegal and unlawful,” said Michael Kirkpatrick, an attorney with Public Citizen Litigation Group, the legal aid organization that represents the plaintiffs in the lawsuit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If the IRS was just going to do what they’ve always done, which is share information on a very individualized case-by-case basis, they wouldn’t need this new memorandum of understanding,” he said, adding that his team has already heard from tax clinics that fewer people are filing taxes with an ITIN this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The government is not going to get the benefit of that revenue, including the revenue that goes to Social Security and Medicare,” Rosenthal said. “The repercussions are going to be felt not just in the immigrant community, but by all of us.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>\u003ca id=\"A\">\u003c/a>What are lawyers and advocates advising people who haven’t filed their taxes yet to do?\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Since several sections of the memorandum of understanding are redacted, there are still parts of the IRS-ICE agreement that remain unclear. 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Some also offer unscheduled walk-in appointments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Find free tax help near you online:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Visit \u003ca href=\"https://www.myfreetaxes.org/\">myfreetaxes.org \u003c/a>to schedule an in-person or virtual appointment (or to file on your own for free)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Use \u003ca href=\"https://earnitkeepitsaveit.org/\">United Way Bay Area’s map\u003c/a>.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Find free tax help near you by phone:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Call 211\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Text “taxes” to 211-211 (a text help line from United Ways of California and 211) to find a free tax filing site near you.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"prep\">\u003c/a>What to have ready before filing\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The last two weeks before Tax Day tend to be the busiest period for free tax clinics, with many seeing up to hundreds of people each week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For this reason, the tax aid groups KQED spoke to stressed just how important it is for filers to have \u003cem>everything\u003c/em> ready ahead of time — to make the process as easy and fast as possible. 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"content": "\u003cp>After at least \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/202520260AB53_Assembly-Revenue-And-Taxation.pdf#page=9\">eight tries\u003c/a> in the Legislature, California may finally join every other state in providing at least some tax exemptions for military retirement income, which supporters argue will help veterans stay in the state and contribute to a skilled workforce.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Assemblymember \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/legislators/james-ramos-149649\">James Ramos\u003c/a> has introduced, for the third time, a bill that would \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/bills/ca_202520260ab53\">allow veterans to exempt\u003c/a> up to $20,000 of their federal pensions if they make under $125,000 a year. He narrowed his bill from last year that sought to exempt a veteran’s full retirement income. Sen. \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/legislators/kelly-seyarto-165446\">Kelly Seyarto\u003c/a>, a Republican from Murrieta, introduced a \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/bills/ca_202520260sb1\">similar bill in the Senate\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Overall, about 1.4 million veterans live in California, of whom 141,000 receive military retirement income, according to the latest data available from the U.S. Department of Defense. Another 26,000 Californians receive survivor benefits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ramos said the state would benefit from keeping veterans in California, where they might work in other industries after retiring from the military and further contribute to the tax base. California is home to the Navy’s Pacific Fleet and tens of thousands of Marines at Camp Pendleton.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They bring tested job expertise to our California workforce, they live in our communities and serve as volunteers and leaders,” said Ramos, a Democrat from San Bernardino. “California can’t afford not to put out the welcome mat for our veterans.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The goal of both bills, the legislators say, is to try to keep more military retirees in California. The state has seen its retired military population decrease due to out-of-state moves and deaths by about 28% from more than 195,000 in \u003ca href=\"https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/tr/pdf/ADA389554.pdf#page=29\">2000\u003c/a> to just over 141,000 in \u003ca href=\"https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/tr/pdf/ADA389554.pdf\">2022 (PDF)\u003c/a>, according to data from the U.S. Department of Defense. California’s rate of decline during that time was second only to the District of Columbia, where it declined by 35%.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Data was not available on the employment rate among military retirees — those who served at least 20 years. But among the broader group of veterans aged 35 to 64, about 96% of those still in the labor force in California were employed, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘The primary factor is cost of living’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Veterans leave the state for many reasons, “but the primary factor is cost of living,” David Boone, president of the San Diego Military Advisory Council, testified at a \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/hearings/258551?t=390&f=7e2700dc04cf95b958401ed59603fbd4\">recent state tax and revenue committee\u003c/a> hearing on Seyarto’s bill.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The states that are gaining veterans have developed strategies to target and attract veterans to their state,” he said.[aside postID=news_11966533 hero='https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/CM01-1020x680.jpg']Military retirees in California receive \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/hearings/256920?t=1440&f=b692d248c11451c748c08c8c2bd5abdc\">approximately $29,000 each annually\u003c/a> — a total of about $4 billion a year as of 2022, according to the Department of Finance. Surviving relatives of veterans receive a combined $400 million.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If the tax break became law, California would lose an average of $600 in income tax revenue from each of the 130,000 eligible veterans, according to the \u003ca href=\"https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/820\">Legislative Analyst’s Office\u003c/a>.Gov. Gavin Newsom is proposing a similar idea through his budget proposal. His office estimates it would cost the state about $130 million in the next fiscal year, and $85 million each year after that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the financial incentive might be too small to convince retirees to stay in California, the Legislative Analyst’s Office noted, doing little to achieve the state’s goal of making the state a more competitive destination.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s the case for Sue Johnson, a former Californian who retired in Nevada after serving 27 years in the Air Force and the Air National Guard.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Even if it passes, I don’t think at this point that it’s enough,” she said. “Both for my husband and I … We both had nothing and we’ve worked hard our whole lives, but then to get to the point where that is not recognized in the state policies … It’s just too much.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Teachers, firefighters, police might like a tax break\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Staff on the Senate’s \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/202520260SB1_Senate-Revenue-And-Taxation-2.pdf\">committee on revenue and taxation (PDF)\u003c/a> also raised a concern that Seyarto’s bill might set a precedent for other professions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If the Legislature exempts retirement income for one line of work that provides a direct benefit to the public, why should it not extend the same treatment for other commendable professions, such as teachers, firefighters, or police officers? This may lead to a slippery slope where retirement income from other professions is excluded from gross income, thereby eroding the income tax base,” the committee’s consultants wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Military retirees and surviving relatives pay state and federal income taxes in California, but receive exemptions on military death benefits paid to qualified survivors, pay for time served in combat zones and partial property tax exemptions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of the 41 states that have a state income tax, 25 states fully exempt military retirement income, and the rest partially exempt it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state analyst said California could see a non-monetary value to the proposal, though: It “would no longer be the only state that fully taxes military retirement income. In this sense, although it is a small financial incentive, the proposal may well improve veterans’ perception of California.