SACRAMENTO (June 11, 2026) — The California Hospital Association is aligned with a broad coalition of health care organizations, unions, and everyday Californians in opposition to a ballot measure that would impose a tax on California’s wealthiest residents.
While access to health care in California is more precarious than ever, the Billionaire Tax Act is simply the wrong answer. This measure would only temporarily generate funding and threaten the overall health of California’s finances over the long term, further jeopardizing resources for life-saving health care services.
This is the wrong time to add uncertainty into California’s health care system, with dozens of hospitals already at risk of closure and access to care for Californians deteriorating in real time.
California can’t afford this poorly designed tax measure.