Billionaire tax – California Globe

Courts Could, and Arguably Should, Yank The Billionaire Tax Before Voters Ever Get a Chance To Weigh In

April 28, 2026 6:00 amApril 28, 2026 6:01 am

The SEIU-backed punitive tax measure is claimed to have enough signatures to place the question on November’s ballot. The Secretary of State still needs to verify the signature count, and once that happens, that’s the moment to act. The proposed...

SEIU Announces They Have Enough Signatures for Billionaire-Tax to Qualify for Ballot

April 27, 2026 7:50 amApril 27, 2026 7:55 am

Supporters of the proposed California billionaire tax, sponsored by SEIU, announced Sunday that they had gathered nearly twice as many signatures as necessary to qualify the controversial proposal for the November ballot. Democrats and the SEIU are pushing the “2026...

Progressive Economics Meets Reality: ‘Mansion Tax’ Backers Realize Higher Taxes Stunt Growth

April 20, 2026 4:26 pmApril 22, 2026 1:49 pm

In a plot twist worthy of satire — or a very late Economics 101 class — Democrat-aligned nonprofits, business groups, and even the carpenters’ union have suddenly realized that Los Angeles’ Measure ULA “mansion tax” is hurting housing production and...

‘Taxing Greed to Pay for What We Need:’ LA Hotel Worker Union Hemorrhages Members

April 8, 2026 11:05 amApril 14, 2026 11:01 am

Last week marked the deadline for labor unions to file their 2025 LM-2’s, the report by labor unions that detail how they spent funds in the past year. LM-2’s are filed with the Office of Labor and Management Standards, and...

Mamdani Proposes ‘White Homes’ Estate Tax; California Pushes Billionaire Tax

March 24, 2026 8:12 amMarch 24, 2026 12:22 pm

New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani is attempting to increase the estate tax “by lowering the exemption to $750,000 from its current value of $7.1 million” and massively raising the “top rate from 16% to 50%,” proclaiming his own apartheid. $750,000...

O’Keefe Media Group Undercover Investigation Exposes Cash-for-Ballots Election Fraud Scheme Targeting Homeless on LA’s Skid Row

March 20, 2026 2:05 pmMarch 20, 2026 2:05 pm

Independent investigative journalist James O’Keefe and his team at O’Keefe Media Group (OMG) have released explosive undercover footage documenting what appears to be widespread voter registration and petition fraud on Los Angeles’ Skid Row, where homeless individuals were allegedly bribed...

Governor Gavin Newsom’s Record on Raising Taxes on the Rich Speaks for Itself

January 24, 2026 9:37 amJanuary 28, 2026 7:04 am

Well, Brandon Richards (He/Him), Governor Gavin Newsom’s Deputy Director of Rapid Response, climbs out from under his rock claiming that Gavin Newsom has opposed taxes on the rich for years. As the Globe reported Friday, California billionaires are leaving the...