No, Californians aren’t enthralled with billionaires.
But they do have a healthy skepticism of taxes.
That is the correct way to read the results of Proposition 40, the so-called billionaires tax, and Proposition 42, the board brush protection for wealth, 401(k) and investment accounts, as well as personal property.
The running count on Thursday had Proposition 40 fading faster than an ice cube on the pavement at high noon on July Fourth in Death Valley while Proposition 42 was as solid as a rock.
Bernie Sanders, Zohran Mamdani, et al are likely aghast that California — that everyone seems to believe is deep blue with clear socialism streaks when it comes to health care — didn’t stick it to Mark Zuckerberg and other billionaires.
That’s because they see “the fight” in black and white terms, or more accurately, in blue versus red.
That isn’t the state that Gavin Newsom governs nor is it the state that Xavier Becerra will govern.
California is not pure blue. It’s varying shades of blue. It runs the spectrum from deep navy blue to sky blue to turquoise.
Golden State Republicans clearly aren’t one shade of red either.
But decisions for at least the last 16 years in Sacramento have all ...