urbanrealtor:
Google “property taxes by state per capita” and you will find CA ranks 27th, thus placing us about in the middle for this particular tax. Not sure whether illegals are included in the per capita calculation, but doubt it would much change the outcome.
We are 10th in total state per capita spending among states. That’s not lean.
The best measure of tax burden is all state and local taxes paid per personal income. CA ranks 6th using this overall indicator.
The figures are worse if you include the tax hikes coming due to the looming deficit.
To answer your question, I taught economics for 23 years, mostly at SDSU, and left the field to invest in real estate. But I claim no special expertise–anyone can look up these facts.
