Inside California’s Billionaire Tax Fight and the Wide-Open Governor’s Race

About this episode

The episode discusses the competitive California governor's race and the proposed billionaire tax measure.

Ballots for California’s June primary hit mailboxes next week, yet the governor’s race remains up for grabs. After a chaotic, combative governor debate this week, Marisa and Guy sit down with New York Times reporter Laurel Rosenhall to analyze the state of the race. Then, they turn to the proposed billionaire tax measure that’s one step closer to appearing on California’s fall ballot and the multiple attempts by billionaires to block that initiative. Check out ⁠⁠⁠Political Breakdown’s weekly newsletter⁠⁠⁠, delivered straight to your inbox. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Hosts: Marisa, Guy

Guest: Laurel Rosenhall

Topics covered

• California politics
• governor's race
• billionaire tax
• elections
• political analysis

Keywords

• California
• governor's race
• billionaire tax
• politics
• elections
• Marisa
• Guy
• Laurel Rosenhall

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: New York Times

Places: California

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