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