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They bring tested job expertise to our California workforce, they live in our communities and serve as volunteers and leaders,” said Ramos, a Democrat from San Bernardino. “California can’t afford not to put out the welcome mat for our veterans.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The goal of both bills, the legislators say, is to try to keep more military retirees in California. The state has seen its retired military population decrease due to out-of-state moves and deaths by about 28% from more than 195,000 in \u003ca href=\"https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/tr/pdf/ADA389554.pdf#page=29\">2000\u003c/a> to just over 141,000 in \u003ca href=\"https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/tr/pdf/ADA389554.pdf\">2022 (PDF)\u003c/a>, according to data from the U.S. Department of Defense. California’s rate of decline during that time was second only to the District of Columbia, where it declined by 35%.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Data was not available on the employment rate among military retirees — those who served at least 20 years. But among the broader group of veterans aged 35 to 64, about 96% of those still in the labor force in California were employed, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘The primary factor is cost of living’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Veterans leave the state for many reasons, “but the primary factor is cost of living,” David Boone, president of the San Diego Military Advisory Council, testified at a \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/hearings/258551?t=390&f=7e2700dc04cf95b958401ed59603fbd4\">recent state tax and revenue committee\u003c/a> hearing on Seyarto’s bill.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The states that are gaining veterans have developed strategies to target and attract veterans to their state,” he said.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Military retirees in California receive \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/hearings/256920?t=1440&f=b692d248c11451c748c08c8c2bd5abdc\">approximately $29,000 each annually\u003c/a> — a total of about $4 billion a year as of 2022, according to the Department of Finance. Surviving relatives of veterans receive a combined $400 million.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If the tax break became law, California would lose an average of $600 in income tax revenue from each of the 130,000 eligible veterans, according to the \u003ca href=\"https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/820\">Legislative Analyst’s Office\u003c/a>.Gov. Gavin Newsom is proposing a similar idea through his budget proposal. His office estimates it would cost the state about $130 million in the next fiscal year, and $85 million each year after that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the financial incentive might be too small to convince retirees to stay in California, the Legislative Analyst’s Office noted, doing little to achieve the state’s goal of making the state a more competitive destination.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s the case for Sue Johnson, a former Californian who retired in Nevada after serving 27 years in the Air Force and the Air National Guard.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Even if it passes, I don’t think at this point that it’s enough,” she said. “Both for my husband and I … We both had nothing and we’ve worked hard our whole lives, but then to get to the point where that is not recognized in the state policies … It’s just too much.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Teachers, firefighters, police might like a tax break\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Staff on the Senate’s \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/202520260SB1_Senate-Revenue-And-Taxation-2.pdf\">committee on revenue and taxation (PDF)\u003c/a> also raised a concern that Seyarto’s bill might set a precedent for other professions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If the Legislature exempts retirement income for one line of work that provides a direct benefit to the public, why should it not extend the same treatment for other commendable professions, such as teachers, firefighters, or police officers? This may lead to a slippery slope where retirement income from other professions is excluded from gross income, thereby eroding the income tax base,” the committee’s consultants wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Military retirees and surviving relatives pay state and federal income taxes in California, but receive exemptions on military death benefits paid to qualified survivors, pay for time served in combat zones and partial property tax exemptions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of the 41 states that have a state income tax, 25 states fully exempt military retirement income, and the rest partially exempt it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state analyst said California could see a non-monetary value to the proposal, though: It “would no longer be the only state that fully taxes military retirement income. In this sense, although it is a small financial incentive, the proposal may well improve veterans’ perception of California.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 11:15 a.m. Tuesday: Multiple media outlets have reported that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) reached a deal with the Trump administration on April 7 that would grant immigration officials access to the personal information of undocumented immigrants who have been ordered to leave the United States. This agreement — which complete details have yet to be made public — represents a major shift for the IRS. KQED will be updating this story as more information becomes available. \u003ca href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/08/politics/irs-dhs-sign-data-deal-undocumented-immigrants/index.html\">Read more about the deal between the IRS and the Trump administration.\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Every year, thousands of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11909786/how-to-find-free-tax-help-near-you-and-prepare-everything-you-need-for-your-appointment\">Bay Area families file their taxes for free\u003c/a> at the Mission Economic Development Agency (MEDA) in San Francisco. These clients include people who file taxes using an \u003ca href=\"https://www.irs.gov/tin/itin/individual-taxpayer-identification-number-itin\">individual taxpayer identification number (ITIN)\u003c/a> from the Internal Revenue Service, or IRS, in the absence of a Social Security number.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Almost everyone who earns income in the United States is required to pay taxes, regardless of their immigration status. \u003ca href=\"https://www.nilc.org/resources/itinfaq/\">This includes millions of undocumented people\u003c/a> who file their taxes — alongside American citizens and immigrants with work permits — in order to comply with federal tax law and potentially improve their chances of one day obtaining legal immigration status.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But this year, there’s one question that MEDA’s VP of family support and school-based services, Jaqueline Marcelos, said her staff is hearing more: How private is my tax information?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lindsay Rojas, senior program manager with United Way Bay Area (UWBA), works with free tax sites like MEDA all over the region and said she’s been hearing the same concern, too: “Will my information be shared with other agencies?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Marcelos attributes the anxiety she’s seeing from clients to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12024332/ice-raids-in-california-how-to-sort-fact-from-rumor-online\">President Donald Trump’s moves to target undocumented immigrants under his new administration\u003c/a>. In February, \u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/02/28/immigration-enforcement-trump-administration-irs/\">the Washington Post reported\u003c/a> that the Department of Homeland Security asked the IRS to provide the addresses and phone numbers of individuals who may be in the country without a legal immigration status — a request that the IRS ultimately rejected.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12030567\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/internal-revenue-service_qed.