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Sacramento morning headlines: Voter ID, landlord tax break, Kings draft regret

Voters including Debora Smith, right, cast their ballots at the polling place at El Dorado County Senior Center in El Dorado Hills on Nov. 6, 2012.
Voters including Debora Smith, right, cast their ballots at the polling place at El Dorado County Senior Center in El Dorado Hills on Nov. 6, 2012. rbenton@sacbee.com

Sacramento readers are waking up to a packed news cycle, covering everything from a stalled tax break bill to a candid admission from a former Sacramento Kings executive. Here’s a quick look at this morning’s headlines in Sacramento.

  • Voter ID ballot measure: A new UC Berkeley poll found 56% of California voters initially supported a voter ID ballot measure, but support dropped to 39% after respondents learned more context about its sponsor and opposition.
  • Corporate landlord tax break: Assembly Bill 1611, which would have blocked owners of 50 or more single-family rental properties from using a tax break, died Monday. The bill was authored by Assemblymember Matt Haney, D-San Francisco, who aimed to push back against wealthy investors scooping up and then renting out homes.
  • Kings Divac’s draft regret: Former Kings GM Vlade Divac admitted on “Byron Scott’s Fast Break” podcast that picking Marvin Bagley III over Luka Doncic with the No. 2 pick in the 2018 NBA draft was a mistake. Divac said he was worried that drafting would force him to trade De’Aaron Fox and Doncic was “a big-market player” who might leave Sacramento.

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