Billionaires Fleeing California Wealth Tax Snap Up Miami Mansions

A proposed wealth tax has well-off Californians scouring South Florida for luxury homes.

A row of luxury homes in Miami Beach, Florida.

Photographer: Jeff Greenberg/Getty Images

Miami real estate brokers spent last fall hoping for a “Mamdani effect” — the possibility that New York’s new, socialist mayor would send droves of wealthy Manhattanites fleeing south.

It never happened. The city is getting rich Californians instead.