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12030567\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/internal-revenue-service_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/internal-revenue-service_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/internal-revenue-service_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/internal-revenue-service_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/internal-revenue-service_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/internal-revenue-service_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/internal-revenue-service_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) building stands on April 15, 2019 in Washington, D.C. Due to privacy rules passed by Congress in 1976, tax returns are confidential information — not public documents the president can access when desired. \u003ccite>(Zach Gibson/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The tax agency has also been a target of the informal Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) — led by billionaire Elon Musk — which reportedly \u003ca href=\"https://www.reuters.com/world/us/top-musk-staffer-goes-irs-examine-operations-sources-say-2025-02-13/\">showed up at the IRS headquarters last month in order to review agency operations\u003c/a>. The IRS was able to block \u003ca href=\"https://www.reuters.com/world/us/irs-blocks-musk-aide-accessing-taxpayer-data-2025-02-21/#:~:text=Feb%2021%20(Reuters)%20%2D%20The,agency%20and%20the%20Trump%20administration.\">one of Musk’s DOGE aides from accessing individual taxpayer returns\u003c/a> and other personal information.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But what laws are in place that establish how the IRS acts and who it shares information with? And can these rules hold off \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12026245/can-trump-actually-change-federal-funding-rules-through-executive-orders\">a president who has shown his determination to reshape how the federal government works\u003c/a>? While the IRS did not reply to KQED’s multiple requests for comment, we spoke to multiple tax experts about current tax law to understand what legal mechanisms protect personal taxpayer data and recent actions by the IRS to protect this information.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What rules does the IRS have to follow?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>When you submit information to the IRS, your tax return by law cannot be shared \u003cem>outside \u003c/em>of the IRS, said Amy Spivey, professor and director of the Low-Income Taxpayer Clinic at UC College of the Law in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Historically, what that means is: the IRS is not permitted to share information about those who may be undocumented or without status here in the United States with other organizations like the Department of Homeland Security or ICE,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The IRS operates under the \u003ca href=\"https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/26/6103\">Internal Revenue Code (IRC)\u003c/a>, first \u003ca href=\"https://guides.ll.georgetown.edu/c.php?g=271147&p=2630483#:~:text=There%20have%20been%20three%20major,laws%20were%20individual%20Revenue%20Acts.\">established by Congress in 1939\u003c/a>, which defines not just how the federal government collects taxes but also what it does with taxpayer data. Specifically, IRC Section 6103 establishes that “taxpayer information is extremely confidential,” said Josh Rosenthal, who leads the workers’ rights program at the Asian Law Caucus in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12029428 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250226-NAMEGENDERMARKERS-12-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Taxpayer information at the IRS can only be disclosed under extremely, extremely limited circumstances,” Rosenthal said, “mostly for the purposes of administering the tax system.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some of these exceptions the IRC provides \u003cem>do \u003c/em>apply during certain investigations, like taxpayer audits, for example, when the IRS needs to update state tax agencies — such as California’s Franchise Tax Board — that there are changes to a taxpayer’s filing information, or in limited criminal investigations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But there is no such exception for immigration enforcement “or other civil enforcement,” Rosenthal said — “and the exceptions that are there for criminal enforcement have substantial, procedural protection to make sure that taxpayer information is protected.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And even if an individual IRS employee wanted to share taxpayer information, Rosenthal added, “it’s actually a crime for a federal employee to look at or disclose taxpayer information outside of those privacy protections.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>How do undocumented immigrants pay taxes?\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The IRS started issuing ITINs in 1996 in order to improve tax collection, and since then, \u003ca href=\"https://immigrationforum.org/article/fact-sheet-individual-taxpayer-identification-numbers-itins/\">millions of people working in the U.S. have paid their taxes with an ITIN\u003c/a>. Many people who use an ITIN to file are undocumented, although \u003ca href=\"https://immigrationforum.org/article/fact-sheet-individual-taxpayer-identification-numbers-itins/#_ftnref8\">other groups may use an ITIN, too\u003c/a>, including the spouses of workers legally authorized to work in the U.S. and international students. \u003ca href=\"https://www.irs.gov/tin/itin/how-to-apply-for-an-itin\">Requesting an ITIN from the IRS can be\u003c/a> a complicated process that requires applicants to send their foreign passports, along with other personal information, to the tax agency.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to \u003ca href=\"https://itep.org/undocumented-immigrants-taxes-2024/\">a 2024 report by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy\u003c/a>, undocumented immigrants paid $96.7 billion in federal, state, and local taxes in 2022. However, undocumented immigrants are barred from receiving Medicare or Social Security retirement benefits — \u003ca href=\"https://taxpolicycenter.org/fiscal-facts/yes-undocumented-immigrants-pay-taxes-and-receive-few-tax-benefits#:~:text=Most%20people%20who%20pay%20into,tax%20benefits%20as%20US%20citizens.\">despite contributing massively to these programs\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Everybody who earns income in the United States is obligated to file taxes,” said Rosenthal from the Asian Law Caucus. “ITINs [recognize] that people are here across a range of immigration situations in order to build safe and healthy lives for themselves and for their families.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11982862\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1600px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/gettyimages-1403824678_slide-f338fde370196cf054676c1627f763c404b1fa9a-s1600-c85-copy.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11982862\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/gettyimages-1403824678_slide-f338fde370196cf054676c1627f763c404b1fa9a-s1600-c85-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1066\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/gettyimages-1403824678_slide-f338fde370196cf054676c1627f763c404b1fa9a-s1600-c85-copy.jpg 1600w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/gettyimages-1403824678_slide-f338fde370196cf054676c1627f763c404b1fa9a-s1600-c85-copy-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/gettyimages-1403824678_slide-f338fde370196cf054676c1627f763c404b1fa9a-s1600-c85-copy-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/gettyimages-1403824678_slide-f338fde370196cf054676c1627f763c404b1fa9a-s1600-c85-copy-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/gettyimages-1403824678_slide-f338fde370196cf054676c1627f763c404b1fa9a-s1600-c85-copy-1536x1023.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">This year, those who are eligible can do their taxes directly through the IRS using their Direct File tool instead of buying and using tax software. \u003ccite>(d3sign/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>However, at the start of the previous Trump administration, community tax clinics in the Bay Area reported \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2017/04/17/523634144/tax-filings-seen-dipping-amid-trump-crackdown-on-illegal-immigration\">a 20% decline in the number of people filing with ITINs\u003c/a>. Staff working at these clinics told NPR in 2017 that their undocumented clients felt discouraged to file taxes when the federal government was making the path to citizenship much harder for them.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Could the Trump administration force the IRS to break the law?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Since his return to the White House, Trump and his allies \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12026245/can-trump-actually-change-federal-funding-rules-through-executive-orders\">have intervened in almost every corner of the federal government\u003c/a>. Many of these actions have already been frozen by federal judges across the country, with legal scholars insisting that the administration \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12028351/what-happens-if-the-president-disobeys-the-courts-a-constitutional-crisis-experts-say\">has been acting against federal law and the U.S. Constitution\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The IRS has already been a target of the informal Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), led by billionaire Elon Musk. Around \u003ca href=\"https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/irs-drafting-plans-to-slash-as-much-as-half-of-its-90000-person-workforce-leaving-agency-dysfunctional-ap-sources-say\">7,000 probationary IRS employees were laid off\u003c/a> in February, and\u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/us/politics/irs-taxes-trump-musk-federal-workers.html\"> the Trump administration is now assessing budget cuts and additional layoffs\u003c/a> that could ultimately result in the IRS reducing its workforce by up to 50%.