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‘I’ve never seen anything like it:’ Inside California’s Billionaire Uprising

A political class war has engulfed California. Is the world’s third-richest person willing to spend even more to try to win it?

Sergey Brin, president of Alphabet and co-founder of Google Inc., during a dinner with tech leaders in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025. US President Donald Trump said he would be imposing tariffs on semiconductor imports “very shortly” but spare goods from companies like Apple Inc. that have pledged to boost their US investments.Photographer: Will Oliver/EPA/Bloomberg

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By Felipe Marques and Samantha Stewart

April 30, 2026 at 10:45 PM UTC

Welcome to Bloomberg’s California Edition—covering all the events shaping one of the world’s biggest economies and its global influence. This week, we follow the money reshaping the Golden State, from a Christmas party in the redwoods to the new LACMA building. You can sign up here.

“The world’s third-richest person, a gut-health influencer and the California governor walk into a party” sounds like the trappings of a joke.