Lee Ohanian – California Globe

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...

The Left’s & SEIU’s Justification of California’s Billionaire Tax is Tiresome

January 23, 2026 10:33 amJanuary 23, 2026 12:16 pm

California billionaires are leaving the state in record numbers, and taking their billions with them. According to one billionaire, more than $1 Trillion has already left. California Governor Gavin Newsom, Democrats and the SEIU are pushing a retroactive billionaire tax...

Stick a Fork in California: Gov. Newsom’s Proposed Retroactive Billionaire Tax

November 24, 2025 2:45 amNovember 25, 2025 1:42 pm

California Governor Gavin Newsom is pushing a retroactive billionaire tax targeting the roughly 220 billionaires residing in California in 2025, ignoring that these individuals are the most financially mobile and can live anywhere. Expecting them to remain in the state...

California Business Exodus For Friendlier States Continues

January 29, 2024 12:06 pmJanuary 29, 2024 12:06 pm

Most Californians know why California businesses are fleeing the once-Golden State in droves. Small, medium and large businesses are packing up and moving to business friendlier states for lower taxes, fewer regulations, and affordable housing for their employees. And they...

Will SF Bay Area Voters Make the Politicians They Elected Pay for Crime Explosion?

September 27, 2023 8:35 amSeptember 27, 2023 8:39 am

Will Bay Area residents and business owners realize the politicians they voted in are responsible for the staggering crime they are now protesting? Target just announced it is closing its Bay Area stores. Walgreens has closed at least 11 stores...

Why Did 352 California Companies Flee to Other States in Three Years?

May 29, 2023 9:03 amMay 30, 2023 8:03 am

Why are California businesses fleeing the once-Golden State in droves? Several articles this week answer that quite clearly. “These exits negatively impact the state and particularly the local communities that lose these headquarters. Employees also leave, reducing demand within their...

Wealth Tax California Style: Tax ‘Avoidance’ Will Not Be Allowed

December 21, 2020 8:12 am

Tesla founder Elon Musk recently left California for Texas after warning Gov. Gavin Newsom of his intensions, to which Newsom responded: Meh. Many other business owners before and after Musk have also fled the state’s high taxes and business-interfering regulations,...