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Against this backdrop, could Trump force the IRS to go against its own laws and disclose to other federal agencies the personal information of specific taxpayers — immigrant taxpayers using their ITINs, for example?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“One of the things that we’ve seen across the board with this administration is that they are acting erratically and chaotically,” said Rosenthal from the Asian Law Caucus — “and they’re trying to inspire confusion and fear, particularly among immigrant communities.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He points out that many of these tax privacy protections were created in response to a previous American president who tried to weaponize the IRS: Richard Nixon. In 1973, members of the Nixon administration testified to Congress that they \u003ca href=\"https://www.forbes.com/sites/taxnotes/2023/03/13/timelines-in-tax-history-nixon-aide-tried-to-weaponize-the-irs-by-pressuring-the-commissioner/\">tried — and failed — to obtain from the IRS tax information about individuals that Nixon considered to be his enemies.\u003c/a> Using the IRS as a political tool would later be \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/1974/06/14/archives/an-explanation-the-allegatoins-of-nixons-irs-interference-many.html\">one of the accusations Nixon faced from lawmakers who wanted to impeach him\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11721589\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/nixonsb-3_enl-ff57c096653782415da98c1be82a850c3c68bfd3-e1741642037958.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11721589\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/nixonsb-3_enl-ff57c096653782415da98c1be82a850c3c68bfd3-e1741642037958.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1654\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">President Richard Nixon speaking on a beach in Santa Barbara in March 1969. Using the IRS as a political tool would later be one of the accusations Nixon faced from lawmakers who wanted to impeach him.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A few years later, Congress passed the \u003ca href=\"https://www.congress.gov/bill/94th-congress/house-bill/10612\">Tax Reform Act of 1976\u003c/a>, which established the privacy rules in the Internal Revenue Code 6103 and made it clear that \u003ca href=\"https://www.law.berkeley.edu/center-article/the-future-of-tax-privacy/\">tax returns are confidential information\u003c/a> — not public documents the president can access when desired. On March 7, \u003ca href=\"https://www.citizen.org/wp-content/uploads/1-Complaint-10.pdf\">immigration advocacy groups based out of Chicago sued IRS leadership,\u003c/a> arguing that Internal Revenue Code section 6103 “forbids Defendants from complying with requests — whether from the President, DHS, ICE, or a state — to share return or return information for purposes of immigration enforcement.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rosenthal said there is reason to believe that the IRS will protect its autonomy once again if challenged, just like agency employees pushed back against Nixon in the 1970s. “There are career staff in these agencies who … emphasize that everybody has the same obligation to pay taxes, and people who are doing that shouldn’t be made to fear because of their participation in the system,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12028454 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/GettyImages-2177324845-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When officials from DOGE \u003ca href=\"https://www.reuters.com/world/us/top-musk-staffer-goes-irs-examine-operations-sources-say-2025-02-13/\">showed up at the IRS headquarters last month in order to review agency operations\u003c/a>, the IRS responded by asking for clear and written rules of what information DOGE would be able to access. The agreement reached between federal officials states that if DOGE employees were to look at any taxpayer returns, that information “shall only be provided if it is anonymized and in a manner that cannot be associated with, directly or indirectly, any taxpayer.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The IRS did not reply to multiple requests from KQED to comment on this agreement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“[Internal Revenue Code 6103] should be protecting the tax return information of those who are undocumented, for now,” said Spivey from UC Law. “Whether this will stay in place or whether it will be amended, that’s another question.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Amid this uncertainty, if you are still nervous that filing taxes may complicate your immigration situation, every tax expert KQED spoke to recommends that you reach out to a legal services organization or a lawyer, with whom you can discuss your particular situation and make a decision that is best for you and your family.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Every scenario is different … We cannot provide one statement for everybody,” said Marcelos from MEDA. “[Clients] need to check with their immigration lawyer.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11909786/how-to-find-free-tax-help-near-you-and-prepare-everything-you-need-for-your-appointment\">Read our guide on how to find a free or low-cost tax preparer near you.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lindsay Rojas, senior program manager with United Way Bay Area (UWBA), works with free tax sites like MEDA all over the region and said she’s been hearing the same concern, too: “Will my information be shared with other agencies?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Marcelos attributes the anxiety she’s seeing from clients to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12024332/ice-raids-in-california-how-to-sort-fact-from-rumor-online\">President Donald Trump’s moves to target undocumented immigrants under his new administration\u003c/a>. In February, \u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/02/28/immigration-enforcement-trump-administration-irs/\">the Washington Post reported\u003c/a> that the Department of Homeland Security asked the IRS to provide the addresses and phone numbers of individuals who may be in the country without a legal immigration status — a request that the IRS ultimately rejected.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12030567\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/internal-revenue-service_qed.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12030567\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/internal-revenue-service_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/internal-revenue-service_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/internal-revenue-service_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/internal-revenue-service_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/internal-revenue-service_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/internal-revenue-service_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/internal-revenue-service_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) building stands on April 15, 2019 in Washington, D.C. Due to privacy rules passed by Congress in 1976, tax returns are confidential information — not public documents the president can access when desired. \u003ccite>(Zach Gibson/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The tax agency has also been a target of the informal Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) — led by billionaire Elon Musk — which reportedly \u003ca href=\"https://www.reuters.com/world/us/top-musk-staffer-goes-irs-examine-operations-sources-say-2025-02-13/\">showed up at the IRS headquarters last month in order to review agency operations\u003c/a>. The IRS was able to block \u003ca href=\"https://www.reuters.com/world/us/irs-blocks-musk-aide-accessing-taxpayer-data-2025-02-21/#:~:text=Feb%2021%20(Reuters)%20%2D%20The,agency%20and%20the%20Trump%20administration.\">one of Musk’s DOGE aides from accessing individual taxpayer returns\u003c/a> and other personal information.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But what laws are in place that establish how the IRS acts and who it shares information with? And can these rules hold off \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12026245/can-trump-actually-change-federal-funding-rules-through-executive-orders\">a president who has shown his determination to reshape how the federal government works\u003c/a>? While the IRS did not reply to KQED’s multiple requests for comment, we spoke to multiple tax experts about current tax law to understand what legal mechanisms protect personal taxpayer data and recent actions by the IRS to protect this information.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What rules does the IRS have to follow?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>When you submit information to the IRS, your tax return by law cannot be shared \u003cem>outside \u003c/em>of the IRS, said Amy Spivey, professor and director of the Low-Income Taxpayer Clinic at UC College of the Law in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Historically, what that means is: the IRS is not permitted to share information about those who may be undocumented or without status here in the United States with other organizations like the Department of Homeland Security or ICE,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The IRS operates under the \u003ca href=\"https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/26/6103\">Internal Revenue Code (IRC)\u003c/a>, first \u003ca href=\"https://guides.ll.georgetown.edu/c.php?g=271147&p=2630483#:~:text=There%20have%20been%20three%20major,laws%20were%20individual%20Revenue%20Acts.