Opinion: Healthcare costs are surging. Taxing billionaires will help Californians keep their coverage
My patients are afraid, and for good reason.
Opinion: Let’s vote to tax billionaire freeloaders in the fall
California’s ‘Billionaire Tax’ is one-time charge to generate $100 billion for social services hurt by Trump Administration cuts
Lee: I represent Silicon Valley. Here’s why I support taxing its billionaires.
Meta posted $56.31 billion in first-quarter revenue, beat every analyst estimate on Wall Street and is coming off a record-breaking 2025 that brought in $201 billion. And just two weeks ago, it began laying off 10% of its employees — roughly 8,000 workers, many of them Californians in my district.
The Case For California’s Billionaire Wealth Tax | Opinion
On taxes and much else, California has often led the country. In 1978 the state’s voters approved Proposition 13, which strongly limited tax increases. Prop 13 was the opening salvo in Ronald Reagan’s antitax revolution, which swept the United States two years later.
You’re paying taxes — why aren’t billionaires? | Opinion
Every spring, millions of Californians sit down at our kitchen tables, gather our W-2s and receipts, and do what’s expected of us. That’s right, we pay our taxes.
We can prevent a patient care crisis by passing one-time tax on billionaires | Opinion
California hospitals are understaffed and essential health care workers like me are pushed to the limits every shift. Now, with $100 billion set to be stripped from California’s health care system, we’re headed off a cliff.
Alvarado: Billionaire tax could save Santa Clara County health care
San José Spotlight’s recent coverage of potential health care closures in Santa Clara County should be a wake-up call.