$7.5B plan for California science agency free from Trump’s influence will go to voters
The measure would create a state science fund for grants and loans in health, climate and agriculture as federal research support grows less predictable.
- On Wednesday, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation placing a $7.5 billion bond measure on the March 2028 ballot to establish the California Foundation for Science and Health Research.
- After the Trump administration canceled nearly $2 billion in University of California research grants in 2025, officials targeted projects involving keywords like "health equity" and "sexual orientation."
- State Sen. Scott Wiener authored the bill, calling it a "bold step to protect science, improve lives, and continue California's global leadership on innovation" despite earlier legislative concerns about competing state funding demands.
- This proposal marks a significant recovery after a more ambitious $23 billion version failed to reach the November ballot earlier this year, eventually being whittled down to $7.5 billion.
- If voters approve the measure in March 2028, the fund will support research into cancer, Parkinson's, and ALS while establishing regulations allowing the state to recoup a portion of successful investments.
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Newsom signs $7.5 billion science bond bill, offers possible support for UCSF research — but not until 2028
Bill signed by Newsom atop the Golden Gate Bridge will support research hit by federal cuts — but missed deadline for November’s ballot Newsom signs $7.5 billion science bond bill, offers possible support for UCSF research — but not until 2028
$7.5B plan for California science agency free from Trump’s influence will go to voters – WTOP News
California could create its own multi-billion-dollar science and health research agency under a bill signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom Wednesday, helping to fill a gap left by the politicization of science under the second Trump administration. Voters will decide in a year and a half whether to fund the idea, which the University of California...
Look what the latest law Newsom signed is about and know the date California will vote for the $750 million science and health bonus.
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Lodinews.com$7.5-billion mini-NIH plan goes to California voters under bill signed by Newsom
California voters will decide whether to create a $7.5 billion state scientific research arm similar to the National Institutes of Health. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill that puts the issue before voters in March 2028.
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