萨克拉门托——加州州长加文·纽森今天签署了一项法案，旨在加强地方新闻业，支持那些监督当权者的记者，建立一种新的资金机制，以帮助符合条件的地方新闻机构雇用和留住加州的记者。
尽管特朗普总统持续攻击新闻自由，加州却在支持独立新闻。签署这项法案，表明我们重视记者在报道地方学校、市政厅、法院、公共安全机构、企业和社区等重要议题方面发挥的重要作用。新闻自由并非为了让政府感到舒适，而是为了监督政府，使其承担责任。”
加州州长加文·纽森
由加州众议员克里斯托弗·沃德（民主党，圣地亚哥选区）和巴菲·威克斯（民主党，奥克兰选区）提出的第2222号法案，将从2027年起，根据符合条件的本地新闻机构雇佣的合格记者数量，为其提供可退还的税收抵免。该抵免旨在支持现有新闻编辑室的岗位以及新增的新闻从业人员职位。
点击 此处 查看签署声明。强大的地方新闻媒体能够巩固民主。地方记者往往是公众进入市政厅、学校董事会、法庭和州议会大厦的耳目。他们的报道帮助加州民众了解以他们名义做出的决策，监督决策者，并更充分地参与社区事务。根据新法，符合条件的地方新闻机构可以获得与雇用加州记者相关的可退还税收抵免，
包括：
✅支持符合条件的本地新闻机构的全职和兼职新闻工作岗位。
✅为新的新闻从业人员职位提供额外支持，鼓励新闻编辑室增加报道能力。
✅将信贷额度应用于符合特定要求的本地数字、广播和印刷新闻机构。
✅要求符合条件的组织保持编辑标准，包括公开展示错误更正和澄清政策。
✅政治组织或社会福利实体控制的组织不属于资格范围。
该税收抵免适用于 2027 年 1 月 1 日或之后、2032 年 1 月 1 日之前开始的纳税年度。
新闻自由需要能够接触到当权者。
此次签约正值白宫媒体准入受到限制之际。此前，特朗普总统因批评 CNN、MS NOW 和 Politico 的报道，禁止这三家媒体的记者进入白宫。随后，一位联邦法官下令政府暂时恢复他们的采访资格，而这些新闻机构仍在联邦法院就此禁令提起诉讼。加州将继续捍卫新闻自由和独立，以及公众的知情权。
Governor Newsom signs bill strengthening local journalism, defending a free press as cornerstone of democracy
SACRAMENTO – Governor Gavin Newsom today signed legislation to strengthen local journalism and support the reporters who hold those in power accountable, establishing a new funding mechanism to help qualifying local news organizations hire and retain journalists working in California.
“While President Trump continues to attack the free press, California is supporting independent journalism. By signing this bill, we are signaling the profound role journalists play to cover essential issues like local schools, city halls, courts, public safety agencies, businesses, and neighborhoods. A free press isn’t supposed to make government comfortable. It’s supposed to make government accountable.”
Governor Gavin Newsom
Assembly Bill 2222 by Assemblymember Christopher Ward (D-San Diego) and Assemblymember Buffy Wicks (D-Oakland) creates refundable tax credits beginning in 2027 for qualifying local news organizations based on their employment of qualifying journalists. The credit is designed to support both existing newsroom jobs and new journalism positions.
Governor Newsom signed the legislation in his office surrounded by members of the Capitol Press Corps — and then took questions from the reporters who cover his administration.
View the signing message here.
Strong local journalism strengthens democracy
Local journalists are often the public’s eyes and ears inside city halls, school boards, courtrooms and state capitols. Their reporting helps Californians understand decisions being made in their name, scrutinize the people making them and participate more fully in their communities. Under the new law, qualifying local news organizations may receive refundable credits tied to the employment of California journalists, including:
✅ Supporting full-time and part-time journalism jobs at qualifying local news organizations.
✅ Providing additional support for new journalism positions, encouraging newsrooms to add reporting capacity.
✅ Applying the credit across local digital, broadcast and print news organizations that meet certain requirements.
✅ Requiring qualifying organizations to maintain editorial standards, including publicly displaying an error-correction and clarification policy.
✅ Excluding organizations controlled by political organizations or social-welfare entities from eligibility.
The tax credit applies to taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2027, and before January 1, 2032.
A free press requires access to those in power
The signing comes as media access at the White House has become restricted. President Trump recently barred journalists from CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House after criticizing their coverage. A federal judge subsequently ordered the administration to temporarily restore their credentials, and the news organizations are continuing to challenge the ban in federal court.
California will continue standing up for a free and independent press and the public’s right to know.