Ro Khanna is backing a federal billionaire wealth tax that would hit Silicon Valley harder than anywhere else on earth — and the backlash is sharp. Meanwhile, San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan is making the case for a different kind of politics: his fee cuts turned zero market-rate home starts in 2024 into 2,000 in 2025, and he's now running for governor on a platform of fixing California's $150 billion spending binge before asking taxpayers for more. South Bay is the epicenter of the tension between the luxury-belief class and the builder class — and 2026 is shaping up as the fight that decides which one wins.
Sanders and Khanna want to tax money that doesn't exist on assets you can't sell. The only proportionate response was a one-act play.
While virtue signaling politicians and their donors sip champagne, real builders walk the fire rubble of Pacific Palisades and work with startup founders to create jobs
California bleeds $20-35 billion a year. Steyer wants to raise taxes. Mahan wants to stop lighting money on fire.
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San Jose built ZERO market rate homes in 2024. Then Matt Mahan cut the fees, and everything changed.
The San Jose mayor who actually cut homelessness 23% wants to bring his results-first approach statewide.
A startup founder who actually delivers results vs. Sacramento's endless theater. California finally has a real choice.
When nearly all your campaign cash comes from outside your district, who are you really representing?
Former supporters organize against the congressman as his wealth tax crusade threatens to tank the Bay Area economy.
San Jose's mayor is weighing a run—and his track record of actually fixing homelessness has founders begging him to go statewide.