[Noozhawk’s note: We republish news articles and commentaries from CalMatters on state and local policy issues that affect Santa Barbara County readers.] Proposition 40, which would impose a 5% tax on the wealth of California’s billionaires, is arguably the most important measure placed before voters in this century. It is also probably the most confounding. While it’s sponsored […]
Dan Walters, CalMatters Columnist
Award-winning CalMatters columnist Dan Walters has been covering California politics, economics, and social and demographic trends from Sacramento since 1975. He is the author of The New California: Facing the 21st Century and co-author of The Third House: Lobbyists, Money and Power in Sacramento. The opinions expressed are his own.
