California’s proposed billionaire tax brings Sen. Bernie Sanders to rally in LA

Politicians and state leaders from the world’s fourth-largest economy like to say, “As goes California, so goes the nation.”

Perhaps that is why a proposed wealth tax on billionaires that could end up on the November statewide ballot is not only being watched closely nationwide, but one of the country’s most progressive U.S. senators — who lives thousands of miles away — is actively campaigning for its passage.

Sen. Bernie Sanders, an independent from Vermont who previously said he wants to introduce a national wealth tax...