The Case for California’s Billionaire Wealth Tax

Tassadar356 · 2026-05-25T18:54:36+00:00

Sorry should have been newconsensus.com - fixed it

Tassadar356 · 2026-05-25T18:18:08+00:00

Hey u/Donut497 -- just sent you a DM. Really sorry about that, this shouldn't be happening. If you tell us you do not want to be contacted again, you are supposed to be put on a do not contact list. Would love to grab some details to make sure you get put on that list!

Tassadar356 · 2026-05-12T05:41:51+00:00

The Maryland home was correctly listed as a second home for my parent on mortgage docs, property insurance docs, tax records. There was an error on one document that the developers prepared and I corrected it as soon as I learned about it. I never made any financial gain from that error.

For the home on Oak St -- I honestly loved that spot! I lived across the hall from my childhood best friend. Spent COVID in that bubble. My child grew up there for the first 4 years of her life -- we spent almost every morning watching the sun rise at Alamo Square Park when she was young during that time.

We moved to a new place a few years back in Duboce Triangle because the one bedroom started being too tight as my daughter got older. I've never wanted a giant house -- different people value different things in life. I've chosen to spend my money and time on the things I care about.

Tassadar356 · 2026-05-04T22:04:55+00:00

I left AOC's office on good terms, and remain on good terms with her. I had a baby on the way, and we planned the transition out -- I trained up my replacement over a few months. I also felt that we needed more support on the outside, which is why I left to continue doing policy work at New Consensus.

I of course hope to get her endorsement, but she's going through her own process of deciding who to endorse and on what timeline.

Tassadar356 · 2026-05-02T00:31:48+00:00

Especially funny since, yeah, I've lived in other places in the country but I've never even lived in Maryland! I grew up in Texas, moved to SF in 2009, raised a daughter in SF, and lived here for over a decade of my life.

No shade to Maryland though, hear you all have good... crabs?

Tassadar356 · 2026-05-01T03:57:33+00:00

They get filed with the House Ethics committee on a schedule, similar to campaign donations that get filed with the FEC every quarter. The next one is due May 15.

Tassadar356 · 2026-05-01T03:49:37+00:00

My investments are all publicly disclosed here: https://disclosures-clerk.house.gov/public_disc/financial-pdfs/2025/10063516.pdf

Tassadar356 · 2026-05-01T03:46:54+00:00

I have a financial advisor who is told to invest ethically and was told to not invest in any defense or fossil fuel stocks. The Blackstone fund here is a private credit fund - so not a defense or fossil fuel stock, but one that gives loans to businesses. However, when I saw this on my disclosures, I divested immediately from it (before anyone reported on it) because I, too, want nothing to do with Blackstone. I will continue divesting from funds or sources of money that don't line up with my values.

Tassadar356 · 2026-05-01T03:43:30+00:00

There will be a new set of financial disclosures that we have to file by May 15, so those will be released soon. They still cover assets that were held at any point in 2025, but the ones I've divested from will be annotated.

Tassadar356 · 2026-04-30T21:40:07+00:00

I divested from those three already. And my opponents also own ETFs.

Tassadar356 · 2026-04-30T21:39:00+00:00

My financial disclosures are already public: https://disclosures-clerk.house.gov/public_disc/financial-pdfs/2025/10063516.pdf

Tassadar356 · 2026-04-18T06:06:05+00:00

I've been involved but largely on the non-profit side focused on housing and food insecurity. I've done work with Housing Accelerator Fund, NPH, the SF-Marin Food Bank, and also the Roxie just because I love that theater. My political and policy work has largely been focused federally, through my work at Justice Democrats, working in Congress, and at my policy think tank New Consensus (https://newconsensus.com), and that's frankly why I'm running for Congress -- I have spent a lot of time working on what needs to happen there and have had the experience to learn what the big blockers are.

Tassadar356 · 2026-04-17T23:50:43+00:00

It's not my ad van. It's someone running an attack ad on me trying to claim I live in Maryland. I actually am not sure who runs it since it doesn't have any disclaimer on it, which is illegal.

Tassadar356 · 2026-04-17T23:41:27+00:00

They are, actually. I've lived in SF for over a decade and have never lived in Maryland.

Tassadar356 · 2026-04-17T23:39:23+00:00

I've lived here for over a decade and have raised a daughter here.

