California Gov. Gavin Newsom wants consumers to benefit from the billions of dollars technology companies in the state made by forcing those companies to share their profits. According to a report in Fortune citing comments from the governor’s February 12 State of the State speech, Newsom talked up the idea of a so-called digital dividend that would enable the consumers in the state to access some of the profits these tech companies make off of them.
While the governor said he was proud that California is home to so many....