Yup, people in this thread are quick to blame the voters. Most voters, unless taking extreme preparations beforehand, were aware there was a ballot measure to tax the rich, but probably very confused by the three ballot measures and how they would interact.

I suspect Gavin Newsom is having a laugh on a yacht right now with quite a few billionaire friends (figuratively, maybe literally). They wanted to confuse voters with scary language, and they did, by spending hundreds of millions of dollars in disinformation. Musk probably is furiously taking notes.