California’s tax burden is always a hot topic, especially now. With a state budget that is allegedly short of money (fact check: spending discipline is the only thing lacking) and multiple tax hike proposals being discussed for the 2026 ballot, voters are starting to pay attention to how much government is extracting from their pockets.

The state’s tax troubles have resulted in the well-documented exodus out of California. The sole silver lining has been the high-tech industry which continues to produce prodigious amounts of tax revenue from stock options and capital gains by the very wealthy. But even this source of revenue is now threatened if the “billionaire’s tax” proposal starts to gain traction.

With all this focus on taxes it’s easy to forget about another problem infuriating cit

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