California’s Billionaire Wealth Tax: Healthcare vs. Greed On November 3rd, at a time of unprecedented income and wealth inequality, the people of California will decide whether to pass a 5% wealth tax on more than 200 billionaires in California who are worth $2.2 trillion. This initiative, known as Proposition 40, would raise enough revenue to prevent 3 million working-class Californians from losing the healthcare they currently have as a result of Trump’s so-called Big Beautiful Bill. Last year, these billionaires became $500 billion richer. As a result of a rigged tax code, they pay a lower effective tax rate than a plumber or a nurse. The greed of these billionaires is really extraordinary. Instead of paying their fair share of taxes, billionaires are now spending $229 million — 0.01% of their wealth — to oppose a 5% tax on their wealth. The effort against this initiative is being led by the 4th wealthiest man in the world, Sergey Brin, the co-founder of Google, who is spending over $100 million to defeat it. If the California billionaire wealth tax is passed, Mr. Brin would owe $13.5 billion more in taxes. But don't feel sorry for him. He would still have $256.5 billion left over to feed his family. (And don’t let him fool you into thinking he left the state. Mr. Brin owns at least four mansions in California worth some $103.5 million. Tax experts have made it clear that he would owe this tax.) It is also being opposed by Mark Zuckerberg, Larry Page, Larry Ellison, Eric Schmidt and Peter Thiel. These 5 Big Tech billionaires are worth over $646 billion combined. Dangerously, many oligarchs today believe that they have the divine right to rule and that they are masters of the universe. They live lives completely separate from ordinary people and are obsessed with becoming even richer and more powerful than they already are. The result: They would rather let people in California suffer or die because they can’t afford to go to a doctor than pay their fair share of taxes. Let's be clear: These billionaires have more money than they could spend in over 100 lifetimes. How many mansions do they need? How many yachts do they need? How many private jets do they need? So today I say to the billionaire class: Control your greed. Show a bit of compassion to working families and their kids in California. Instead of spending $229 million on TV ads against this wealth tax, I have a better idea: Start paying your fair share of taxes. In 1933, Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis said: “We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we cannot have both.” What Justice Brandeis said was accurate 93 years ago. It is even more accurate today. Our job now is to tell the Oligarchs in California that we will no longer tolerate their insatiable greed. We will choose healthcare for working families and their children over obscene wealth for the richest people in the world. Let us stand together in solidarity. They have the money. We have the people. Let's win this struggle.

You can’t bring a gun to the airport. You can’t bring a gun to schools. Why is it still legal in some states' polling places to bring a gun? Every American deserves to feel SAFE while voting. @RepDeluzio and are leading this fight.

California is leading the nation in our clean energy work – and as Governor, I will continue that transition to make our air cleaner for California families.

The California Supreme Court just handed voters a major victory, rejecting Sheriff Chad Bianco’s attempt to seize hundreds of thousands of cast ballots. MAGA Election deniers don’t get to hijack our democracy. We’ll keep fighting Trump’s voter interference and intimidation in the courts, at the ballot box, and at every turn. pressenterprise.com/2026/09/…

Carlos Josué Marchena Marchena is now the 58th person who has died in one of Trump's unlawful and inhumane detention centers. November is coming, and so is accountability for this terror. nbcnews.com/news/us-news/cos…

Trump invited 10 Big Tech Oligarchs to his private dinner with President Xi of China. They have nearly doubled their wealth since Trump's election & are now worth almost $2 trillion. Here's how much richer each of them got since Trump was elected: Elon Musk: ⬆️ $658 billion Michael Dell: ⬆️ $141 billion Jensen Huang: ⬆️ $70 billion Jeff Bezos: ⬆️ $59 billion Mark Zuckerberg: ⬆️ $57 billion Lisa Su: ⬆️ $2.1 billion Sam Altman: ⬆️ $1.3 billion Tim Cook: ⬆️ $1 billion Satya Nadella: ⬆️ $400 million Sundar Pichai: ⬆️ $300 million Let’s be clear. The function of AI must be to improve life for all humanity, not just make a handful of billionaires even richer.

Jack Smith and his team: -Spied on the communications of over a dozen Republican Members of Congress -Obtained gag orders to prevent Members from knowing -Violated the DOJ's own procedures to review the content of private text messages -Ignored the Constitution every step of the way

Changing LA means taking our problems head-on. That’s how we’re building more affordable housing, protecting immigrants, and keeping film & TV here.

As much as DHS tries to deny it, we’ve all seen the videos: ICE is PREYING on OUR SCHOOLS, separating kids from their parents. It’s disgusting and un-American. I’m demanding it ends.

Trump invests in higher gas prices. We pay higher gas prices. Trump gets richer. We get poorer.

Trump is throwing 15 million people off their healthcare and doubling insurance premiums for over 20 million. Now he wants to kick another 750,000 people off the ACA. Trump's horrific priorities: tax breaks for the rich, billions more for war, cruelty for working families.

Good jobs. More homes. A stronger California. I want this generation to be able to afford a home, build equity, and create a future for their families. As Governor, I’ll fight to build more housing and make down payment assistance programs more accessible.

We will enforce OUR LAWS to make sure our election remains SAFE and SECURE.

“Tiff, I’m disappointed in you. You’ve changed. Who’s paying you? I’m unfollowing and blocking you. How could you follow, engage, with leftists. You’ve betrayed MAGA while stabbing Trump in the back, traitor!” Me: HaHaHa! Kitten, I’m not a fascist who puts my country last nor am I here to simp for Trump and the uniparty. I’m a self directed thinker. Telling you to kiss my Black ass would be rewarding you, so fuck way off to your home ‘cuntopian’ cult village of idiocy and ignorance 😘

Will Democratic Socialism deliver the change LA needs?

Statistics aren't hateful, they are just data. Of course there could be a risk with any type, the point is there is a higher danger with certain breeds, such as pit bulls