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