California’s Billionaire Tax: The Economic Debate about Prop 40

Date: October 13, 2026 Time: 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm PDT Panelists: Kimberly Clausing, Lee Ohanian, and Emmanuel Saez Moderators: Kirk Stark and Juliana Londoño Vélez Join us for a discussion on California’s proposed billionaire tax, Proposition 40, and the economic issues surrounding the measure. The event will bring together leading scholars in economics and tax policy for a conversation about the potential implications of Prop 40. The discussion will feature Kimberly Clausing, Eric M. Zolt Chair in Tax Law and Policy at UCLA Law; Lee Ohanian, Distinguished Professor in the UCLA Department of Economics and Director of the Ettinger Family Program in Macroeconomic Research; and Emmanuel Saez, Director of the James M. and Cathleen D. Stone Center on Wealth and Income Inequality and Chancellor’s Professorship of Tax Policy and Public Finance at UC Berkeley. The conversation will be moderated by Kirk Stark and Juliana Londoño Vélez.