[Opinion] Billionaire tax, affordable housing: See the measures on California’s November ballot

Bernie Sanders Asks How ‘Poor’ Mark Zuckerberg Will Survive If CA Passes Wealth Tax

Bernie Sanders targets Zuckerberg amid California's proposed billionaire wealth tax debate.

Labor organizers spearheading California billionaire tax measure rebuffed by parent union

The executive board for Service Employees International Union California voted Wednesday to take a neutral position on the tax, which will appear on the ballot as Proposition 40.

California Wealth Tax Initiative: A Chance to Express Your Opinion of Billionaires

A coalition of progressive groups, led by the huge union SEIU-UHW, managed to get a one-time 5% wealth tax on the California ballot this fall. The tax would apply to assets of over $1 billion held by the state’s 200 or so billionaires. This is a great opportunity for the people of California to tell billionaires what they think of them. Over the last half-century, billionaires have become increasingly aggressive in stealing from the rest of us, …

Billionaire tax, affordable housing: See the measures on California’s November ballot

by Yue Stella Yu and Kristen Hwang Cal Matters On Nov. 3, Californians will vote on 14 statewide ballot measures on environment, taxation, election, housing and healthcare. For months, interest groups sponsoring ballot initiatives spent heavily on ad blitzes and signature gathering to get on the ballot, but some agreed to withdraw high-profile proposals after […]