\">established by Congress in 1939\u003c/a>, which defines not just how the federal government collects taxes but also what it does with taxpayer data. Specifically, IRC Section 6103 establishes that “taxpayer information is extremely confidential,” said Josh Rosenthal, who leads the workers’ rights program at the Asian Law Caucus in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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Many people who use an ITIN to file are undocumented, although \u003ca href=\"https://immigrationforum.org/article/fact-sheet-individual-taxpayer-identification-numbers-itins/#_ftnref8\">other groups may use an ITIN, too\u003c/a>, including the spouses of workers legally authorized to work in the U.S. and international students. \u003ca href=\"https://www.irs.gov/tin/itin/how-to-apply-for-an-itin\">Requesting an ITIN from the IRS can be\u003c/a> a complicated process that requires applicants to send their foreign passports, along with other personal information, to the tax agency.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to \u003ca href=\"https://itep.org/undocumented-immigrants-taxes-2024/\">a 2024 report by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy\u003c/a>, undocumented immigrants paid $96.7 billion in federal, state, and local taxes in 2022. However, undocumented immigrants are barred from receiving Medicare or Social Security retirement benefits — \u003ca href=\"https://taxpolicycenter.org/fiscal-facts/yes-undocumented-immigrants-pay-taxes-and-receive-few-tax-benefits#:~:text=Most%20people%20who%20pay%20into,tax%20benefits%20as%20US%20citizens.\">despite contributing massively to these programs\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Everybody who earns income in the United States is obligated to file taxes,” said Rosenthal from the Asian Law Caucus. “ITINs [recognize] that people are here across a range of immigration situations in order to build safe and healthy lives for themselves and for their families.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11982862\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1600px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/gettyimages-1403824678_slide-f338fde370196cf054676c1627f763c404b1fa9a-s1600-c85-copy.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11982862\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/gettyimages-1403824678_slide-f338fde370196cf054676c1627f763c404b1fa9a-s1600-c85-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1066\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/gettyimages-1403824678_slide-f338fde370196cf054676c1627f763c404b1fa9a-s1600-c85-copy.jpg 1600w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/gettyimages-1403824678_slide-f338fde370196cf054676c1627f763c404b1fa9a-s1600-c85-copy-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/gettyimages-1403824678_slide-f338fde370196cf054676c1627f763c404b1fa9a-s1600-c85-copy-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/gettyimages-1403824678_slide-f338fde370196cf054676c1627f763c404b1fa9a-s1600-c85-copy-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/gettyimages-1403824678_slide-f338fde370196cf054676c1627f763c404b1fa9a-s1600-c85-copy-1536x1023.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">This year, those who are eligible can do their taxes directly through the IRS using their Direct File tool instead of buying and using tax software. \u003ccite>(d3sign/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>However, at the start of the previous Trump administration, community tax clinics in the Bay Area reported \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2017/04/17/523634144/tax-filings-seen-dipping-amid-trump-crackdown-on-illegal-immigration\">a 20% decline in the number of people filing with ITINs\u003c/a>. Staff working at these clinics told NPR in 2017 that their undocumented clients felt discouraged to file taxes when the federal government was making the path to citizenship much harder for them.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Could the Trump administration force the IRS to break the law?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Since his return to the White House, Trump and his allies \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12026245/can-trump-actually-change-federal-funding-rules-through-executive-orders\">have intervened in almost every corner of the federal government\u003c/a>. Many of these actions have already been frozen by federal judges across the country, with legal scholars insisting that the administration \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12028351/what-happens-if-the-president-disobeys-the-courts-a-constitutional-crisis-experts-say\">has been acting against federal law and the U.S. Constitution\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The IRS has already been a target of the informal Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), led by billionaire Elon Musk. Around \u003ca href=\"https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/irs-drafting-plans-to-slash-as-much-as-half-of-its-90000-person-workforce-leaving-agency-dysfunctional-ap-sources-say\">7,000 probationary IRS employees were laid off\u003c/a> in February, and\u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/us/politics/irs-taxes-trump-musk-federal-workers.html\"> the Trump administration is now assessing budget cuts and additional layoffs\u003c/a> that could ultimately result in the IRS reducing its workforce by up to 50%.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Against this backdrop, could Trump force the IRS to go against its own laws and disclose to other federal agencies the personal information of specific taxpayers — immigrant taxpayers using their ITINs, for example?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“One of the things that we’ve seen across the board with this administration is that they are acting erratically and chaotically,” said Rosenthal from the Asian Law Caucus — “and they’re trying to inspire confusion and fear, particularly among immigrant communities.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He points out that many of these tax privacy protections were created in response to a previous American president who tried to weaponize the IRS: Richard Nixon. In 1973, members of the Nixon administration testified to Congress that they \u003ca href=\"https://www.forbes.com/sites/taxnotes/2023/03/13/timelines-in-tax-history-nixon-aide-tried-to-weaponize-the-irs-by-pressuring-the-commissioner/\">tried — and failed — to obtain from the IRS tax information about individuals that Nixon considered to be his enemies.\u003c/a> Using the IRS as a political tool would later be \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/1974/06/14/archives/an-explanation-the-allegatoins-of-nixons-irs-interference-many.html\">one of the accusations Nixon faced from lawmakers who wanted to impeach him\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11721589\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/nixonsb-3_enl-ff57c096653782415da98c1be82a850c3c68bfd3-e1741642037958.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11721589\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/nixonsb-3_enl-ff57c096653782415da98c1be82a850c3c68bfd3-e1741642037958.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1654\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">President Richard Nixon speaking on a beach in Santa Barbara in March 1969. Using the IRS as a political tool would later be one of the accusations Nixon faced from lawmakers who wanted to impeach him.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A few years later, Congress passed the \u003ca href=\"https://www.congress.gov/bill/94th-congress/house-bill/10612\">Tax Reform Act of 1976\u003c/a>, which established the privacy rules in the Internal Revenue Code 6103 and made it clear that \u003ca href=\"https://www.law.berkeley.edu/center-article/the-future-of-tax-privacy/\">tax returns are confidential information\u003c/a> — not public documents the president can access when desired. 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"headTitle": "5 Big Priorities California Lawmakers Aim to Tackle in 2025 | KQED",
