Editorial: Los Angeles unions declare war on job creators

Not another tax on California’s most productive citizens. Labor unions in Los Angeles are proposing a ballot initiative called the “Overpaid CEO Tax.” 

The effort is sponsored by the Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy, which partners with the United Teachers of Los Angeles, UNITE HERE Local 11 (tourism workers) and other unions that have helped make life more unaffordable and public schools even worse.

The campaign explains the initiative, if passed, “would progressively tax...