It’s not the Los Angeles or San Francisco newspapers that are carrying the ball on this story. It’s the Sacramento Bee (its stories also appear in their Fresno and Merced newspapers). They have managed to get some good quotes from a Sacramento-area Congressman, one of the few Republicans that the state has sent to Washington:

U.S. Rep. Kevin Kiley is pushing the Internal Revenue Service once again to issue guidance on whether or not Californians need to claim Middle Class Tax Refunds issued in 2022 as income on their tax returns.

“Many taxpayers plan for, and depend on, their anticipated federal tax refunds to meet basic needs,” Kiley wrote in the letter issued on Feb. 7. “Delay is something not everyone can afford.” The IRS did not immediately respond to The Bee’s request for comment Tuesday.

Kiley issued the first letter last Thursday to the IRS urging guidance on whether the MCTR would be federally taxed, citing The Bee’s report of confusion among Californian taxpayers. Multiple spokespeople previously told The Bee guidance would be issued in the next “few business days.”

https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/article272243413.html#storylink=cpy

(The story also links to an article in a newspaper owned by some Australian guy.)