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"content": "\u003cp>With the election and the holidays behind them, the California Legislature returns to Sacramento today to kick off a new session in earnest. It will be several more months before the political wrangling over the state budget and thousands of proposed bills truly ramps up, but priorities are emerging as lawmakers try to stake their claim on the hottest issues of the day. Here are some stories to watch at the Capitol in 2025:\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Tackling affordability\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>After a disappointing election for Democrats, legislative leaders reemerged with a message aimed at easing voters’ anxieties about how expensive California is. Senate President Pro Tem Mike McGuire, a Healdsburg Democrat, and Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas, a Salinas Democrat, both told CalMatters last month that their focus this session will be \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/capitol/2024/12/california-legislature-rivas-mcguire-newsom/\">advancing policies that lower the cost of living for working Californians\u003c/a>, including by building more housing, making energy cheaper and improving public infrastructure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our only way forward is to acknowledge that we have to do better,” Rivas said. “It’s clear — we haven’t done enough.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Their colleagues have responded so far with bills that would \u003ca href=\"https://digitaldemocracy.calmatters.org/bills/ca_202520260ab6?_gl=1*itv6kb*_gcl_au*Nzk3MzE2MDMuMTczMTAyMjU2Mg..*_ga*Mjk2NjI4MjAxLjE3MzEwMjI1NjI.*_ga_5TKXNLE5NK*MTczNjE4OTA2NC4zNy4xLjE3MzYxOTMyNjEuNTkuMC4w*_ga_DX0K9PCWYH*MTczNjE4OTA2NC4zNy4xLjE3MzYxOTMxNDAuMC4wLjA.*_ga_GNY4L81DZE*MTczNjE4OTA2NC4zNy4xLjE3MzYxOTMxNDAuMC4wLjA.\">ease construction standards\u003c/a> for small apartment buildings and \u003ca href=\"https://digitaldemocracy.calmatters.org/bills/ca_202520260ab30?_gl=1*itv6kb*_gcl_au*Nzk3MzE2MDMuMTczMTAyMjU2Mg..*_ga*Mjk2NjI4MjAxLjE3MzEwMjI1NjI.*_ga_5TKXNLE5NK*MTczNjE4OTA2NC4zNy4xLjE3MzYxOTMyNjEuNTkuMC4w*_ga_DX0K9PCWYH*MTczNjE4OTA2NC4zNy4xLjE3MzYxOTMxNDAuMC4wLjA.*_ga_GNY4L81DZE*MTczNjE4OTA2NC4zNy4xLjE3MzYxOTMxNDAuMC4wLjA.\">increase the amount of ethanol\u003c/a> that can be blended with gasoline, an effort to reduce prices at the pump. Expect many more proposals as legislators finalize their agendas in the weeks ahead.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Democrats, who hold a three-quarters supermajority in both houses, face an arduous messaging war with the emboldened Republican minority, which flipped three seats in November. GOP lawmakers quickly introduced far-reaching measures — \u003ca href=\"https://digitaldemocracy.calmatters.org/bills/ca_202520260ab23?_gl=1*87651r*_gcl_au*Nzk3MzE2MDMuMTczMTAyMjU2Mg..*_ga*Mjk2NjI4MjAxLjE3MzEwMjI1NjI.*_ga_5TKXNLE5NK*MTczNjE4OTA2NC4zNy4xLjE3MzYxOTMyNjEuNTkuMC4w*_ga_DX0K9PCWYH*MTczNjE4OTA2NC4zNy4xLjE3MzYxOTMxNDAuMC4wLjA.*_ga_GNY4L81DZE*MTczNjE4OTA2NC4zNy4xLjE3MzYxOTMxNDAuMC4wLjA.\">ending gas and electricity taxes\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://digitaldemocracy.calmatters.org/bills/ca_202520260sb2?_gl=1*87651r*_gcl_au*Nzk3MzE2MDMuMTczMTAyMjU2Mg..*_ga*Mjk2NjI4MjAxLjE3MzEwMjI1NjI.*_ga_5TKXNLE5NK*MTczNjE4OTA2NC4zNy4xLjE3MzYxOTMyNjEuNTkuMC4w*_ga_DX0K9PCWYH*MTczNjE4OTA2NC4zNy4xLjE3MzYxOTMxNDAuMC4wLjA.*_ga_GNY4L81DZE*MTczNjE4OTA2NC4zNy4xLjE3MzYxOTMxNDAuMC4wLjA.\">voiding low-carbon fuel standards\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://digitaldemocracy.calmatters.org/bills/ca_202520260sb17?_gl=1*87651r*_gcl_au*Nzk3MzE2MDMuMTczMTAyMjU2Mg..*_ga*Mjk2NjI4MjAxLjE3MzEwMjI1NjI.*_ga_5TKXNLE5NK*MTczNjE4OTA2NC4zNy4xLjE3MzYxOTMyNjEuNTkuMC4w*_ga_DX0K9PCWYH*MTczNjE4OTA2NC4zNy4xLjE3MzYxOTMxNDAuMC4wLjA.*_ga_GNY4L81DZE*MTczNjE4OTA2NC4zNy4xLjE3MzYxOTMxNDAuMC4wLjA.\">exempting tipped wages from taxation\u003c/a> — that will almost certainly go nowhere but stand to make Democrats’ efforts look less consequential by comparison.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I would call it an invitation to the Democrats,” Assembly Republican Leader James Gallagher of Yuba City said in an interview. “In order to actually do something about affordability, they have to back away from the policies they’ve championed.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[ad fullwidth]\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Resistance 2.0\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>While the response from California politicians to Donald Trump’s victory in the November presidential election has been far more subdued than it was eight years ago, they are still gearing up for a fight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Days after Trump’s win, Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/capitol/2024/11/gavin-newsom-special-session-trump-resistance/\">called for a special session\u003c/a> to set aside funding for the state to take his Republican administration to court. Democratic lawmakers plan to rush in the coming weeks to \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520261AB1\">appropriate $25 million\u003c/a> for legal resources before Trump takes office on Jan. 20.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though some have warned against getting sidetracked by another showdown with the president, legislators are also already putting forward proposals to safeguard Californians against actions they anticipate Trump will take. These include bills to \u003ca href=\"https://digitaldemocracy.calmatters.org/bills/ca_202520260ab54?_gl=1*mwy5ql*_gcl_au*Nzk3MzE2MDMuMTczMTAyMjU2Mg..*_ga*Mjk2NjI4MjAxLjE3MzEwMjI1NjI.*_ga_5TKXNLE5NK*MTczNjE4OTA2NC4zNy4xLjE3MzYxOTMyNjEuNTkuMC4w*_ga_DX0K9PCWYH*MTczNjE4OTA2NC4zNy4xLjE3MzYxOTMxNDAuMC4wLjA.*_ga_GNY4L81DZE*MTczNjE4OTA2NC4zNy4xLjE3MzYxOTMxNDAuMC4wLjA.\">ensure access to medication abortion\u003c/a>, make contraceptives \u003ca href=\"https://digitaldemocracy.calmatters.org/bills/ca_202520260ab50?_gl=1*10jpkwb*_gcl_au*Nzk3MzE2MDMuMTczMTAyMjU2Mg..*_ga*Mjk2NjI4MjAxLjE3MzEwMjI1NjI.*_ga_5TKXNLE5NK*MTczNjE4OTA2NC4zNy4xLjE3MzYxOTMyNjEuNTkuMC4w*_ga_DX0K9PCWYH*MTczNjE4OTA2NC4zNy4xLjE3MzYxOTMxNDAuMC4wLjA.*_ga_GNY4L81DZE*MTczNjE4OTA2NC4zNy4xLjE3MzYxOTMxNDAuMC4wLjA.\">more readily available over the counter\u003c/a>, and \u003ca href=\"https://digitaldemocracy.calmatters.org/bills/ca_202520260ab45?_gl=1*10jpkwb*_gcl_au*Nzk3MzE2MDMuMTczMTAyMjU2Mg..*_ga*Mjk2NjI4MjAxLjE3MzEwMjI1NjI.*_ga_5TKXNLE5NK*MTczNjE4OTA2NC4zNy4xLjE3MzYxOTMyNjEuNTkuMC4w*_ga_DX0K9PCWYH*MTczNjE4OTA2NC4zNy4xLjE3MzYxOTMxNDAuMC4wLjA.*_ga_GNY4L81DZE*MTczNjE4OTA2NC4zNy4xLjE3MzYxOTMxNDAuMC4wLjA.\">protect the privacy of patients\u003c/a> getting abortions in California, as well as to further limit \u003ca href=\"https://digitaldemocracy.calmatters.org/bills/ca_202520260ab15?_gl=1*1ks1761*_gcl_au*Nzk3MzE2MDMuMTczMTAyMjU2Mg..*_ga*Mjk2NjI4MjAxLjE3MzEwMjI1NjI.*_ga_5TKXNLE5NK*MTczNjE4OTA2NC4zNy4xLjE3MzYxOTMyNjEuNTkuMC4w*_ga_DX0K9PCWYH*MTczNjE4OTA2NC4zNy4xLjE3MzYxOTMxNDAuMC4wLjA.*_ga_GNY4L81DZE*MTczNjE4OTA2NC4zNy4xLjE3MzYxOTMxNDAuMC4wLjA.\">collaboration by state prisons\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://digitaldemocracy.calmatters.org/bills/ca_202520260sb48?slug=CA_202520260SB48&_gl=1*1ks1761*_gcl_au*Nzk3MzE2MDMuMTczMTAyMjU2Mg..*_ga*Mjk2NjI4MjAxLjE3MzEwMjI1NjI.*_ga_5TKXNLE5NK*MTczNjE4OTA2NC4zNy4xLjE3MzYxOTMyNjEuNTkuMC4w*_ga_DX0K9PCWYH*MTczNjE4OTA2NC4zNy4xLjE3MzYxOTMxNDAuMC4wLjA.*_ga_GNY4L81DZE*MTczNjE4OTA2NC4zNy4xLjE3MzYxOTMxNDAuMC4wLjA.\">school districts\u003c/a> with federal immigrant enforcement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The United States of America is in the calm before the storm. The hurricane is about to hit,” McGuire told CalMatters last month. “And shame on us if we’re not battening down the hatches.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, even California shifted toward Trump in November: He \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/elections/2024/12/california-election-results-trump-vote-2024/\">gained vote share\u003c/a> in all but one county, albeit by only enough for him to reach 38% of the statewide vote. Newly elected Assemblymember Carl DeMaio, a San Diego Republican, said in an interview that the GOP has an opportunity to capitalize on an overwhelming “appetite for change” among Californians.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Democrats are “dividing and distracting” the public with their fight against Trump instead of “getting things done,” DeMaio said, he plans to use his popular conservative podcast as a daily platform to ramp up public pressure on the Legislature to shift course. He has introduced a 10-bill package challenging liberal orthodoxy on \u003ca href=\"https://digitaldemocracy.calmatters.org/bills/ca_202520260ab18?_gl=1*1xiywcm*_gcl_au*Nzk3MzE2MDMuMTczMTAyMjU2Mg..*_ga*Mjk2NjI4MjAxLjE3MzEwMjI1NjI.*_ga_5TKXNLE5NK*MTczNjE4OTA2NC4zNy4xLjE3MzYxOTMyNjEuNTkuMC4w*_ga_DX0K9PCWYH*MTczNjE4OTA2NC4zNy4xLjE3MzYxOTMxNDAuMC4wLjA.*_ga_GNY4L81DZE*MTczNjE4OTA2NC4zNy4xLjE3MzYxOTMxNDAuMC4wLjA.\">border security\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://digitaldemocracy.calmatters.org/bills/ca_202520260ab25?_gl=1*1xiywcm*_gcl_au*Nzk3MzE2MDMuMTczMTAyMjU2Mg..*_ga*Mjk2NjI4MjAxLjE3MzEwMjI1NjI.*_ga_5TKXNLE5NK*MTczNjE4OTA2NC4zNy4xLjE3MzYxOTMyNjEuNTkuMC4w*_ga_DX0K9PCWYH*MTczNjE4OTA2NC4zNy4xLjE3MzYxOTMxNDAuMC4wLjA.*_ga_GNY4L81DZE*MTczNjE4OTA2NC4zNy4xLjE3MzYxOTMxNDAuMC4wLjA.\">voter identification requirements\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://digitaldemocracy.calmatters.org/bills/ca_202520260ab21?_gl=1*1xiywcm*_gcl_au*Nzk3MzE2MDMuMTczMTAyMjU2Mg..*_ga*Mjk2NjI4MjAxLjE3MzEwMjI1NjI.*_ga_5TKXNLE5NK*MTczNjE4OTA2NC4zNy4xLjE3MzYxOTMyNjEuNTkuMC4w*_ga_DX0K9PCWYH*MTczNjE4OTA2NC4zNy4xLjE3MzYxOTMxNDAuMC4wLjA.*_ga_GNY4L81DZE*MTczNjE4OTA2NC4zNy4xLjE3MzYxOTMxNDAuMC4wLjA.\">tax increases\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://digitaldemocracy.calmatters.org/bills/ca_202520260ab22?_gl=1*1xiywcm*_gcl_au*Nzk3MzE2MDMuMTczMTAyMjU2Mg..*_ga*Mjk2NjI4MjAxLjE3MzEwMjI1NjI.*_ga_5TKXNLE5NK*MTczNjE4OTA2NC4zNy4xLjE3MzYxOTMyNjEuNTkuMC4w*_ga_DX0K9PCWYH*MTczNjE4OTA2NC4zNy4xLjE3MzYxOTMxNDAuMC4wLjA.*_ga_GNY4L81DZE*MTczNjE4OTA2NC4zNy4xLjE3MzYxOTMxNDAuMC4wLjA.\">early prison releases\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The political system is untethered from where the public is,” DeMaio said. “The only way politicians see the light is when they feel the heat.