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California voters face Proposition 40 wealth tax vote Nov. 3, 2026

By Drooid · Oct 28, 2026 · How we work

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California voters will decide on Proposition 40, a one-time 5 % wealth tax on residents with net worth over $1 billion, on Nov 3 2026.
Supporters say the tax would close California’s $100 billion Medicaid gap and curb growing wealth inequality.
Union SEIU-UHW leads the campaign, affecting 250 Californians like Mark Zuckerberg and Jensen Huang.
Opponents have spent over $350 million, while supporters have raised more than $34 million.

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California voters will decide Proposition 40, a one-time 5 % wealth tax on residents with net worth over $1 billion, on Nov 3 2026.
First Assistant U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli and Attorney General Todd Blanche, saying noncitizen voting, asked the Ninth Circuit to set aside over 20,000 suspect ballots.
Early Saturday voting opened at 123 Los Angeles County centers, processing over 300,000 ballots.
Agents arrested 28 alleged illegal voters in the statewide operation.

History

California’s 1978 Proposition 13, approved by voters on June 6, slashed property taxes by capping rates at 1 % and limiting reassessments, causing a roughly 60 % drop in local revenue the following year and instituting a two-thirds supermajority for future tax hikes. The measure, driven by activist Howard Jarvis, set a low-tax precedent that today’s Proposition 40—proposing a one-time 5 % wealth levy on billionaires such as Mark Zuckerberg—seeks to echo.

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Opponents outspend supporters

California voters will decide on Proposition 40, a one-time 5 % wealth tax on residents with net worth over $1 billion, on Nov 3 2026.
Supporters say the tax would close California’s $100 billion Medicaid gap and curb growing wealth inequality.
Union SEIU-UHW leads the campaign, affecting 250 Californians like Mark Zuckerberg and Jensen Huang.
Opponents have spent over $350 million, while supporters have raised more than $34 million.

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