27/05/2026
Your Sales Tax Is About to Hit 11.75% – Here’s Who’s Pushing It
LA County's sales tax is already brutal, but now a coalition of special interests wants to push it even higher—up to 11.75% in some cities. The official reason? To 'save' health care from federal cuts. But here's what they're not telling you: Medi-Cal spending has actually doubled under Newsom, and the real beneficiaries of this tax hike aren't patients—they're executives pulling in $250K+ and unions cashing in. The vote is next week. What nobody expected was how much of that new billion dollars flows straight back to the people who funded the campaign.
This one’s wild—the math just doesn’t add up. Full breakdown here if you want to see who’s really behind it: https://geni.us/wwCNN