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Budget woes\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Fiscal advisers to the Legislature warned in November that \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/capitol/2024/11/california-budget-deficit-legislative-analyst/\">California’s finances are precarious\u003c/a>: roughly balanced for now but barreling toward increasing deficits in the years ahead. Fear of losing federal funding under Trump, who has repeatedly threatened to withhold disaster aid from the state, is adding another layer of uncertainty.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yet even as legislative leaders endorsed a cautious approach to the upcoming state budget, Newsom has \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/newsletter/gavin-newsom-legislature-electric-vehicles/\">floated several new programs\u003c/a> with hefty price tags — from expanding the film and television production tax credit to reviving a rebate for electric vehicles. His full budget proposal is due by the end of this week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lawmakers have yet to meet to discuss their priorities, so it’s unclear how much they will be at odds with the governor as they work to pass a spending plan by the end of June.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Assemblymember Jesse Gabriel, an Encino Democrat who leads the Assembly budget committee, said the Legislature will carefully vet Newsom’s proposals, but any new programs it approves will likely require spending cuts elsewhere.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re very clear-eyed about the fact that there’s potentially a lot of tough choices ahead,” Gabriel said in an interview.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So he expects the Legislature will lean more into its oversight role through the budget process this year to determine which programs are actually moving the needle and delivering results. “If they’re not working as intended, then they don’t deserve continued funding,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11985621\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11985621\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/AP24130599594139-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"A white, middle-aged man in a suit and white shirt with no tie gestures to his right while speaking into a microphone outdoors.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/AP24130599594139-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/AP24130599594139-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/AP24130599594139-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/AP24130599594139-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/AP24130599594139-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/AP24130599594139-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/AP24130599594139-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks in Larkspur, Marin County, on April 16, 2024. California could soon deploy generative artificial intelligence tools to help reduce traffic jams, make roads safer and provide tax guidance, among other things, under new agreements announced on May 9, 2024, as part of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s efforts to harness the power of new technologies for public services. \u003ccite>(Jeff Chiu/AP Photo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Tilting at tech giants\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>California remains at the center of tech innovation — and is increasingly at the forefront of regulating it, too. That tension over how to rein in potential abuses of Silicon Valley without kneecapping an industry \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/economy/technology/2024/10/ca-corporate-tax-revenue-surge/\">vital to the state’s economy\u003c/a> has become inescapable at the Capitol, especially with the rise of artificial intelligence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We still want to be a leader in AI. We don’t want China to surpass us,” Gallagher said. “The trick is really finding the right balance. I think there’s going to be a lot of discussion on this front.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lawmakers introduced a gusher of AI legislation last year, though major tech companies managed to \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/economy/2024/09/california-artificial-intelligence-bill-veto/\">beat back the most ambitious proposal\u003c/a>, which would have required them to test their models for potential harms to society, by winning Newsom over to their side.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Expect the clashes to intensify this session as legislators seek to weigh in on everything from \u003ca href=\"https://digitaldemocracy.calmatters.org/bills/ca_202520260ab33?_gl=1*8mk32m*_gcl_au*Nzk3MzE2MDMuMTczMTAyMjU2Mg..*_ga*Mjk2NjI4MjAxLjE3MzEwMjI1NjI.*_ga_5TKXNLE5NK*MTczNjE4OTA2NC4zNy4xLjE3MzYxOTMyNjEuNTkuMC4w*_ga_DX0K9PCWYH*MTczNjE4OTA2NC4zNy4xLjE3MzYxOTMxNDAuMC4wLjA.*_ga_GNY4L81DZE*MTczNjE4OTA2NC4zNy4xLjE3MzYxOTMxNDAuMC4wLjA.\">autonomous vehicles\u003c/a> to \u003ca href=\"https://digitaldemocracy.calmatters.org/bills/ca_202520260sb11?_gl=1*8mk32m*_gcl_au*Nzk3MzE2MDMuMTczMTAyMjU2Mg..*_ga*Mjk2NjI4MjAxLjE3MzEwMjI1NjI.*_ga_5TKXNLE5NK*MTczNjE4OTA2NC4zNy4xLjE3MzYxOTMyNjEuNTkuMC4w*_ga_DX0K9PCWYH*MTczNjE4OTA2NC4zNy4xLjE3MzYxOTMxNDAuMC4wLjA.*_ga_GNY4L81DZE*MTczNjE4OTA2NC4zNy4xLjE3MzYxOTMxNDAuMC4wLjA.\">false impersonation assisted by AI\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Social media use among young people is another charged debate. A bill to hold platforms \u003ca href=\"https://digitaldemocracy.calmatters.org/bills/ca_202520260ab2?_gl=1*8mk32m*_gcl_au*Nzk3MzE2MDMuMTczMTAyMjU2Mg..*_ga*Mjk2NjI4MjAxLjE3MzEwMjI1NjI.*_ga_5TKXNLE5NK*MTczNjE4OTA2NC4zNy4xLjE3MzYxOTMyNjEuNTkuMC4w*_ga_DX0K9PCWYH*MTczNjE4OTA2NC4zNy4xLjE3MzYxOTMxNDAuMC4wLjA.*_ga_GNY4L81DZE*MTczNjE4OTA2NC4zNy4xLjE3MzYxOTMxNDAuMC4wLjA.\">liable for causing harm to children\u003c/a> is back after dying last year amid fierce industry opposition. With the backing of Attorney General Rob Bonta, lawmakers may also consider \u003ca href=\"https://digitaldemocracy.calmatters.org/bills/ca_202520260ab56?_gl=1*8mk32m*_gcl_au*Nzk3MzE2MDMuMTczMTAyMjU2Mg..*_ga*Mjk2NjI4MjAxLjE3MzEwMjI1NjI.*_ga_5TKXNLE5NK*MTczNjE4OTA2NC4zNy4xLjE3MzYxOTMyNjEuNTkuMC4w*_ga_DX0K9PCWYH*MTczNjE4OTA2NC4zNy4xLjE3MzYxOTMxNDAuMC4wLjA.*_ga_GNY4L81DZE*MTczNjE4OTA2NC4zNy4xLjE3MzYxOTMxNDAuMC4wLjA.\">creating mental health warning labels\u003c/a> for social media.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Return of reparations\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The previous legislative session \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/california-divide/2024/08/california-reparations-bills-3/\">exploded into unexpected rancor\u003c/a> just before its conclusion last summer when key Black legislators tabled a pair of bills that would have established a new state agency to work on reparations for descendants of slaves, bitterly disappointing activists.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside tag='california-legislature' label='More Legislature Coverage']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though a dozen other reparations-related measures were signed into law, the disagreement about how far and how fast to push for a policy that does not enjoy broad public approval \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/california-divide/2024/09/california-reparations-whats-next/\">opened a schism in the movement\u003c/a> that could undermine its political momentum.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lawmakers have introduced a handful of follow-up bills this session, including to \u003ca href=\"https://digitaldemocracy.calmatters.org/bills/ca_202520260ab7?_gl=1*m7m0wc*_gcl_au*Nzk3MzE2MDMuMTczMTAyMjU2Mg..*_ga*Mjk2NjI4MjAxLjE3MzEwMjI1NjI.*_ga_5TKXNLE5NK*MTczNjE4OTA2NC4zNy4xLjE3MzYxOTMyNjEuNTkuMC4w*_ga_DX0K9PCWYH*MTczNjE4OTA2NC4zNy4xLjE3MzYxOTMxNDAuMC4wLjA.*_ga_GNY4L81DZE*MTczNjE4OTA2NC4zNy4xLjE3MzYxOTMxNDAuMC4wLjA.\">establish admissions preferences\u003c/a> at California universities and \u003ca href=\"https://digitaldemocracy.calmatters.org/bills/ca_202520260ab57?_gl=1*m7m0wc*_gcl_au*Nzk3MzE2MDMuMTczMTAyMjU2Mg..*_ga*Mjk2NjI4MjAxLjE3MzEwMjI1NjI.*_ga_5TKXNLE5NK*MTczNjE4OTA2NC4zNy4xLjE3MzYxOTMyNjEuNTkuMC4w*_ga_DX0K9PCWYH*MTczNjE4OTA2NC4zNy4xLjE3MzYxOTMxNDAuMC4wLjA.*_ga_GNY4L81DZE*MTczNjE4OTA2NC4zNy4xLjE3MzYxOTMxNDAuMC4wLjA.\">set aside money in a home purchase assistance program\u003c/a> for descendants of slaves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Assemblymember Tina McKinnor, a Los Angeles Democrat, revived a proposal to provide compensation to people whose property was taken by the government through \u003ca href=\"https://digitaldemocracy.calmatters.org/bills/ca_202520260ab62?_gl=1*2opvlq*_gcl_au*Nzk3MzE2MDMuMTczMTAyMjU2Mg..*_ga*Mjk2NjI4MjAxLjE3MzEwMjI1NjI.*_ga_5TKXNLE5NK*MTczNjE4OTA2NC4zNy4xLjE3MzYxOTMyNjEuNTkuMC4w*_ga_DX0K9PCWYH*MTczNjE4OTA2NC4zNy4xLjE3MzYxOTMxNDAuMC4wLjA.*_ga_GNY4L81DZE*MTczNjE4OTA2NC4zNy4xLjE3MzYxOTMxNDAuMC4wLjA.\">racially motivated use of eminent domain\u003c/a>, a bill Newsom vetoed last year. She said reparations proponents must continue to take baby steps to build support for their ultimate goal of cash payments to descendants of slaves, which she expected would take five to 10 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As leaders, we have to do things sometimes that are unpopular,” McKinnor said in an interview. “I know last year, it ended in a bang. That’s not going to stop the Black Caucus from our plans.