California wealth tax
Coverage of California wealth tax in the Nexus archive.
- Google co-founder Sergey Brin spending more than $100 million fighting California wealth tax
Sergey Brin is spending more than $100 million fighting the California wealth tax. This money is going to Building a Better California, which supports two measures. These measures are aimed at nullifying a proposed billionaire tax.
- Billionaires Prepare $87 Million Ad Campaign to Block California Wealth Tax
Billionaires are preparing an $87 million ad campaign to block a proposed wealth tax in California. A campaign event for the tax was held in Los Angeles in February.
- Can Silicon Valley’s billionaires stop a California wealth tax?
An effort to address inequality in California through a wealth tax is facing opposition from Silicon Valley billionaires. The initiative pits populist anger against the influence of the super-rich in the state's most progressive region.
- Group chats and infighting: Inside tech elites’ madcap war against the billionaire tax
Tech elites used a private Signal chat to brainstorm strategies against a proposed California wealth tax and later coordinated efforts to oppose it. The group transitioned from planning to active measures aimed at defeating the tax.