Billionaires live under "buy, borrow, die," and California's wealth tax wouldn't touch that. An estimated $1 trillion of wealth has already fled.

In 2024, California had 255 billionaires, more than any other state. A state ballot initiative aimed at taxing the state's wealthiest residents could be put to a public vote in…

"But the truth is a lot of ultra wealthy people borrow money against their assets and live off of that borrowed money."