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Sen. Wiener’s Bill to Strip Nonprofit Status from Groups that Participated in Jan. 6 ‘Insurrection’

August 26, 2022 8:39 amAugust 27, 2022 10:08 am

California’s Democrat Legislators set their sites recently on non-profit organizations they say participated in the Jan. 6, 2021 “insurrection” at the U.S. Capitol, following a speech by then-President Donald Trump. Lawmakers have passed a bill to allow the California Attorney General...

Bill to Revoke Tax-Exempt Status of Nonprofits ‘Engaged in Insurrection-Related Offenses’ Advancing

June 28, 2022 4:48 pm

A bill by State Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) “authorizes the Franchise Tax Board to revoke the tax-exempt status of a charitable organization if the organization has engaged in, or incited the active engagement of, any criminal conspiracies or acts.” Sen....

Sen. Wiener Proposes State Revoke Tax-Exempt Status of Nonprofits ‘Engaged in Insurrection-Related Offenses’

June 14, 2022 3:15 pm

The highly politicized California Attorney General is loathe to pursue, prosecute or punish fraudulent or politically-active non-profit organizations operating in the state, but under an alarming new bill will “notify the Franchise Tax Board if the AG has determined that...