By Dustin Garndiner : sfchronicle – excerpt (via email)
Ride-hailing company Lyft has poured more than $15 million into Proposition 30, which would raise the income tax rate for wealthy people and earmark the money for climate projects, including getting more people into electric cars.
Lyft’s involvement has divided Democrats who are otherwise aligned when it comes to fighting climate change. Environmentalists say the company is an important ally as the state struggles to meet its goals to phase out gas-powered cars, while Gov. Gavin Newsom and other opponents say it’s a self-interested ploy to get taxpayers to cover its cost to meet a state mandate to electrify its vehicle fleet.