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Millions of Californians would get $200 cash rebates for soaring gas prices under Democrats' plan

Drivers select from various fuels priced near or more than $6 a gallon at a Shell gas station in Los Angeles on Nov. 15, 2021.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Millions of California families would receive cash rebates of $200 per person under a plan unveiled Thursday by state Senate Democrats, with additional boosts to those enrolled in government assistance programs and subsidies provided to small businesses that could be extended for a decade.

The effort to divvy up the state's towering tax surplus would be more far-reaching than recent proposals by Gov. Gavin

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