Actually CA property taxes come in at the national average, in dollar terms. Prop 13 currently limits them to 1% of market value (actually, about 1.2% with bonded debt). In other states they run about 2% of market value. But because our market values are so much higher, the dollars paid are about the same.
All our other major tax sources–personal income, corporate income, sales taxes, etc. are the highest in the nation or close to it. And the protections of Prop 13 are under assault by Sacramento politicians and will likely be eliminated soon.
