SEIU-UHW spent $31 million putting a $100 billion wealth tax on California's ballot, but the doctors, teachers, clinics, and firefighters it was supposed to help all oppose it — and now the union's own investigators have found its president, Dave Regan, credibly accused of assault, extortion, and racketeering. The measure's biggest liability isn't its economics; it's the man who wrote it.
Read Top Post →The California Democratic Party endorsed Prop 40 by just two votes after failing to clear the 60% threshold on the first ballot. The California Medical Association, California Teachers Association, Planned Parenthood, firefighters, and construction unions all voted no. Every major group the measure claims to rescue has read the fine print and walked away — weeks before the Regan allegations would give them another reason.
Aug 04, 2026 · 6 min
The LAO projects Prop 40 would cause an ongoing drop in state income-tax revenue — hundreds of millions a year — as some of the ~200 targeted billionaires leave. The California Primary Care Association’s president said it plainly: the very folks it’s supposed to help aren’t supporting it. A one-time tax on a mobile base, routed through annual legislative appropriations, with no formula guaranteeing a dollar to any clinic or school.
Jul 20, 2026 · 7 min
SEIU-UHW qualified Prop 40 for the November ballot on June 17, 2026, pitching a 5% wealth tax on ~200 billionaires as a Medi-Cal rescue. But the measure creates a constitutionally separate fund whose spending the Legislature controls year to year — no dedicated stream to any provider. The California Medical Association, California Primary Care Association, and Planned Parenthood all came out against it before the ink was dry.
Jun 22, 2026 · 7 min
