California’s Billionaire Tax Collects Enough Signatures to Qualify for the Ballot, Backers Say

California’s Billionaire Tax Collects Enough Signatures to Qualify for the Ballot, Backers Say

People visit the Billionaire Tax Now booth at the 2026 California Democratic Party State Convention in San Francisco on Feb. 21, 2026. Jeff Chiu/AP Photo

Organizers of California’s billionaire tax proposal say they turned in over 1.5 million signatures to state election officials April 27, which could be enough to qualify the initiative for the November ballot.

Backers of the act, including Service Employees International Union-United Healthcare Workers West, needed 875,000 signatures to qualify before the June 24 deadline.

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Original News Source Link – Epoch Times