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Abenzi bomthetho baseCalifornia bethule umthetho ngoLwesibili okuhloswe ngawo ukulwa nezimali ezifihliwe noma “ezingcolile” zayo yonke into kusukela kumathikithi ekhonsathi kuya egilosa.
Umthethosivivinywa weSenate Bill 478 uzokwenqabela izinkampani ukuthi zifihle izimali eziyisibopho ezichazwe abenzi bomthetho njengokuthi “umkhuba wokukhangisa okhohlisayo.”
“Sonke siyazi ukuthi kukhungathekisa kanjani ukufika lapho uthenga khona uthole ukuthi okuthile okukhangiswa ngentengo eyodwa kubiza kakhulu, nangaphezulu,” kusho u-Atty. UJenene. Rob Bonta uthe ngoLwesibili ngesikhathi kwethulwa umthethosivivinywa.
Lo mkhuba ubuvamile ezimbonini zezokuvakasha nezokuzijabulisa, lapho abathengi bahlangatshezwa khona “izimali zesevisi” ezimba eqolo nezichazwe ngendlela engaqondakali noma “izimali zosizo” lapho bephuma.
Isibonelo, ithikithi “lePlatinum” losuku luka-Blink-182 lwangoJuni 16 e-Banc of California Stadium lafakwa ohlwini ku-Ticketmaster ngo-$290.
Kodwa enye inkokhelo yesevisi engu-$42.90 kanye nemali yokucubungula engu-$5 iletha isamba ku-$337.90.
“Njengoba nginesiqiniseko sokuthi abantu baseCalifornia babonile, sikubona kaningi lokhu,” kusho uBonta.
Umkhuba wenza kube nzima kubathengi ukuqhathanisa amanani noma ukwenza ibhajethi.
“Amanani akhangisiwe kufanele abe inani olikhokhayo,” kusho uBonta.
Umthethosivivinywa, owabhalwa ngokuhlanganyela nguSens. Bill Dodd (D-Napa) kanye no-Nancy Skinner (D-Berkeley), uzodinga ukuthi inani elikhangisiwe lomkhiqizo noma isevisi lifake zonke izinkokhiso ezidingekayo ngaphandle kwezintela noma izinkokhelo zikahulumeni.
Umthethosivivinywa ufika ezinyangeni ngemuva kwesiphakamiso se-a umthetho wenhlangano ngonyaka odlule lokho bekuzodinga ukuthi izinkampani zezindiza zifake ohlwini “izindleko zangempela” zamathikithi okuhlanganisa nenani lomthwalo olayishwayo kanye nezimali zokushintsha.
Izimali ezingafuneki zibiza abantu baseCalifornia izigidigidi zamaRandi ngonyaka, kusho uDodd.
“Kuyafaneleka ukuthi sethule umthethosivivinywa wethu ngoSuku Lwezithandani ngoba sekuyisikhathi sokuba amabhizinisi anezimali eziwudoti aqale ukubonisa uthando kubathengi baseCalifornia,” kusho uDodd.
Ukwethulwa kwalo mthethosivivinywa eCalifornia kuza ngemuva kwesonto uMongameli uBiden egxeke lo mkhuba kweyakhe Inkulumo Yesimo Senyunyanaecindezela ukuphasiswa koMthetho Wokunqanda Imali Engafuneki.
“Abaphathi bami nabo bathatha imali ‘eyimfucumfucu’, lezo zindleko ezingaphezulu ezifihliwe amabhizinisi amaningi azisebenzisayo ukuze ukhokhe kakhulu,” kusho uBiden ngesikhathi senkulumo. “Isibonelo, senza izinkampani zezindiza zikubonise inani eliphelele lethikithi kusengaphambili futhi sikubuyisele imali yakho uma indiza yakho ikhanseliwe noma ibambezelekile.
“Imali ekhokhwayo yodoti ingase ingabi nandaba kwabacebe kakhulu, kodwa ibalulekile kubantu abaningi emakhaya njengale engakhulela kuyo,” kusho yena.