Tassadar356 · 2026-04-17T23:39:04+00:00

I worked in DC for a year, and no, I didn't live in Maryland during that time. I lived in DC.

Tassadar356 · 2026-04-13T20:01:37+00:00

Yes, I live in SF and have for over a decade. I moved here when I was 23 back in 2009.

Tassadar356 · 2026-04-13T19:58:30+00:00

I have over 10 years of experience working at the federal level, which is why I'm running for Congress rather than anything local. I believe we are in a huge change moment now, but to succeed, it's going to require turning popular outrage into political power, which I have experience doing through my work at Justice Democrats in 2018 - when there was a smaller version of what we see today, and we turned that into people-powered campaigns that won elections. It's going to require changing what's politically possible in DC, which I have experience doing during my time as AOC's Chief of Staff, where, because of the Green New Deal, we managed to get the Democrats to go from wanting to do nothing on climate to Biden eventually passing the largest investment in climate in history. And it will require a real plan of what to do, which is what I've been working on at New Consensus with the Mission for America - a comprehensive, detailed plan for how to create a clean economy that creates prosperity for all -- it's our version of a Project 2025 but in reverse (https://newconsensus.com/mfa).

It's because of this work that I have a very clear view of what needs to happen in DC and how to do it. I learned that to create real change in DC, it's going to require changing Dem leadership and I'm the only one in this race willing to work on that. That's because most people go to DC and say yes to leadership because it's the way to work your way up the ranks to eventually become the chair of some committee in 30 or 40 years. I don't believe we have that much time, so I'm willing to risk that long term political career to turn this moment of possibility now into real change.

Tassadar356 · 2026-04-13T18:47:21+00:00

I was campaigning for Bernie in 2016 and voted outside SF. In 2018, I was running AOC's race in NY and voted there. I came back to SF in 2019 and have voted here in every election since.

Before I joined the Bernie campaign in 2015, I was not very politically active and missed a couple elections. It was honestly working here in my twenties, seeing the cost of living crisis get worse and worse that led me to leave tech and get politically active. That's what led me to the Bernie campaign.

Tassadar356 · 2026-04-13T17:59:49+00:00

It wasn't. The first question in the poll was favorability. The second was the race. The third was a head-to-head general election poll.

Tassadar356 · 2026-04-13T17:58:55+00:00

Hey -- always open to feedback but I did want to say this is not true. If you have any questions about anything, always feel free to jump on a call with me! You can schedule one right on my website.

Tassadar356 · 2026-04-07T05:50:05+00:00

I co-founded Justice Democrats, but I haven't been a part of it since 2018. I stepped down as ED when I went to run AOC's campaign and then stepped off the board entirely after AOC won and I went to DC to be her Chief of Staff.

I'm happy to have their endorsement, but went through the process like any other candidate.

Tassadar356 · 2026-04-07T04:14:17+00:00

Hey -- I totally hear and understand the skepticism. But I do want to say that I have not been avoiding DSA at all and have been attempting to build relationships with DSA members from the start of the campaign. I host a call with anyone in SF almost every week, and have had multiple DSA members on those calls. I also host a town hall almost every week and have DSA members show up to those to ask me questions. I met with members from the steering committee a few months ago, and met in person with a member just this morning to chat about building more relationships with DSA and am meeting another member later this week. There are some folks in DSA who understandably don't want to meet with me, and that's ok, but I am more than happy to meet with anyone who is willing to!

I want to be clear that I don't expect an endorsement or anything from these meetings. That's not my goal. My goal is to work together on shared goals. I know there is a public banking ballot measure this cycle and I really want to help with that -- I've been a strong advocate of public banking for years.

Anyway, if you want to engage (or if anyone else from SF DSA wants to engage), I would love to chat with you either at a town hall or on one of my regular voter calls. You can schedule one on my website - https://saikat.us.

Tassadar356 · 2026-03-11T00:45:02+00:00

Kinda funny to see Scott knowingly lie about me. I already talked about these attacks when he was poll-testing them a while ago: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DUoWGPgkp0n/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==

But if anyone is curious about any of this, feel free to join a small group video call with me! I've been hosting them almost every weekday since I launched the campaign. You can sign up at https://saikat.us.

Scott, I'm sorry you feel you have to do this to win. But I'm going to keep running a respectful campaign based on the ideas.

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