The opponents’ latest moves include online ads tied to Gov. Gavin Newsom, a crypto-related push to raise money and competing ballot measures.

As national Democrats search for a unifying theme ahead of the fall's midterm elections, a California proposal to levy a hefty tax on billionaires is turning some of the party’s leading figures into adversaries just when Democrats can least afford division from within.

The progressive senator’s decision to wade into the debate signals how the tax proposal is figuring into national conversations about whether the ultra-wealthy should pay more to support

They are dedicated to accumulating more and more wealth and power, and they do that no matter what harm they bring to working families, to our children and to our parents.” Sanders has long been popular in this heavily Democratic city,

A new political effort backed by the Google co-founder Sergey Brin and other Silicon Valley magnates is backing several ballot-measure campaigns aimed at undercutting a proposed wealth tax on California billionaires.

California Democrats are split over a state proposal, championed by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), to tax the state’s richest residents ahead of the November midterm elections, potentially thwarting