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>With the election and the holidays behind them, the California Legislature returns to Sacramento today to kick off a new session in earnest. It will be several more months before the political wrangling over the state budget and thousands of proposed bills truly ramps up, but priorities are emerging as lawmakers try to stake their claim on the hottest issues of the day. Here are some stories to watch at the Capitol in 2025:\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Tackling affordability\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>After a disappointing election for Democrats, legislative leaders reemerged with a message aimed at easing voters’ anxieties about how expensive California is. Senate President Pro Tem Mike McGuire, a Healdsburg Democrat, and Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas, a Salinas Democrat, both told CalMatters last month that their focus this session will be \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/capitol/2024/12/california-legislature-rivas-mcguire-newsom/\">advancing policies that lower the cost of living for working Californians\u003c/a>, including by building more housing, making energy cheaper and improving public infrastructure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our only way forward is to acknowledge that we have to do better,” Rivas said. “It’s clear — we haven’t done enough.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Their colleagues have responded so far with bills that would \u003ca href=\"https://digitaldemocracy.calmatters.org/bills/ca_202520260ab6?_gl=1*itv6kb*_gcl_au*Nzk3MzE2MDMuMTczMTAyMjU2Mg..*_ga*Mjk2NjI4MjAxLjE3MzEwMjI1NjI.*_ga_5TKXNLE5NK*MTczNjE4OTA2NC4zNy4xLjE3MzYxOTMyNjEuNTkuMC4w*_ga_DX0K9PCWYH*MTczNjE4OTA2NC4zNy4xLjE3MzYxOTMxNDAuMC4wLjA.*_ga_GNY4L81DZE*MTczNjE4OTA2NC4zNy4xLjE3MzYxOTMxNDAuMC4wLjA.\">ease construction standards\u003c/a> for small apartment buildings and \u003ca href=\"https://digitaldemocracy.calmatters.org/bills/ca_202520260ab30?_gl=1*itv6kb*_gcl_au*Nzk3MzE2MDMuMTczMTAyMjU2Mg..*_ga*Mjk2NjI4MjAxLjE3MzEwMjI1NjI.*_ga_5TKXNLE5NK*MTczNjE4OTA2NC4zNy4xLjE3MzYxOTMyNjEuNTkuMC4w*_ga_DX0K9PCWYH*MTczNjE4OTA2NC4zNy4xLjE3MzYxOTMxNDAuMC4wLjA.*_ga_GNY4L81DZE*MTczNjE4OTA2NC4zNy4xLjE3MzYxOTMxNDAuMC4wLjA.\">increase the amount of ethanol\u003c/a> that can be blended with gasoline, an effort to reduce prices at the pump. Expect many more proposals as legislators finalize their agendas in the weeks ahead.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Democrats, who hold a three-quarters supermajority in both houses, face an arduous messaging war with the emboldened Republican minority, which flipped three seats in November. GOP lawmakers quickly introduced far-reaching measures — \u003ca href=\"https://digitaldemocracy.calmatters.org/bills/ca_202520260ab23?_gl=1*87651r*_gcl_au*Nzk3MzE2MDMuMTczMTAyMjU2Mg..*_ga*Mjk2NjI4MjAxLjE3MzEwMjI1NjI.*_ga_5TKXNLE5NK*MTczNjE4OTA2NC4zNy4xLjE3MzYxOTMyNjEuNTkuMC4w*_ga_DX0K9PCWYH*MTczNjE4OTA2NC4zNy4xLjE3MzYxOTMxNDAuMC4wLjA.*_ga_GNY4L81DZE*MTczNjE4OTA2NC4zNy4xLjE3MzYxOTMxNDAuMC4wLjA.\">ending gas and electricity taxes\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://digitaldemocracy.calmatters.org/bills/ca_202520260sb2?_gl=1*87651r*_gcl_au*Nzk3MzE2MDMuMTczMTAyMjU2Mg..*_ga*Mjk2NjI4MjAxLjE3MzEwMjI1NjI.*_ga_5TKXNLE5NK*MTczNjE4OTA2NC4zNy4xLjE3MzYxOTMyNjEuNTkuMC4w*_ga_DX0K9PCWYH*MTczNjE4OTA2NC4zNy4xLjE3MzYxOTMxNDAuMC4wLjA.*_ga_GNY4L81DZE*MTczNjE4OTA2NC4zNy4xLjE3MzYxOTMxNDAuMC4wLjA.\">voiding low-carbon fuel standards\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://digitaldemocracy.calmatters.org/bills/ca_202520260sb17?_gl=1*87651r*_gcl_au*Nzk3MzE2MDMuMTczMTAyMjU2Mg..*_ga*Mjk2NjI4MjAxLjE3MzEwMjI1NjI.*_ga_5TKXNLE5NK*MTczNjE4OTA2NC4zNy4xLjE3MzYxOTMyNjEuNTkuMC4w*_ga_DX0K9PCWYH*MTczNjE4OTA2NC4zNy4xLjE3MzYxOTMxNDAuMC4wLjA.*_ga_GNY4L81DZE*MTczNjE4OTA2NC4zNy4xLjE3MzYxOTMxNDAuMC4wLjA.\">exempting tipped wages from taxation\u003c/a> — that will almost certainly go nowhere but stand to make Democrats’ efforts look less consequential by comparison.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I would call it an invitation to the Democrats,” Assembly Republican Leader James Gallagher of Yuba City said in an interview. “In order to actually do something about affordability, they have to back away from the policies they’ve championed.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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Democratic lawmakers plan to rush in the coming weeks to \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520261AB1\">appropriate $25 million\u003c/a> for legal resources before Trump takes office on Jan. 20.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though some have warned against getting sidetracked by another showdown with the president, legislators are also already putting forward proposals to safeguard Californians against actions they anticipate Trump will take. These include bills to \u003ca href=\"https://digitaldemocracy.calmatters.org/bills/ca_202520260ab54?_gl=1*mwy5ql*_gcl_au*Nzk3MzE2MDMuMTczMTAyMjU2Mg..*_ga*Mjk2NjI4MjAxLjE3MzEwMjI1NjI.*_ga_5TKXNLE5NK*MTczNjE4OTA2NC4zNy4xLjE3MzYxOTMyNjEuNTkuMC4w*_ga_DX0K9PCWYH*MTczNjE4OTA2NC4zNy4xLjE3MzYxOTMxNDAuMC4wLjA.*_ga_GNY4L81DZE*MTczNjE4OTA2NC4zNy4xLjE3MzYxOTMxNDAuMC4wLjA.\">ensure access to medication abortion\u003c/a>, make contraceptives \u003ca href=\"https://digitaldemocracy.calmatters.org/bills/ca_202520260ab50?_gl=1*10jpkwb*_gcl_au*Nzk3MzE2MDMuMTczMTAyMjU2Mg..*_ga*Mjk2NjI4MjAxLjE3MzEwMjI1NjI.*_ga_5TKXNLE5NK*MTczNjE4OTA2NC4zNy4xLjE3MzYxOTMyNjEuNTkuMC4w*_ga_DX0K9PCWYH*MTczNjE4OTA2NC4zNy4xLjE3MzYxOTMxNDAuMC4wLjA.*_ga_GNY4L81DZE*MTczNjE4OTA2NC4zNy4xLjE3MzYxOTMxNDAuMC4wLjA.\">more readily available over the counter\u003c/a>, and \u003ca href=\"https://digitaldemocracy.calmatters.org/bills/ca_202520260ab45?_gl=1*10jpkwb*_gcl_au*Nzk3MzE2MDMuMTczMTAyMjU2Mg..*_ga*Mjk2NjI4MjAxLjE3MzEwMjI1NjI.*_ga_5TKXNLE5NK*MTczNjE4OTA2NC4zNy4xLjE3MzYxOTMyNjEuNTkuMC4w*_ga_DX0K9PCWYH*MTczNjE4OTA2NC4zNy4xLjE3MzYxOTMxNDAuMC4wLjA.*_ga_GNY4L81DZE*MTczNjE4OTA2NC4zNy4xLjE3MzYxOTMxNDAuMC4wLjA.\">protect the privacy of patients\u003c/a> getting abortions in California, as well as to further limit \u003ca href=\"https://digitaldemocracy.calmatters.org/bills/ca_202520260ab15?_gl=1*1ks1761*_gcl_au*Nzk3MzE2MDMuMTczMTAyMjU2Mg..*_ga*Mjk2NjI4MjAxLjE3MzEwMjI1NjI.*_ga_5TKXNLE5NK*MTczNjE4OTA2NC4zNy4xLjE3MzYxOTMyNjEuNTkuMC4w*_ga_DX0K9PCWYH*MTczNjE4OTA2NC4zNy4xLjE3MzYxOTMxNDAuMC4wLjA.*_ga_GNY4L81DZE*MTczNjE4OTA2NC4zNy4xLjE3MzYxOTMxNDAuMC4wLjA.\">collaboration by state prisons\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://digitaldemocracy.calmatters.org/bills/ca_202520260sb48?slug=CA_202520260SB48&_gl=1*1ks1761*_gcl_au*Nzk3MzE2MDMuMTczMTAyMjU2Mg..*_ga*Mjk2NjI4MjAxLjE3MzEwMjI1NjI.*_ga_5TKXNLE5NK*MTczNjE4OTA2NC4zNy4xLjE3MzYxOTMyNjEuNTkuMC4w*_ga_DX0K9PCWYH*MTczNjE4OTA2NC4zNy4xLjE3MzYxOTMxNDAuMC4wLjA.*_ga_GNY4L81DZE*MTczNjE4OTA2NC4zNy4xLjE3MzYxOTMxNDAuMC4wLjA.\">school districts\u003c/a> with federal immigrant enforcement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The United States of America is in the calm before the storm. The hurricane is about to hit,” McGuire told CalMatters last month. “And shame on us if we’re not battening down the hatches.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, even California shifted toward Trump in November: He \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/elections/2024/12/california-election-results-trump-vote-2024/\">gained vote share\u003c/a> in all but one county, albeit by only enough for him to reach 38% of the statewide vote. Newly elected Assemblymember Carl DeMaio, a San Diego Republican, said in an interview that the GOP has an opportunity to capitalize on an overwhelming “appetite for change” among Californians.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Democrats are “dividing and distracting” the public with their fight against Trump instead of “getting things done,” DeMaio said, he plans to use his popular conservative podcast as a daily platform to ramp up public pressure on the Legislature to shift course. 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Fear of losing federal funding under Trump, who has repeatedly threatened to withhold disaster aid from the state, is adding another layer of uncertainty.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yet even as legislative leaders endorsed a cautious approach to the upcoming state budget, Newsom has \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/newsletter/gavin-newsom-legislature-electric-vehicles/\">floated several new programs\u003c/a> with hefty price tags — from expanding the film and television production tax credit to reviving a rebate for electric vehicles. 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A bill to hold platforms \u003ca href=\"https://digitaldemocracy.calmatters.org/bills/ca_202520260ab2?_gl=1*8mk32m*_gcl_au*Nzk3MzE2MDMuMTczMTAyMjU2Mg..*_ga*Mjk2NjI4MjAxLjE3MzEwMjI1NjI.*_ga_5TKXNLE5NK*MTczNjE4OTA2NC4zNy4xLjE3MzYxOTMyNjEuNTkuMC4w*_ga_DX0K9PCWYH*MTczNjE4OTA2NC4zNy4xLjE3MzYxOTMxNDAuMC4wLjA.*_ga_GNY4L81DZE*MTczNjE4OTA2NC4zNy4xLjE3MzYxOTMxNDAuMC4wLjA.\">liable for causing harm to children\u003c/a> is back after dying last year amid fierce industry opposition. 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