Its also worth noting that CA may have the highest, or nearly the highest, state income taxes, sales taxes, and corporate income taxes, our property taxes, in terms of dollars paid, are about in the middle of the 50 states. That’s because while Prop 13 caps rates at about 1% of property value (or less, due to the following Propositions), our real estate prices are so much higher than average. So you may move to another state to pay half as much for the same house you had in CA, but you will pay the same dollar amount in property tax, thanks to Prop 13.
