I totally agree with CA renter, no reason to give commercial property the same low rate as residential. Even better most of this commercial property is owned by people out of state or out of country.
From the stats in the OP, CA taxes per person are only a little higher than Texas. We should do a better job if taxing large out of state corps and cutting the state personal income tax. 12% is just crazy. I pay over 50% marginal rate on much of my income being self employed.